The Frontier Thesis and Social Mobility on the Mining Frontier

Pacific Historical Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 52-67

  Peterson, Richard H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

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EID: 84968080990     PISSN: 00308684     EISSN: 15338584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3637897     Document Type: Article

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