Household crimes and domestic order: Keeping the peace in Colonial Calcutta, c. 1770-1840

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-623

  Ghosh, Durba ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 3543082218     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X03001124     Document Type: Note

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