Across the great divide: Agriculture and industrial geography

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 376-397

  Page, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro industrialization; Meat packing; Midwest; Rural development and restructuring

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIALISATION; AGRICULTURE; DISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION; INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING;

USA, MIDWEST;

EID: 0030434620     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144520     Document Type: Article

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