Wartime Prosperity? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in the 1940s

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 41-60

  Higgs, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974137938     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700010251     Document Type: Article

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