How biology travels: A humanitarian trip

Body and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 139-158

  Ticktin, Miriam ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

biology; capitalism; epistemology; humanitarianism; immigration; refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958725329     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X11400764     Document Type: Article

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