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Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Last of the JEDI's: “Coloured” Women's Active Representation in Apartheid's Public Education Sector

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The South African apartheid regime racially organized society into race categories—one being “Coloured” to denote people of mixed‐race heritage. The term “Coloured,” even in contemporary South Africa, is a contentious categorization given the racist legacy of apartheid. This article documents the lives of “Coloured” women who struggled against
Karen Johnston
wiley   +1 more source

Organizational Fairness Perceptions, Employee Representation, and Firm Performance

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a theoretical perspective, employees' fairness perceptions play a vital role in explaining the effect of employee representation on individual and firm‐level outcomes. However, the fairness argument has not been scrutinized in empirical studies yet. Using German longitudinal linked employer‐employee data, we show that particularly central
Jens Mohrenweiser, Christian Pfeifer
wiley   +1 more source

‘reportless places’: Janet Malcolm and Collage

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Natalie Ferris
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasonography as a non‐invasive technique to assess the effects of diet on the ovaries of female European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Broodstock management in aquaculture aims to optimise larval production to meet farm demand, which requires precise monitoring of the reproductive cycle. Traditional methods such as histology often require killing of fish, making them unsuitable for monitoring reproductive dynamics at fish level.
Joaquim Tomàs‐Ferrer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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