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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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Remote investing in Latin America, 1869–1929
The 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
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The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and New Agrarian Questions in Brazil
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) primarily organized occupations of large‐scale farms, forcing the redistribution of land for creation of agrarian reform settlements. In the past 20 years, however, land occupations and the establishment of new agrarian reform settlements have consistently declined, while the MST shifted ...
Estevan Coca, Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira
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Las leguminosas (Fabaceæ) de Cuba. II. Tribus Crotatarieæ, Æschynomeneæ, Millettieæ y Robinieæ
Collectanea Botanica, 1998 [es] Parte segunda de una revisión monográfica de las leguminosas de Cuba. Comprende las cuatro tribus que se enuncian en el título, una de ellas a su vez dividida en cinco subtribus, con un total de 16 géneros aceptados y 78 especies reconocidas.
Á. Beyra Matos
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Settler Sociology: Eugenic Responses to Imperial Crises in the 20th Century
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, academic concerns about changes in the racial demographics of the United States emanated from the potential crisis of settler colonial decline. In their references to previous empires, stories of contact between people groups, and changes in demographics, settler scholars worked to provide solutions to the ever ...
Heidi Nicholls
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Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite their very diverse interests, the classical sociological thinkers were concerned with analyzing the dramatic social transformations in the wake of colonialism, slavery, and modern industrial capitalism as well as the multiple revolutions, particularly in relation to the new forms of social inequalities and power disparities.
Zaheer Baber
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many U.S. municipalities face environmental service delivery challenges, including aging infrastructure and rising debt. In response, several states have adopted Fair Market Value (FMV) legislation, which aims to incentivize private firms to acquire and invest in municipal utilities—particularly in the water sector. However, the impacts of FMV
Jesse L. Barnes, Michael A. Powell
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Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2023 En el presente estudio se estima el tamaño efectivo de la población anidadora de tortuga verde (Chelonia mydas), durante los años 2002 y 2003, en la playa Caleta de los Piojos, Península de Guanahacabibes, Cuba, utilizando la información recopilada ...
Yarelys Ferrer Sánchez +3 more
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm +11 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Dengue vector control plays an important role in reducing the burden of dengue infection. Conventional meta‐analysis can only include interventions that can be directly compared. Hence, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of all interventions for dengue vector control directly and indirectly through a multilevel Bayesian ...
Gary K. K. Low +5 more
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