Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25317
Notes:
Pages 179-196 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07815
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, see C07805 for original, In: Walter J. Armbruster and John E. Lenz, eds. Commodity promotion policy in a global economy: proceedings of a symposium, October 22-23, 1992, Arlington, Virginia. Oak Brook, IL: Farm Foundation, 1993. p. 105-113.
Goddard, E.W. (author), Tielu, A. (author), and Goddard: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Tielu: Doctoral Student, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03081
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