The evolution of the value of water power during the Industrial Revolution
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Water power; Industrial revolution; Market access;All these keywords.
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- N61 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
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