The role of publicly provided electricity in economic development: The experience of the Tennessee valley authority, 1929-1955

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 389-419

  Kitchens, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 84901047732     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050714000308     Document Type: Review

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