Globalization and the Great Divergence: Terms of trade booms, volatility and the poor periphery, 1782-1913

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-391

  Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56249104150     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: 14740044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136149160800230X     Document Type: Review

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