Cheap Coals or Limitation of the Vend? The London Coal Trade, 1770–1845

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 321-328

  Hausman, William J ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 0021560452     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700031922     Document Type: Article

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