Demand Vs. Supply in the Industrial Revolution

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 981-1008

  Mokyr, Joel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972171977     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700094778     Document Type: Article

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