Globalization and postcolonial states

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-307

  Gupta, Akhil ^a   Sharma, Aradhana ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745873726     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499549     Document Type: Article

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