Giants in the fields: Agribusiness and farm labor politics in the United States

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-70

  Benson, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Farm labor; North Carolina; Theater; Tobacco; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650066794     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2010.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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