Social mobilization among people competing at the bottom level of society: The presence of missions in rural South India, ca. 1900–1950

Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross-Cultural Communication since 1500

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 336-356

  Cederlöf, Gunnel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84917455273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203061084     Document Type: Chapter

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