Geologies of power: Value transformations of mineral specimens from Guanajuato, Mexico

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-436

  Ferry, Elizabeth Emma ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Naturalization; Political economy; Power; Value transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644482766     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.3.420     Document Type: Article

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