Oil palm and resistance in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-134

  Potter, Lesley ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77949562691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874943     Document Type: Chapter

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