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Research Article

The Du Bois nexus: intersectionality, political economy, and environmental injustice in the Peruvian Guano trade in the 1800s

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Pages 54-66 | Received 04 Mar 2017, Accepted 16 Sep 2017, Published online: 30 Sep 2017

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