Corporations and Community in Highland Guatemala

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-245

  Thomas, Kedron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel industry; Community; Corporations; Guatemala; Intellectual property

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910655520     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plar.12072     Document Type: Article

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