Actually existing tomatoes: Politics of memory, variety, and empire in latvian struggles over seeds

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 69, 2014, Pages 12-27

  Aistara, Guntra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Borders; Cultural memory; Intellectual property rights; Seeds; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904988386     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2014.690102     Document Type: Article

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