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The impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s on the British economy

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  • Nicholas Dimsdale

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  • Nicholas Horsewood

    (University of Birmingham)

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  • Nicholas Dimsdale & Nicholas Horsewood, 2012. "The impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s on the British economy," Working Papers 12028, Economic History Society.
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