Social and Labor Adjustment of Rural Black Americans in the Mississippi Delta [electronic resource] : A Case Study of Madison, Ark. Report No. 274 / Mary Jo Grinstead and Others.

This document--one of six closely related studies designed to consider employability of rural labor, the impact of industry, and social adjustments in the Mississippi Delta and the Ozarks--examines the socioeconomic factors affecting employment in industry of black Americans living in a rural area o...

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Main Author: Grinstead, Mary Jo
Corporate Authors: Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974.
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