Landscape legacies of the African diaspora in Brazil

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Carney, Judith A ^a   Voeks, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa diaspora; Black Atlantic; Brazil; Culture environment; Medicine and religion; Plants in food

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DIASPORA; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037390067     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309132503ph418oa     Document Type: Article

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