Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert

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Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert. / Puri, Stine Simonsen.

I: History and Anthropology, Bind 32, Nr. 1, 2021, s. 18-31.

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Puri, SS 2021, 'Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert', History and Anthropology, bind 32, nr. 1, s. 18-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2020.1817001

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Puri, S. S. (2021). Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert. History and Anthropology, 32(1), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2020.1817001

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Puri SS. Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert. History and Anthropology. 2021;32(1):18-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2020.1817001

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Puri, Stine Simonsen. / Waiting for accelerations. Speculating on guar seeds in the Indian desert. I: History and Anthropology. 2021 ; Bind 32, Nr. 1. s. 18-31.

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