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Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States

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Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States. / Hamilton, Shane Lee.

In: Enterprise & society, Vol. 21, No. 3, 09.2020, p. 648-680.

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Hamilton, SL 2020, 'Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States', Enterprise & society, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 648-680. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2019.43

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Hamilton, S. L. (2020). Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States. Enterprise & society, 21(3), 648-680. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2019.43

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Hamilton SL. Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States. Enterprise & society. 2020 Sep;21(3):648-680. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2019.43

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Hamilton, Shane Lee. / Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural Financialization in the United States. In: Enterprise & society. 2020 ; Vol. 21, No. 3. pp. 648-680.

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