Soybean exports and deforestation from a world-systems perspective: A cross-national investigation of comparative disadvantage

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-536

  Austin, Kelly F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 77954462626     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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