Political animals? On animals as subjects in an enlarged political geography

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-267

  Hobson, Kersty ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Hong Kong; Hybrid geographies; Mainland China; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947414084     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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