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Staat en economie in de Nederlandse Republiek - Oscar Gelderblom ed., The political economy of the Dutch Republic (Ashgate; Farnham 2009) 329 p., tab., €73,- ISBN 9780754661597

May 2010
Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 123(2):283-284

DOI:10.5117/TVGESCH2010.2.B9

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Griet Vermeesch

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