Race in commodity exchange and consumption: Separate but equal

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 587-606

  Bobby, M Wilson ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity exchange; Consumption; Postbellum South; Race; Segregation

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC HISTORY; RACE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 27844524487     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Review

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