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Coerced labour patterns in the Cape Colony, c. 1806–1826

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multiple forms of coerced labour co‐existed in the early 19th‐century Cape Colony. This study examines changes in coerced labour force composition. Using annual taxation and census records, we examine district‐ and household‐level changes in reported enslaved, Recaptured African and indigenous Khoesan labour.
Kate Ekama, Benjamin Crous
wiley   +1 more source

The year 2000: Looking back and looking forward

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000
Das Taraprasad
doaj  

Before the budget: Parliamentary appropriations and the limits of government spending in colonial New South Wales, 1787–1832

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How did a British colony, not supplied with coin and with no tax base, establish itself a world away from London? Drawing on the Historical Records of Australia and British parliamentary Appropriation Acts from 1787 to 1832, this paper shows that Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, spent by issuing promises to pay against the ...
Matthew Crocker
wiley   +1 more source

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

A refined phylochronology of the second plague pandemic in Western Eurasia. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Keller M   +24 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative European History from the 18th to the 20th century

open access: yesCalenda, 2009
Le Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) est un Centre de recherches au sein de l'université de Freiburg, pôle universitaire d’excellence fondé grâce à l'initiative d'excellence, un concours fédéral des universités allemandes. L’Institut est composé d’une École scientifique –school of history – au sein de laquelle l’ensemble des disciplines ...
openaire   +1 more source

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