Competition and the compensation of sharecroppers by race: A view from plantations in the early twentieth century

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 181-194

  Alston, Lee J ^a   Kauffman, Kyle D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346510159     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0762     Document Type: Article

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