From sugar to blackberries: Restructuring agro-export production in Michoacán, Mexico

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 79-92

  Chollett, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro chemicals; Campesinos; Globalization; Mexico; Transnational agribusiness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROCHEMICAL; AGROINDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; LANDOWNERSHIP; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA;

RUBUS;

EID: 66649108820     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X09334158     Document Type: Article

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