Theories of technological progress and the british textile industry from kay to cartwright

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 533-555

  O'Brien, P K ^a   Griffiths, T ^a   Hunt, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37949022724     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: 20413335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0212610900005814     Document Type: Article

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