The Political Economy of Household Commodity Production in the Louisiana Shrimp Fishery

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 227-251

  Marks, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost price squeeze; Household commodity production; Louisiana; Shrimp fisheries

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; COST; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LIVING STANDARD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SHRIMP FISHERY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84857959597     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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