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Part of the 'New Oxford History of England', this volume sets out an authoritative view of the state of scholarship on the subject, presenting a distillation of the knowledge built up by a half-century's research.

Title A polite and commercial people : England 1727-1783 / Paul Langford. [electronic resource]
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Originally published: 1989.
Previously issued in print: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series The new Oxford history of England
Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (826 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, tables.
Language English
National Library system number 997010703139605171
MARC RECORDS
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