Dear Alan

Try this for a first orientation:


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A. Maddison, The World Economy; A Millennial Perspective, OECD, Parijs
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Robert William Fogel, The Slavery Debates, 1952-1990: A Retrospective.
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University. 2006 


Hans Visser