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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The cost of war: sociological approaches to the societal and individual wounds of Combat. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Grimell J, Atuel H, Sinai C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies equity returns in the Madrid Stock Exchange and their connections with the macroeconomy from the emergence of a stock market around 1900 to its ‘big bang’ at the turn of the twenty‐first century. Using high‐quality data from primary sources and the methodology of the modern IBEX35 (published since 1987), we constructed an ...
Stefano Battilossi, Stefan O. Houpt, Miguel Artola Blanco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neoliberal economic policies as a root cause of forced migration from Arab Spring countries: the case of Syria. [PDF]

Disasters
Ajlan AA.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

The 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, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peer influence on West Point cadets' Civil War allegiances. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Guo Y, Jackson MO, Jia R.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

The 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

Can peace be engineered? [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Madhavan G, Donofrio NM, Madni AM.
europepmc   +1 more source

CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL: Medicine and the Civil War

Civil War Book Review, 2013
openaire   +1 more source

Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
wiley   +1 more source