Racial boundary formation at the dawn of Jim Crow: The determinants and effects of black/mulatto occupational differences in the United States, 1880

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-231

  Gullickson, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955960897     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652136     Document Type: Article

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