Law, society, identity, and the making of the Jim Crow South: Travel and segregation on Tennessee railroads, 1875-1905

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-409

  Mack, Kenneth W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10044275643     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1999.tb00134.x     Document Type: Review

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