Labour's Geography And Geography's Labour: California As An (Anti-) Revolutionary Landscape

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-233

  Mitchell, Don ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Bracero programme; California; Landscape; Revolution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROINDUSTRY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; LABOR RELATIONS;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886733379     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geob.12022     Document Type: Article

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