Luxury product consumption in: Eighteenth-century Cape Colony households

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 29-60

  Fourie, Johan ^a   Uys, Jolandi ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Bloomberg New Energy Finance   (United States)

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EID: 84864364958     PISSN: 15721701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/tseg.264     Document Type: Article

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