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El siglo V en el Valle del Ebro: arqueología e historia

open access: yesAntigüedad y Cristianismo, 1991
The generalized désintégration of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century is contrasted here with the simultaneous regional evolution in the middle part of the valley of the Ebro.
Urbano Espinosa Ruiz
doaj  

Empire

open access: yes, 2008
Empire was a full-rigger and the photograph shows the top and topgallant masts on the mizzen indicating that they took the yards off the ship. J. J. Moore of San Francisco owned this ship at one time and Empire succumbed to a fire in San Francisco Bay in

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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
wiley   +1 more source

The Issues of the Sixth Dalai Lama and the Transformation of Qing Information System on Tibet

open access: yesReligions
After having been deceived by the Géluk government about the death of the Fifth Dalai Lama for almost 15 years, the Qing empire decided to strengthen its surveillance on Tibet by deploying espionage networks operated by spy lamas based in Xining and ...
Ling-Wei Kung
doaj   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote investing in Latin America, 1869–1929

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Substantial amounts of British capital flowed to Latin America during the first era of globalization. Companies financed by this capital were typically headquartered in the United Kingdom, but operated thousands of miles away. This paper asks how this geographic separation between governance and business activities affected the valuation of ...
Gareth Campbell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The big impact of small change: Fresh estimates of English wheat market integration, 1693–1893

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using existing and new price data sets, we provide the first estimates of market integration across England over the entire 200 years of the industrial revolution. We document a significant, though not huge, integration improvement for markets furthest from London. Full integration was achieved by the 1830s. Our price data sets vary in quality
Liam Brunt, Edmund Cannon
wiley   +1 more source

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