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Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History. By Angus Maddison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 418. $99.00, cloth; $42.95, paper.

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Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History. By Angus Maddison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 418. $99.00, cloth; $42.95, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

Gregory Clark
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University of California, Davis
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 1156 - 1161
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