Ecologically Noble Amerindians?: Cattle Ranching and Cash Cropping among Shuar and Colonists in Ecuador

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 144-159

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a   Bates, Diane ^b   Machinguiashi, Rafael ^c  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Federación de Centros Shuar

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EID: 0013324045     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0023879100019385     Document Type: Article

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