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Was England Really Superior to France?

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De la supériorité de l'Angleterre sur la France. L'économique et l'imaginaire XVIIe-XXe siècles. By CrouzetFrançois. Paris: Librairie Académique Perrin, 1985. Pp. vi, 596. F170,00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Rondo Cameron
Affiliation:
William Rand Kenan University Professor at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.

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