The Symbiosis of Towns and Textiles
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Title The Symbiosis of Towns and Textiles
Url http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-03.html
Description Extensive working paper on the effects of urbanization of the textile industry on cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England between 1280 and 1570 CE. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract, and full text on PDF document.
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Date Jul 19, 2006
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