Controlled suffering: Mortality and living conditions in 19th-century Egyptian prisons

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-407

  Peters, Rudolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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MORTALITY;

EID: 4344598928     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743804363038     Document Type: Article

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