The decline of the Royal African Company: Fringe firms and the role of the charter

Economic History Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-313

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Kruse, Jamie Brown ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0008241314     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1996.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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