Pesticides, Parakeets, and Unions in the Costa Rican Banana Industry, 1938-1962

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 3-36

  Marquardt, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 2442505513     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0023879100019506     Document Type: Article

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