Capital deepening and the rise of the factory: The American experience during the nineteenth century

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 586-595

  Atack, Jeremy ^a   Bateman, Fred ^a   Margo, Robert A ^a  

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CAPITAL MARKET; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 27844568449     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00314.x     Document Type: Review

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