Mining migrants: Transnational mining and migration patterns in the Peruvian Andes

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-389

  Bury, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cajamarca; Livelihoods; Migration; Mining; Peru

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; LABOR MIGRATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINING;

CAJAMARCA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547522645     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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