Civil rights in the field: Carey McWilliams as a public-interest historian and social ecologist

Pacific Historical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-248

  Sachs, Aaron ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CIVIL RIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942514305     PISSN: 00308684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3641600     Document Type: Article

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