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Running out of time: using job ads to analyse the demand for messengers in the twentieth century

Peter Gladoić Håkanssona Department of Society, Culture and Identity, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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Tobias Karlssonb Department of Economic History, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Matti La Melac Department of ALM and Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 299-318 | Received 22 Dec 2021, Accepted 17 Jul 2022, Published online: 29 Aug 2022

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