From Golden Frontier to Global City: Shifting Forms of Belonging, "Freedom," and Governance among Indian Businessmen in Dubai

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-318

  Vora, Neha ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Diaspora; Dubai; India; Merchants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956261678     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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