The effects of the fair labor standards act of 1938 on the southern seamless hosiery and lumber industries

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 396-415

  Seltzer, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (1938); HISTORICAL STUDY; HOSIERY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL IMPACT; MINIMUM WAGE; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

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EID: 0031463772     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700018490     Document Type: Review

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