The Poverty of Disaster

The Poverty of Disaster
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781108496940
ISBN-13 : 1108496946
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Book Synopsis The Poverty of Disaster by : Tawny Paul

Download or read book The Poverty of Disaster written by Tawny Paul and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines debt insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain, a period of famously rapid economic growth when many people nevertheless experienced financial failure.


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