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British and American Horology: A Comment on Hoke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

August C. Bolino
August C. Bolino
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Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 665 - 667
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1988

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References

The author is Professor of Economics at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064.

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