Structural adjustment, spatial imaginaries, and “piracy” in guatemala’s apparel industry

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Thomas, Kedron ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel industry; Free trade; International law; Morality; Piracy; Urban space

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650251380     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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