Family, literacy, and skill training in the Antebellum South: Historical-longitudinal evidence from Charleston

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 773-799

  Murray, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HUMAN CAPITAL; LITERACY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

CHARLESTON; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5544280145     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050704002967     Document Type: Article

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