Unequal access to food during the nutritional transition: evidence from...
by Francisco J. Medina-Albaladejo & Salvador Calatayud (Universitat de València). This article is forthcoming in the Economic History Review. Figure 1 – General pathology ward, Hospital General...
View ArticleEarly-life disease exposure and occupational status
by Martin Saavedra (Oberlin College and Conservatory) This blog is part H of the Economic History Society’s blog series: ‘The Long View on Epidemics, Disease and Public Health: Research from Economic...
View ArticleHow JP Morgan Picked Winners and Losers in the Panic of 1907: The Importance...
by Jon Moen (University of Mississippi) & Mary Rodgers (SUNY, Oswego). This blog is part of our EHS 2020 Annual Conference Blog Series. A cartoon on the cover of Puck Magazine, from 1910, titled:...
View ArticleThe Great Indian Earthquake: colonialism, politics and nationalism in 1934
by Tirthankar Ghosh (Department of History, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, India) This blog is part of our EHS Annual Conference 2020 Blog Series. Gandhi in Bihar after the 1934 Nepal–Bihar...
View ArticleCorporate Social Responsibility for workers: Pirelli (1950-1980)
by Ilaria Suffia (Università Cattolica, Milan) This blog is part of our EHS Annual Conference 2020 Blog Series. Pirelli headquarters in Milan’s Bicocca district. Available at Wikimedia Commons....
View ArticleTaxation and Wealth Inequality in the German Territories of the Holy Roman...
by Victoria Gierok (Nuffield College, Oxford) This blog is part of our EHS Annual Conference 2020 Blog Series. Nuremberg chronicles – Kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Available...
View ArticlePatents and Invention in Jamaica and the British Atlantic before 1857
By Aaron Graham (Oxford University) This article will be published in the Economic History Review and is currently available on Early View. A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, by James...
View ArticleOvercoming the Egyptian cotton crisis in the interwar period: the role of...
By Ulas Karakoc (TOBB ETU, Ankara & Humboldt University Berlin) & Laura Panza (University of Melbourne) The full article from this blog is forthcoming in the Economic History Review. A study...
View ArticleThe Growth Pattern of British Children, 1850-1975
By Pei Gao (NYU Shanghai) & Eric B. Schneider (LSE) The full article from this blog is forthcoming in the Economic History Review and is currently available on Early View. HMS Indefatigable with...
View ArticleWomen in the German Economy: A Long Way to Gender Equality (NR Session 4)
By Theresa Neef (Freie Universität Berlin) This research is due to be presented in the fourth New Researcher Online Session: ‘Equality & Wages’. Scanned image of a mid-1930s postcard depicting...
View ArticleDid the Ottomans Import the Low Wages of the British in the 19th Century? An...
By Tamer Güven (Istanbul University) This research is due to be presented in the fourth New Researcher Online Session: ‘Equality & Wages’. The Istanbul Grand Bazaar in the 1890s. Available at...
View ArticleCoordinating Decline: Governmental Regulation of Disappearing Horse Markets...
By Luise Elsaesser (European University Institute) This research is due to be presented in the fifth New Researcher Online Session: ‘Government & Colonization’. Milkman and horse-drawn cart –...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Redistribution in time: Social spending in 54 countries,...
By Xabier García Fuente (Universitat de Barcelona) This research is due to be presented in the sixth New Researcher Online Session: ‘Spending & Networks’. Money of various currencies. Available at...
View ArticleSeeing like the Chinese imperial state: how many government employees did the...
By Ziang Liu (LSE) This blog is part of a series of New Researcher blogs. The Qianlong Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six Entering Suzhou and the Grand Canal. Available at Wikimedia...
View ArticleIndustrial, regional, and gender divides in British unemployment between the...
By Meredith M. Paker (Nuffield College, Oxford) This blog is part of a series of New Researcher blogs. A view from Victoria Tower, depicts the position of London on both sides of the Thames, 1930....
View ArticleHow Indian cottons steered British industrialisation
By Alka Raman (LSE) This blog is part of a series of New Researcher blogs. “Methods of Conveying Cotton in India to the Ports of Shipment,” from the Illustrated London News, 1861. Available at...
View ArticleNorth & South in the 1660s and 1670s: new understanding of the long-run...
By Andrew Wareham (University of Roehampton) This blog is part of a series of New Researcher blogs. Maps of England circa 1670, Darbie 10 of 40. Available at Wikimedia Commons. New research shows that...
View ArticleThe labour market causes and consequences of general purpose technological...
by Leonardo Ridolfi (University of Siena), Mara Squicciarini (Bocconi University), and Jacob Weisdorf (Sapienza University of Rome) Steam locomotive running gear. Available at Wikimedia Commons....
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