Development without institutions: Ersatz medicine and the politics of everyday life in rural North India

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-364

  Pinto, Sarah ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; India; Medical practice; Quacks; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544355870     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.3.337     Document Type: Review

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