Infectious diseases, contamination rumors and ethnic violence: Regimental mutinies in the Bengal Native Army in 1857 India

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-47

  Dutta, Sunasir ^a   Rao, Hayagreeva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagious disease; Contamination rumors; Cross cultural prejudice; Disgust avoidance; Ethnic violence; Intergroup conflict; Mutiny; Purity norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930823913     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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