Coping with crisis: Costa Rican households and the international coffee market

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-275

  Sick, Deborah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coffee; Costa Rica; Economic strategies; Households

Indexed keywords

COFFEE PRODUCTION; FAMILY FARMING; HOUSEHOLD COPING STRATEGY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0031406224     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773989     Document Type: Article

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