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Evolving gaps: Occupational structure in southern and northern Italy, 1400–1861
Abstract During the Risorgimento (1800–61), southern Italy was less industrial than central‐northern Italy and initially agricultural provinces in the north saw rapid structural transformation. During the Renaissance (1400–1600), structural transformation in the south led to a near halving of the initial difference in agricultural employment share ...
David Chilosi, Carlo Ciccarelli
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Wealth inequality in pre‐industrial Europe: What role did associational organizations have?
Abstract A host of studies on wealth inequality in pre‐industrial Europe has recently been published. Out of these, a narrative emerges of rising inequality in a context of emerging markets and growing state taxation, punctuated by calamities. By surveying the available material, this article highlights an element that is less systematically discussed ...
Bas van Bavel
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A Donatello for Rome, a Memling for Florence. The maritime transports of the Sermattei of Florence†
Abstract This article deals with the maritime transports of a little known but not unimportant Florentine merchant family. On the basis of previously unknown archival source material, we address questions of family history, mercantile networks, maritime trade connections, and merchandise (including some famous artworks), shedding new light not only on ...
Tobias Daniels, Arnold Esch
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The Female Mortality Advantage in the Seventeenth‐Century Rural Low Countries
ABSTRACT Data from famines from the nineteenth century onward suggest that women hold a mortality advantage during times of acute malnutrition, while modern laboratory research suggests that women are more resilient to most pathogens causing epidemic diseases.
Daniel R. Curtis, Qijun Han
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: EDOARDO GRENDI, MICROANALYSIS, AND GENERALIZATIONS*
ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article by Edoardo Grendi. His article, titled “Micro‐analisi e storia sociale” (Microanalysis and Social History), is cited more often than it is read.
FRANCESCA TRIVELLATO
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Geomorphological characterization of the DsGSD enables us to identify the sources of sediment that could be mobilized as debris flows. In the area, pseudo‐badlands morphotype has been defined and mapped, representing the main sources of risk beside abandoned quarry deposits.
Alberto Bosino +12 more
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Temperature Series for 19 Caves Across the Western Italian Alps
We present a validated temperature dataset from 19 caves in the Western Italian Alps (2012–2025), offering over 160,000 records. Designed for reuse, the data enable future studies on cave microclimates, thermal buffering, and climate sensitivity in subterranean ecosystems. ABSTRACT Caves represent challenging systems for monitoring temperature dynamics.
L. Cresi +11 more
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Wealth, Inheritance, and Concentration: Italy and Its Regions From the Unification to the Great War
ABSTRACT In the economic history of post‐unification Italy, the question of wealth has been largely neglected. We fill this gap with a new set of estimates of wealth concentration from 1863 to 1914, using national inheritance tax tabulations, combined with existing micro‐data for the cities of Milan and Naples. While the level of our estimates for this
Giacomo Gabbuti, Salvatore Morelli
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Sistema di interscambio Catasto-Comuni II parte
Sistema di interscambio Catasto-Comuni II ...
Maurizio Talamo +2 more
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Il catasto a valori e redditi: alcune considerazioni [PDF]
L’articolo intende verificare la tenuta logico-metodologica della costituzione di un catasto dei valori basato sui valori di mercato, oltreché dei redditi, come prevedono le linee di riforma in discussione da tempo nel Parlamento italiano, anche alla ...
Gianni Guerrieri
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