1. Issues in Postbellum Southern Agriculture;Alston,1990
2. Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865–1965;Alston,1999
3. Contractual Mix in Southern Agriculture since the Civil War: Facts, Hypotheses and Tests;Alston;Journal of Economic History,1982
4. The Impact of Paternalism on Racial Land Rental Differences in the U.S. South;Alston,2000
5. Up, Down, and Off the Agricultural Ladder: New Evidence and Implications of Agricultural Mobility for Blacks in the Postbellum South;Alston;Agricultural History,1998