Cycles of silver: Global economic unity through the mid-eighteenth century

Journal of World History

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 391-427

  Flynn, Dennis O ^a   Giraldez, Arturo ^a  

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ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 0036748065     PISSN: 10456007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jwh.2002.0035     Document Type: Article

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