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Marxism in a Nutshell - A Dictionary of Marxist Thought. Edited by Tom Bottomore. Editorial Board: Laurence Harris, V. G. Kiernan, and Ralph Miliband. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983. Pp. xiii, 587. $35.00.

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A Dictionary of Marxist Thought. Edited by Tom Bottomore. Editorial Board: Laurence Harris, V. G. Kiernan, and Ralph Miliband. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983. Pp. xiii, 587. $35.00.

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Jon S. Cohen
Jon S. Cohen
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 515 - 520
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