The demise of an organizational form: Emancipation and plantation agriculture in the American South, 1860-1880

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1365-1410

  Ruef, Martin ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042596809     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381772     Document Type: Review

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