Peasants, famine and the state in colonial Western India

Peasants, Famine and the State in Colonial Western India

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-269

  Hall Matthews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230510517     Document Type: Book

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