Rearticulating caste: The global cottonseed commodity chain and the paradox of smallholder capitalism in south India

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1035-1056

  Ramamurthy, Priti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTIVATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SMALLHOLDER; WAGE GAP;

INDIA;

MICROPUS;

EID: 79958844385     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43215     Document Type: Article

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