Who will work the land? National integration, cash economies, and the future of shifting cultivation in the Honduran Mosquitia

Journal of Latin American Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-84

  Cochran Jr , David M ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial frontiers; Honduran Mosquitia; Non agricultural work; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GRACIAS A DIOS; HONDURAS; MOSQUITIA;

EID: 41149111036     PISSN: 15452476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2008.0010     Document Type: Article

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