Continuity, change, and specialization within metropolitan London: The economy of Westminster, 1750-1820

Economic History Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-493

  Harvey, Charles ^a   Green, Edmund M ^a   Corfield, Penelope J ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00133     Document Type: Review

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