Making property productive: Reorganizing rights to real and equitable estates in Britain, 16601830

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-30

  Bogart, Dan ^a   Richardson, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68349145993     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: 14740044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1361491609002433     Document Type: Article

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