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Essays on the Economic History of the American Frontier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2005

JAMES I. STEWART
JAMES I. STEWART
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Reed College
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 524 - 527
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© 2005 The Economic History Association

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Footnotes

This dissertation was completed at Northwestern University under the supervision of Joseph P. Ferrie.

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