Tasteless profits and vexed moralities: Assessments of the present in rural Rajasthan

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-385

  Gold, Ann Grodzins ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65549140640     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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