Contesting refugeehood: Squatting as survival in post-partition Calcutta

Social Identities

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-84

  Sanyal, Romola ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcutta; Colonies; Partition; Refugees; Resettlement; Squatting

Indexed keywords

COLONY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; REFUGEE; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 61549127497     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630802692937     Document Type: Article

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