Pre-capitalist Reproduction on the Nepal Tarai: Semi-feudal Agriculture in an Era of Globalisation

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-545

  Sugden, Fraser ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

agrarian change; articulation; Madhesh; mode of production; Nepal; pre capitalist; semi feudalism; Tarai

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885020056     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2013.763494     Document Type: Article

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