Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s

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Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s. / Ikonomou, Haakon Andreas; Tsakas, Christos.

In: European Review of History, Vol. 26, No. 4, 17.04.2019, p. 636-657.

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Ikonomou, HA & Tsakas, C 2019, 'Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s', European Review of History, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 636-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2019.1592121

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Ikonomou, H. A., & Tsakas, C. (2019). Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s. European Review of History, 26(4), 636-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2019.1592121

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Ikonomou HA, Tsakas C. Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s. European Review of History. 2019 Apr 17;26(4):636-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2019.1592121

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Ikonomou, Haakon Andreas ; Tsakas, Christos. / Crisis, capitalism and common policies: Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s. In: European Review of History. 2019 ; Vol. 26, No. 4. pp. 636-657.

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