Political entomology: The insectile challenge to agricultural development in the Cape Colony, 1895-1910

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 529-549

  Brown, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ENTOMOLOGY; PEST CONTROL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037524346     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070306203     Document Type: Article

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