Economic Opportunity on the Urban Frontier: Wealth and Nativity in Early San Francisco

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-277

  Walker, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0042204096     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0740     Document Type: Article

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