Disciplining and policing the ‘criminals by birth’, Part 1: The making of a colonial stereotype— The criminal tribes and castes of North India

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 131-164

  Nigam, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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DOI: 10.1177/001946469002700201     Document Type: Article

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