The narcoeconomy and small-town, rural Mexico

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-125

  McDonald, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture change; Drug trafficking; Globalization; Inequality; Mexico; Narcoeconomy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; DRUGS TRADE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744448153     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.2.ln16fx6k6wahxluy     Document Type: Article

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