Muslim Cosmopolitans? Transnational Life in Northern Pakistan

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-247

  Marsden, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52649177622     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: 17520401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911808000077     Document Type: Article

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