Horrid sights and customary rights: The Toda funeral on the colonial Nilgiris

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-70

  Sutton, Deborah ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84992884204     PISSN: 00194646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001946460203900102     Document Type: Article

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