Agri-food restructuring: A synthesis of recent Australian research

Rural Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-202

  Lawrence, Geoffrey ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032840926     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1999.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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