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Revenue, Voice, and Public Goods in Three Pre-Modern States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2007

Lane F. Fargher  and
Richard E. Blanton
Lane F. Fargher
Affiliation:
Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University
Richard E. Blanton
Affiliation:
Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 848 - 882
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