A redivided land? New agrarian conflicts and questions in Zimbabwe

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-509

  Worby, Eric ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian revolution; Land reform; Post colonial state; Property; Violence; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008513240     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00015     Document Type: Article

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