Determinants of the growth of the state: War and taxation in early modern France and England

Social Forces

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 411-448

  Kiser, Edgar ^a   Linton, April ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040440433     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2001.0099     Document Type: Review

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