Monterey-by-the-smell: Odors and social conflict on the California coastline

Pacific Historical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-214

  Chiang, Connie Y ^a  

^a Bowdoin College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FISHING INDUSTRY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ODOR; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942550408     PISSN: 00308684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3641599     Document Type: Article

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