Dissolving the sugar fields: Land reform and resistance identities in the Philippines

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-69

  Diprose, Gradon ^a   Mcgregor, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Environmental imaginary; Land reform; Philippines; Resistance; Social movements

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNERSHIP; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61549110552     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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