Is it kosher to talk about culture?

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-287

  Temin, Peter ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLO-SAXON CULTURE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; JAPANESE CULTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031435765     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700018441     Document Type: Review

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