The city and democratic capitalism 1950–1970

The British Government and the City of London in the Twentieth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 96-114

  Whiting, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511496172.006     Document Type: Chapter

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