Corn, tomatoes, and a dead dog: Mexican agricultural restructuring after NAFTA and rural responses to declining maize production in Oaxaca, Mexico

Mexican Studies - Estudios Mexicanos

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-119

  Browning, Anjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Depeasantization; Mexico; Migration; NAFTA; Oaxaca; Peasant agriculture; Sustainable farming; Tomatoes; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877680552     PISSN: 07429797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/msem.2013.29.1.85     Document Type: Review

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