Agricultural Landholding in Japan: Fifty Years after Land Reform

Geoforum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-78

  McDonald, Mary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmland; Japan; Land reform; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030850201     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7185(97)85527-3     Document Type: Article

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