Revisiting the Topia Road: Walking in the footsteps of West and Parsons

Geographical Review

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 555-581

  Walker, Jonathan ^a   Leib, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

James J. Parsons; Landscape change; Mexico; Photography; Robert C. West; Sierra Madre Occidental

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MIGRATION; MINING; RURAL AREA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2942623562     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2002.tb00013.x     Document Type: Review

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