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Characteristics of Census Tracts in Nine U.S. Cities, 1940-1960

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Characteristics of Census Tracts in Nine U.S. Cities, 1940-1960 [machine readable data file]. Compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Edition prepared by David Elesh, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin. 1st DPLS 1971 Ed. Madison, WI: David Elesh, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology [producer], 1971. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Data and Program Library Service [distributor], 1971, 1997. (26 data files); <http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/centrac/index.html>; ().

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