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Global and local forces in deindustrialization: the case of cotton cloth in East Africa’s Lower Shire Valley

Katharine FrederickRural and Environmental History Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 266-289 | Received 08 Nov 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2016, Published online: 15 May 2017

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