Conflicts in the international maritime labour market: British and Indian seamen, employers, and the state, 1890-1939

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-100

  Balachandran, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84992866385     PISSN: 00194646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001946460203900103     Document Type: Article

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