Race, gender, and survivalist entrepreneurship in large northern cities during the Great Depression

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-339

  Boyd, Robert L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Great Depression; Northern U.S. cities; Race; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744283535     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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