The rise of economic societies in the eighteenth century

by Koen Stapelbroek

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Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan in New York .
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Subjects:

• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History,
• HISTORY / Social History,
• HISTORY / Essays,
• Economics,
• Economic policy,
• History,
• HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century,
• Societies

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Edition Notes

Statement	edited by Koen Stapelbroek, Jani Marjanen
Classifications
LC Classifications	HB83 .R57 2012
The Physical Object
Pagination	p. cm.
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL25361773M
ISBN 10	9780230354173
LC Control Number	2012023567

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