When the tide turned: Immigration and the delay of the great black migration

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 607-632

  Collins, William J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000433518     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700113385     Document Type: Review

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