Class, power, and patronage: Landowners and politics in Punjab

History and Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-369

  Javid, Hassan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Colonialism; Institutions; Land; Patronage

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052359312     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2011.595006     Document Type: Article

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