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An economic history of modern Britain

by John Clapham · 1926

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Volume 1, 2 and 3 include sections on "population, communications, agrarian organization, money, banking and insurance, railways, iron, coal, steam, and engineering, agriculture, overseas trade, banking, prices and the money market."

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 596 pages

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