The Political Economy of Interwar Egyptian Cotton Policy

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-325

  Yousef, Tarik M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Interwar Egypt; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012572714     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0745     Document Type: Article

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