Interviewing landed elites in post-war Guatemala

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-25

  Oglesby, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian; Development; Elites; Guatemala; Post war; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; PLANTATION; POST-WAR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK; WORLD BANK;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 70749150562     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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