Mines and signs: Resource and political futures in Bangladesh

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-107

  Chowdhury, Nusrat Sabina ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84962860534     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12395     Document Type: Article

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