Re-naturalizing sugar: Narratives of place, production and consumption

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-74

  Hollander, Gail M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Food system; Political economy of consumption; Sugar

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD; MARKETING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RETAILING; SUGAR;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 3242885119     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936032000049315     Document Type: Article

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