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Comments on Papers by Hohenberg, Mendels, and Mazzaoui

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

David Landes ,
Sylvia L. Thrupp  and
Tom G. Kessinger
David Landes
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Sylvia L. Thrupp
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Tom G. Kessinger
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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I shall confine my comments to the papers by Messrs. Mendels and Hohenberg, which lie within my period of interest and competence. First, regarding Mendels: I found this a very useful survey, wide-ranging in space and time, with very strong coverage of the literature. One of its many virtues is that it tries to grapple with some of the serious difficulties of analysis and explanation, especially in the statistical realm. Despite, or perhaps because of, these general merits, however, there are a number of points of detail that are open to criticism. Let me take these seriatim:

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Papers Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 287 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1972

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