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Modernidad urbana y cultura cosmopolita en el mundo de entreguerras: una propuesta de análisis historiográfico

open access: yesL'Âge d'or
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
doaj   +1 more source

Masculinity Representation in Lithuanian Interwar Press Advertising

open access: yesRespectus Philologicus, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesThe 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   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

INTERWAR ROMANIA: NEW ASSESSMENTS [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Română de Sociologie, 2017
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

open access: yesJezikoslovni zapiski, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesThe 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

The Renewal of the Twenty Years in Theater: Revisions Based on The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska from 2008

open access: yesPostscriptum Polonistyczne
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
doaj   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

open access: yesThe 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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