Risk and risk management in English agriculture, c. 1750-1850

Economic History Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 334-361

  Stead, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RISK FACTOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7444264221     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2004.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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