The labor of terroir and the terroir of labor: Geographical indication and Darjeeling tea plantations

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-96

  Besky, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Labor; Plantation; Tea; Terroir; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878817581     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-013-9452-8     Document Type: Article

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