Beyond black and white: Color and mortality in post-reconstruction era North Carolina
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U.S.; North Carolina; Mortality; Race; Colorism;All these keywords.
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- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
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