Indigo and law in colonial India

Economic History Review

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 60-75

  Roy, Tirthankar ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; COMMERCIALIZATION; LEGISLATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

INDIA;

EID: 78650787959     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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