Culture and economy: Tamils on the plantation frontier in Malaysia revisited, 1998-1999

Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 51-80

  Jain, Ravindra K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84905610104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203398296     Document Type: Chapter

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