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The Evolution of Technology Diffusion and the Great Divergence
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2468-9068,1572-1701
DOI: 10.18352/tseg.55