Turnover cost and the distribution of slave labor in Anglo-America

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-329

  Hanes, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEBELLUM; BRITISH EMPIRE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORICAL STUDY; SLAVERY DISTRIBUTION; TURNOVER COST;

CARIBBEAN;

EID: 0030484012     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700016466     Document Type: Article

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