Labour Supplies in Historical Perspective: A Study of the Proletarianization of the African Peasantry in Rhodesia

The Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1970, Pages 197-234

  Arrighi, G ^a  

^a Istituto superiore di Scienze Sociali   (Italy)

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EID: 14944370530     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220387008421322     Document Type: Article

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