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Noblemen in business in the nineteenth century: the survival of an economic elite?*

Silvia A. Conca Messinaa Department of Historical Studies, University of Milan ‘La Statale’, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takeshi Abeb Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Kokushikan University, Setagaya-ku, Japan;c Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Osaka, JapanView further author information
Pages 207-225 | Published online: 03 Feb 2022

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