'Pitted but not pitied' or, does smallpox make you small?

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-635

  Oxley, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 33746257467     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Note

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