Locating Value in Artisan Cheese: Reverse Engineering Terroir for New-World Landscapes

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-457

  Paxson, Heather ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative agriculture; cheese; food studies; place; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956168894     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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