Introduction to marginal centers: Writing life histories in the Indian Ocean World

Journal of Social History

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Anderson, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 83655198196     PISSN: 00224529     EISSN: 15271897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shr056     Document Type: Article

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