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The road from serfdom: economic storytelling and narratives of India in the rise of neoliberalism

Nicole SackleyDepartment of History, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 397-419 | Published online: 25 Feb 2016

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