Ecologies of empire: On the new uses of the Honeybee

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 650-678

  Kosek, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Empire; Honeybees; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958162271     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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