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The article proposes a critical review of historical studies on Spanish modern urban culture for the interwar period, considering both urban history and cultural science.
Rubén Pallol Trigueros +1 more
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Masculinity Representation in Lithuanian Interwar Press Advertising
The analysis of this article focuses on normative interwar masculinity images. As advertising is an integral part of modern society revealing its face, the analysis is based on press advertisements collected from interwar magazines.
Gabija Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė +1 more
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Coreen McGuire 2020: Measuring difference, numbering normal. Setting the standards for disability in the interwar period und Jaipreet Virdi 2020: Hearing Happiness. Deafness Cures in History. [PDF]
Stock R.
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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 +1 more
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INTERWAR ROMANIA: NEW ASSESSMENTS [PDF]
Ionuţ Butoi’s book represents an exciting and innovative contribution to the social, intellectual and political history of the interwar period. The extended commentary I have written with reference to this work, cluttered in several places with some ...
EMANUEL COPILAŞ
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Ivan Koštiál’s Grammatical and Lexicographic Whetstone of Standard Slovenian through Time
This article assesses the Slovnični in slovarski brus knjižne slovenščine (Grammatical and Lexicographic Whetstone of Standard Slovenian) by Ivan Koštiál (1877–1949), which was published in the years 1927 and 1931 in the Slovenian environment—that is, in
Jasna Honzak Jahić
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
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
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The article results from the author’s participation in a project proposing interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary revisions of the interwar period (1918–1939), including the interwar period in theater.
Katarzyna Fazan
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Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019
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
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The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008
Abstract Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel dataset spanning 135 years (1874–2008), this study finds support for a crucial role played by structural transformation in convergence. The pace of
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
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