Feeding the colleges: Cambridge's food and fuel supplies, 1450-1560

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-264

  Lee, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FUEL; URBAN AREA; VON THUNEN MODEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344121273     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-0289.2003.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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