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Income, Welfare and the Industrial Revolution in Britain*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Julian Hoppit
Julian Hoppit
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University College, London
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The Historical Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 721 - 731
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