Transgenic-free territories in Costa Rica: Networks, place, and the politics of life

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-105

  Pearson, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

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EID: 84857565951     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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