Information technology professionals and the new-rich middle class in Chennai (Madras)

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-150

  Fuller, C J ^a   Narasimhan, Haripriya ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33845483498     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X05002325     Document Type: Article

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