New perspectives on the history of products, firms, marketing, and consumers in Britain and the United States since the mid-nineteenth century

Economic History Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 405-435

  Church, Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000435283     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00131     Document Type: Review

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