Human capital and growth in the postbellum South: A separate but unequal story

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-399

  Connolly, Michelle ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN CAPITAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142526383     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050704002736     Document Type: Article

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