Caste and social emancipation through retail entrepreneurship networks: An ethnographic exploration of the nadar caste in Southern India

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Joseph, Jerome ^a   Selvaraj, Patturaja ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Caste; Nadar; Social disadvantage; Social emancipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051540491     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i01/53093     Document Type: Article

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