Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 649-721

  Washbrook, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84972033838     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X00008714     Document Type: Article

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