Resource wars against native peoples in Colombia

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-111

  Gedicks, Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0041766323     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10455750308565525     Document Type: Article

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