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Looking for Brides and Grooms: Ghataks, Matrimnials, and the Marriage Market in Colonial Calcutts, circa 1875–1940

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2007

Rochona Majumdar
Rochona Majumdar
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[email protected] Assistant Professor in the Social Science Division and Harper Fellow at theUniversity of Chicago.
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , November 2004 , pp. 911 - 935
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