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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract One of the most contentious issues in the study of the Atlantic slave trade is the profitability of the trade. In this paper, we contribute by pooling all available data on transatlantic slave ship voyage accounts into a joint dataset. This dataset includes data from a period of 100 years (1730–1830) and from five nations (Denmark, France ...
Klas Rönnbäck +4 more
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The big impact of small change: Fresh estimates of English wheat market integration, 1693–1893
The 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
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Study on China development of the 5th generation fighter and impact to the defense combat in Taiwan
, 2014 碩士中國依靠先進的軍事裝備來打贏高技術下的局部戰爭已經是中國軍事戰略的中心思想。所以應從中國空軍戰略思維、國際及國內環境及軍事戰略探討中國各期領導班子之軍事戰略和空軍戰略演變，及其解放軍第五代戰機發展現況、能量效益等，並以此趨勢推論對周邊各國及台灣造成戰略影響及台灣未來應思索戰略。 以「軍事層面」為主軸，探討中國空軍目前展第五代殲-20戰機趨勢和影響為核心及對國際形勢及中國國防戰略、軍事戰略指導、空軍戰略思想演變、現代化發展、軍隊建設目標等，及對國際形勢及台灣國防戰略、軍事規劃、空軍防衛等為研究 ...
楊國智; Yang, Gwo-Jyh
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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Spontaneous Communities of Learning: Cooperative Learning Ecosystems Surrounding Virtual Worlds
, 2009 This thesis is the culmination of a five year research project exploring online gamers and the cultures they engage with, both virtually in the many massively multiplayer games and virtual worlds online, and in the physical spaces they inhabit in ...
Galarneau, Lisa L., Lisa L. Galarneau
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To be resilient, governments must quickly adapt their policies and working methods to new and uncertain situations. This article examines whether risk disclosure, as part of the anticipatory capacities of these organizations, can help identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Ekaterina Svetlova +2 more
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Unmothered at Work: Organizational Silence Around Reproductive Loss
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An identity transition refers to changes in self‐concept that can result from professional or personal shifts. Although organizations increasingly support institutionally legible and culturally normative nonwork transitions, others remain professionally stigmatized or culturally unspeakable.
Katrina M. Brownell
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BUILDING AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE: THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL SECURITY AND FISCAL ENVIRONMENT ON SYRIAN AUTHORITARIANISM [PDF]
, 2008 In this research I have attempted to answer the question of how the external security and fiscal environment has affected Syrian authoritarianism. Contrary to much previous research that emphasizes domestic factors in leading to a lack of democracy, my ...
Huuhtanen, Heidi Katriina. +1 more
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The Short and the Long of It: Stock‐Flow Matching in the US Housing Market
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From 2006 until 2020, the probability of selling a house in the U.S. declined sharply after listing for 2 weeks. Moreover, sales within the first 2 weeks of listing (“quick sales”) and sales happening afterward (“slow sales”) behaved differently over the housing cycle.
Eric Smith, Zoe Xie, Lei Fang
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gamification has been increasingly implemented for language learning purposes across the globe. However, there remains unknown regarding how the change in gamification design might maximize students’ language learning outcomes and engagement.
Shen Qiao +2 more
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