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Spatial History: Railways, Uneven Development, and Population Change in France and Great Britain, 1850-1914.

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Spatial History: Railways, Uneven Development, and Population Change in France and Great Britain, 1850-1914. / Schwartz, Robert; Gregory, Ian; Thévenin, Thomas.
In: Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2011, p. 53-88.

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Schwartz R, Gregory I, Thévenin T. Spatial History: Railways, Uneven Development, and Population Change in France and Great Britain, 1850-1914. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2011;42(1):53-88. doi: 10.1162/JINH_a_00205

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Schwartz, Robert ; Gregory, Ian ; Thévenin, Thomas. / Spatial History: Railways, Uneven Development, and Population Change in France and Great Britain, 1850-1914. In: Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2011 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 53-88.

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