Two hundred hectares of good business: Brazilian agriculture in a themed space

Geographical Review

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-485

  Brannstrom, Christian ^a   Brandão, Paulo R B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Brazil; Culture; Theme; Trade fair

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ICONOGRAPHY; POWER RELATIONS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84867909714     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2012.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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