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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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Stephenson (Cari). Mediaeval Feudalism
, 1949 Genicot L. Stephenson (Cari). Mediaeval Feudalism. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 27, fasc. 1-2, 1949. pp.
Genicot, Léopold
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Direct Evidence of the Geographic Origins of Horse in the Yaoheyuan Site From Ningxia, China
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, It is explores the geographic origin of horses by analyzing the strontium isotope ratio of horses from the Yaoheyuan site, an important site in the northwest region of China during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The results show that most of the horses at the Yaoheyuan site were domesticated locally, while a small number came from ...
Youla Yang +4 more
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Systematic review of the changing land to people relationship and co-evolution of land administration. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Adam AG.
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Money and federal autocracy: 1913 and the quiet inversion of the American constitutional order
Economic Affairs, EarlyView.Abstract The American Revolution affirmed that sovereignty inheres by nature in each Citizen, and collectively in the People. The Constitution completed a structure in which authority flowed from Citizens to their several State republics, and from the States to a Union holding only delegated powers. 1913 inverted that order.
James Turk
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Clio@Themis, 2019 This paper presents Jacques Flach’s Collège de France course in primitive law, which he taught from 1892 until 1904. It insists on the specificity of his historical and comparative approach. Ever attentive to studying institutions in their context, Flach
Frédéric Audren
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
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Feudalism and Ancient China: An Historical Argumentation
, 2014 “The study of feudalism”, wrote H.A. Cronne, is not only a most difficult task but "is fatally easy to go astray not only at the outset, but at every step of the way."(1) Various meanings and usages have been attached to the word "feudal" and it has been
Ma, Florence
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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
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The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel dataset spanning 135 years (1874–2008), this study finds support for a crucial role played by structural transformation in convergence. The pace of
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
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