Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 139-154

  Whaples, Robert ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974041307     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700040602     Document Type: Article

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