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‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Allometry of litter size in dog breeds. [PDF]

Acta Vet Scand
Egeriis KH, Proschowsky HF, Guldbrandtsen B.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

(1870) Glaukos [PDF]

, 2003
openaire   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

An example of land-use relaxation and its effect on soil stabilization in the catchment of Lake Lavijärvi, Russian Karelia: insights from multi-proxy sediment analysis. [PDF]

J Paleolimnol
Haas M, Ajallooeian F, Belkina NA, Subetto DA, Haghipour N, Welte C, Schubert CJ, Eglinton TI, Dubois N.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Remote investing in Latin America, 1869–1929

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Substantial amounts of British capital flowed to Latin America during the first era of globalization. Companies financed by this capital were typically headquartered in the United Kingdom, but operated thousands of miles away. This paper asks how this geographic separation between governance and business activities affected the valuation of ...
Gareth Campbell, Áine Gallagher, Richard S. Grossman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hankel's principle as an anti-Kantian program. [PDF]

Arch Hist Exact Sci
Toader ID.
europepmc   +1 more source

Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting the Need to Visit a Dentist in Young to Middle-Aged Adults: A Development and External Validation. [PDF]

Dent J (Basel)
Penttala M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Elite persistence in family: The role of adoption in prewar Japan

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do elite families often maintain their social and economic status across generations? This paper examines the role of adoption in sustaining elite persistence in prewar Japan. Under the Japanese inheritance system, families without a biological son could adopt an heir to continue the family lineage and transfer assets and social status ...
Hiroshi Kumanomido, Yutaro Takayasu
wiley   +1 more source