The Federation of Free Farmers and its significance in the history of the Philippine peasant movement

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-30

  Kimura, Masataka ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peasant movement; Peasant organization; Philippine history; Philippine politics; Rural organization; The Federation of Free Farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33749265271     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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