Progress and poverty in early modern Europe

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-443

  Allen, Robert C ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROWTH DETERMINATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1642487827     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2003.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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