Labour in contemporary south India

Indian Capitalism in Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 118-135

  Guérin, Isabelle ^a   Venkatasubramanian, G ^b   Michiels, Sébastien ^c  

^a Maritime Institut of Malaysia   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 85006884615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315770963-7     Document Type: Chapter

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