Burmese Indians in contemporary Burma: Heritage, influence, and perceptions since 1988

Asian Ethnicity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-54

  Egreteau, Renaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Burma myanmar; Burmese indians; India burma relations; Indian diaspora; Indophobia; Islamophobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751490034     PISSN: 14631369     EISSN: 14692953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2010.510869     Document Type: Article

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