Committed mothers and well-adjusted children: Privatisation, early-years education and motherhood in Calcutta

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-395

  Donner, Henrike ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTHERS EDUCATION; PARENTAL CARE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33645887814     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X0600196X     Document Type: Article

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