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The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Equipment of the Canadian Infantrymen, 1939–1982: A Material/Historical Assessment [PDF]

, 2012
The history of Canada’s soldiers in the twentieth century tends to incorporate a few recurrent themes. One of these is the changing nature of the soldier’s experience of war, from the Boer War through to the Second World War and beyond.
Iarocci, Andrew
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The cost of the consumer revolution: Prices, material living standards, and real inequality in Amsterdam (1630‒1805)

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article measures the cost of the early modern consumer revolution through a quantitative analysis of product and process innovations in Amsterdam and examines their variegated social impact in two distinct datasets of probate inventories.
Bas Spliet, Anne E. C. McCants
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History and Historiography of Lexical Archaisms

Revista de Filología Española, 2023
The aim of the article is to contribute to the history and historiography of lexical archaisms. Their treatment and consideration in works of different types, dates and authorship are examined. Lexical repertoires collect, document and preserve them; the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy stands out for defending, in some editions, their ...
openaire   +1 more source

Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

A series of (un)fortunate events: Commercial bank interest rates and deposit reallocation during the Great Depression in the Netherlands

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the global economic crisis of 1929–33, deposits in the Dutch commercial banking sector sharply declined as funds shifted to the government‐guaranteed Post Office Savings Bank and other savings institutions. Unlike earlier studies for neighbouring countries, we demonstrate that this shift was driven less by a flight to safety and more by
Ruben Peeters, Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

The 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, John D. Turner, Clive B. Walker   +2 more
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70 years of Scottish National Accounts: 1948–2018

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive time series of historical National Accounts for Scotland (onshore and offshore) from 1948 to 2018. It includes a detailed breakdown by income component and industrial sector using methods that are forward and backward compatible.
Graeme Roy, Niall G. MacKenzie, Sandy Stewart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘QUOD NON EST IN BEROLINA, NON EST IN MUNDO’: VIEWS FROM THE PERIPHERY

German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 37-56, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The historiography of Weimar cinema has focused almost exclusively on film production and exhibition in the German capital Berlin, generally neglecting other geographic regions, in particular the Rhineland which, after the First World War, remained under Allied control until the mid‐1920s for some parts, for others even longer.
Frank Kessler, Sabine Lenk
wiley   +1 more source