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The Kress Library of Business and Economics and Some of Its Treasures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2012
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The following brief tour through Harvard's Kress Library should acquaint scholars with that collection's unique strengths and whet their appetites for further exploration of its shelves.
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