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Education and Social Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Alexander J. Field
Alexander J. Field
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Stanford University
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , March 1978 , pp. 258 - 261
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1978

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