African-American Migration and Mechanized Cotton Harvesting, 1950-1960

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 501-520

  Heinicke, Craig ^a  

^a BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 43949157502     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1994.1021     Document Type: Article

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