From imitation to invention: Creating commodities in eighteenth-century Britain

Economic History Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-30

  Berg, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036116395     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00212     Document Type: Article

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