Interconnected synchronicities: The production of Bombay and Glasgow as modern global ports c.1850-1880

Journal of Global History

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-31

  Hazareesingh, Sandip ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68549101712     PISSN: 17400228     EISSN: 17400236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740022809002939     Document Type: Review

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