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Colin Heywood
Development of the French Economy, 1750-1914

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Examines the way economic historians have approached two sets of problems. Should the French economy in 18th and 19th centuries be considered "retarded", or an early European development success, and, should economic performance be explained by material conditions, or in social terms.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781349105960 ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 1992 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4973359 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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