After slavery: Asian labor, the American South, and the age of emancipation

Journal of World History

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-242

  Guterl, Matthew Pratt ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR MIGRATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SLAVE;

(SOUTH); CUBA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041811720     PISSN: 10456007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jwh.2003.0019     Document Type: Article

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