The degeneration of tropical geography

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 585-601

  Power, Marcus ^a   Sidaway, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Development geography; Postcolonialism; Tropical geography

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; POST-COLONIALISM;

EID: 10244223669     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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