Speculative fictions

explaining the economy in the early United States

Verfasser / Beitragende:
Elizabeth Hewitt
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
Beschreibung:
xii, 330 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Format:
Buch
Ausgabe:
First edition
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