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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Matthew Simon  and
Harry N. Scheiber
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , December 1963 , pp. 522 - 528
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1963

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