What to do about cows? Princely versus British approaches to a South Asian dilemma

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Copland, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 40949100933     PISSN: 0041977X     EISSN: 14740699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0041977x05000030     Document Type: Review

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