African and European bound labor in the British New World: The biological consequences of economic choices

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-115

  Coelho, Philip R P ^a   McGuire, Robert A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PATTERN; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; LABOUR SUPPLY; SLAVE LABOUR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030806546     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700017939     Document Type: Article

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