Small Town Capitalism in Western India: Artisans, Merchants, and the Making of the Informal Economy, 1870–1960 - Douglas E. Haynes

Small Town Capitalism in Western India: Artisans, Merchants, and the Making of the Informal Economy, 1870–1960 - Douglas E. Haynes

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