Bourgeois Vedānta: The colonial roots of middle-class Hinduism

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-323

  Hatcher, Brian A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61249284174     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfm005     Document Type: Article

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