Postcard from the field: Investor-friendly development policies: Unsettling consequences for the tribal people of Orissa

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-328

  Mathur, Hari Mohan ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Orissa; Resettlement; Tribal People

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372166     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210903079764     Document Type: Article

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