'The muck of the past': Revolution, social transformation, and the Maoists in India

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-356

  Shah, Alpa ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899624066     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12107     Document Type: Article

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