A history of mechanization in the cotton south: the institutional hypothesis

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 1191-1215

  Whatley, Warren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0022231119     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1885680     Document Type: Article

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