Riddims of the street, beach, and bureaucracy: Situating geographical research in Jamaica

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-273

  Kingsbury, Paul ^a   Klak, Thomas ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Fieldwork; Jamaica; Qualitative methods; Social theory

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27244451506     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2005.0023     Document Type: Article

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