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Britain’s exports during the late-Victorian era
7 Nov, 2022
By Brian D. Varian (Newcastle University)   This blog post is based upon the author’s research note forthcoming in...
The socialist experiment in post-Second World War south-east Asia: Vietnam’s development model
1 Nov, 2022
By Gregg Huff (University of Oxford)   This blog is based upon a grant awarded by the Economic History...
Mortality patterns in the Greek urban centre of Hermoupolis, 1859–1940
27 Oct, 2022
By Michail Raftakis (University of Sassari)   This blog post is based upon the author’s article forthcoming in the...
Barbados wills, 1627-1727: slavery, service and links with England
22 Oct, 2022
By Catherine Talbot (University of Exeter) and Jane Whittle (University of Exeter) This blog is based upon a grant...
With mother’s milk: ethnic-specific infant care practices and infant mortality in the Russian Empire
18 Oct, 2022
By Timur Natkhov (HSE University) and Natalia Vasilenok (Stanford University)   This blog post is based upon the authors’...
Credit and land from below: the accidental but successful experience of Catalan smallholders in the eighteenth century
13 Oct, 2022
By Rosa Congost (University of Girona), Ricard Garcia-Orallo (University of Barcelona), and Enric Saguer (University of Girona) This blog...
The socio-economic factors in the preconditions for the development of localism in Hong Kong, 1950-81
10 Oct, 2022
by Zongyue Liu (University of Oxford) This blog is based upon a grant awarded by the Economic History Society...
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Hidden investors: what joint shareholders tell us about social institutions and inheritance
5 Oct, 2022
by Janette Rutterford (Open University), Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos (Open University), and Carry van Lieshout (Open University) This blog post...
Making the census count – and accountable
3 Oct, 2022
by Richard Rodger (Edinburgh University) The author is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at Edinburgh University and...
A small remark with big consequences: what sparked Black Wednesday?
30 Sep, 2022
by Alain Naef (Banque de France) The author is an economist at the Banque de France and cofounder of...
How the Bank of England assisted in the formation of a fiscal-military state in Britain, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution
28 Sep, 2022
by Patrick O’Brien (LSE) and Nuno Palma (University of Manchester, ICS-UL, CEPR) This blog post is based upon the...
Ottoman Political Economies
26 Sep, 2022
by Camille Lyans Cole (University of Cambridge) and Peter Hill (Northumbria University) This blog is based upon a grant...
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