Household extension and fragmentation: Investigating the socio-environmental dynamics of Mossi domestic transitions

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-376

  West, Colin Thor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Domestic processes; Households; Mossi; Social and environmental change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ETHNIC GROUP; GLOBALIZATION; MODERNIZATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CHANGE; VILLAGE;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 77952672643     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9317-3     Document Type: Article

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