Managing the economy, managing the people: Britain c. 1931-70

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 555-585

  Tomlinson, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 27844565722     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00313.x     Document Type: Review

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