Commerce and cooperation: Litigation and settlement of civil disputes on the Australian frontier, 1860-1900

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1088-1119

  Khan, B Z ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FRONTIER REGION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034467199     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700000462     Document Type: Article

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