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Poverty, Class, and Dependence in Early America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

A. Roger Ekirch
A. Roger Ekirch
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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The Historical Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 493 - 502
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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