Delhi's Belly: On the Management of Water, Sewage and Excreta in a Changing Urban Environment during the Nineteenth Century

Studies in History

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Mann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 46749158579     PISSN: 02576430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/025764300602300101     Document Type: Article

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