The other breadwinners: The mobilization of secondary wage earners in early twentieth-century black families

History of the Family

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-94

  Hunter, Andrea G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black African American families; Employment; Family history; Family strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041870678     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-602X(01)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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