The Nature of the Future. Agriculture, Science, and Capitalism in the Antebellum North, Paperback - Emily Pawley

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emily PawleyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

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