Urban development in India: Global indians in the remaking of Kolkata

Urban Development in India: Global Indians in the Remaking of Kolkata

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-166

  Bose, Pablo Shiladitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315745909     Document Type: Book

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