Becoming a Naxalite in rural Bihar: Class struggle and its contradictions

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-123

  Kunnath, George J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646526272     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150600624520     Document Type: Article

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