Building the town in the country: Official understandings of fire, logging and biodiversity in Oaxaca, Mexico, 1926-2004

Social Anthropology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-359

  Mathews, Andrew S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847249517     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0964028206002631     Document Type: Article

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