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| Title | An Introduction to the Study of Political Economy |
| Author | Luigi Cossa |
| Translated by | Louis Dyer |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1893 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Nov 10, 2007 |
| Length | 587 pages |
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