The effect of market economies on the well-being of indigenous peoples and on their use of renewable natural resources

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 121-138

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Byron, Elizabeth ^b   Leonard, William R ^c   Vadez, Vincent ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Health; Nutrition; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 23844533355     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120412     Document Type: Review

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