Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization: Introduction to the Special Issue

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Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization : Introduction to the Special Issue. / Skvirskaja, Vera; Marsden, Magnus .

In: History and Anthropology, Vol. 29, No. sup.1, 2018.

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Harvard

Skvirskaja, V & Marsden, M 2018, 'Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization: Introduction to the Special Issue', History and Anthropology, vol. 29, no. sup.1.

APA

Skvirskaja, V., & Marsden, M. (2018). Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization: Introduction to the Special Issue. History and Anthropology, 29(sup.1).

Vancouver

Skvirskaja V, Marsden M. Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization: Introduction to the Special Issue. History and Anthropology. 2018;29(sup.1).

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Skvirskaja, Vera ; Marsden, Magnus . / Merchant Identities, Trading Nodes, and Globalization : Introduction to the Special Issue. In: History and Anthropology. 2018 ; Vol. 29, No. sup.1.

Bibtex

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