Personal and commercial networks in an English port: Chester in the early eighteenth century

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-293

  Stobart, Jon ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; PORT OPERATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CHESHIRE; CHESTER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4444268917     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-7488(03)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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