The internal labour dynamics of the Great Eastern Railway Company, 1870-1913

Economic History Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 396-422

  Howlett, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR MARKET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 7444266428     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2004.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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