Tobacco barns and chicken houses: Agricultural transformation in western Kentucky

Human Organization

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-161

  Stull, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural transformation; Chicken farmers; Kentucky; Tobacco farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; POULTRY; TOBACCO;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033929154     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.59.2.r553k5127777w434     Document Type: Article

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