Agricultural productivity and rural incomes in England and the Yangtze Delta, c.1620-c.1820

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-550

  Allen, Robert C ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EXCHANGE RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YANGTZE DELTA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 67651021926     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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