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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Kanchan Gupta

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added new Web site: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - Personal Liberty Laws.	Kanchan Gupta	Apr 04, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998