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Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865–1965 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

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Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865–1965 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

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Published January 13, 1999
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