Property and persons: New forms and contests in the Era of Neoliberalism

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 347-360

  Hirsch, Eric ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; heritage; intellectual property; land; ownership; technology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LANDOWNERSHIP; NEOLIBERALISM;

EID: 77958018548     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105036     Document Type: Article

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