The Economics of Exhaustion, the Postan Thesis, and the Agricultural Revolution

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 61-84

  Clark, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84974183783     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700010263     Document Type: Article

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