The need for speed: Contrasting timeframes in the social life of Kenyan miraa

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-558

  Carrier, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; TIMBER TRADE; TRANSPORTATION; TREE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 33748102943     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.4.539     Document Type: Article

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