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Part Two - Trade, Exchange, and Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Jerry H. Bentley
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University of Hawaii, Manoa
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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