Indian labour, labour standards, and workers' health in Burma and Malaya, 1900-1940

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 425-475

  Kaur, Amarjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR STANDARD;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33645847832     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X06001788     Document Type: Article

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