Rail transport, agrarian crisis, and the restructuring of agriculture: France and great Britain confront globalization, 1860-1900

Social Science History

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-255

  Schwartz, Robert M ^a  

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EID: 77952980208     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: 15278034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-2009-026     Document Type: Article

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