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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

X-ray Computed Tomography Analysis of Historical Woodwind Instruments of the Late Eighteenth Century. [PDF]

J Imaging, 2022
Tansella F, Vigorelli L, Ricchiardi G, Re A, Bonizzoni L, Grassini S, Staropoli M, Lo Giudice A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How did Japan catch‐up with the West? Some implications of recent revisions to Japan's historical growth record

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Tokihiko Settsu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Giant cell tumor of bone in an eighteenth-century Italian mummy. [PDF]

Virchows Arch, 2021
Ventura L, Petrella E, Piciucchi S, Cilli E, Luiselli D, Feeney RNM, Traversari M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

1. An Introduction to the Enlightenment

, 1958
The word Enlightenment is used to indicate the eighteenth century in the history of ideas of the Western World. It is a word that indicates a sum of ideas about the character of man, his beliefs and activities, and the universe.
Bloom, Robert L., Crapster, Basil L., Dunkelberger, Harold L., Glatfelter, Charles H., Mara, Richard T., Richardson, Norman E., Schubart, W. Richard   +6 more
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Economic trends in Qing China: A response to Rawski's bold claims

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Thomas Rawski challenges recent quantitative studies that find declining Chinese GDP per capita during 1700–1850 and suggests that the error margins around the component series for per capita grain supply should be widened, which would make it possible to accommodate stagnation, growth or decline.
Stephen Broadberry, Hanhui Guan, David Daokui Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Puppy in the Pit: Osteobiography of an Eighteenth-Century Dog at the Three Cranes Tavern, Massachusetts. [PDF]

Int J Hist Archaeol, 2023
Quinlan LM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Monetary integration and purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the development of purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century. Using new monthly data from 1831 to 1872, it finds that real exchange rates became more stable after the late 1850s. This convergence was supported by growing connections in international bullion markets, which reduced exchange
Atsushi Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Amy Prendergast, Mere Bagatelles: Women’s Diaries from Ireland, 1760-1810

European Journal of Life Writing
Amy Prendergast’s archival study of women’s diaries from eighteenth-century Ireland demonstrates that recovery work in women’s literature is far from complete.
Colleen Taylor
doaj   +1 more source

Reports on Greenlandic and Faroese medicine from an eighteenth-century medical book. [PDF]

Int J Circumpolar Health, 2021
Porro A, Falconi B, Lorusso L, Franchini AF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source