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Why did modern trade fairs appear? [PDF]

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According to our interpretation, modern trade fairs started in Europe during the First World War and in its immediate aftermath. With the closing of trade movements during the war, many cities had to resort to the old medieval tradition of providing ...
Albert Carreras, Lídia Torra
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The Costs of Doing Hard Time: A penitentiary-based regional price index for Canada, 1883-1923 [PDF]

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We construct consumer price indices for Canada, mainly based on the expenditure records of Canada’s federal penitentiaries. Regional price variation was much greater in Canada in the late nineteenth century than in the northern U.S.
Chris Minns, Mary Mackinnon
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