The spoils of partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967

The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-342

  Chatterji, Joya ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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