German Colonial Expansion into China in the Late 19th Century
The article examines the policy pursued by Germany in the East Asian region in the late 19th century aimed at acquiring an ice-free port in China for further economic expansion in the region.
Aleksandr S. Tikhonov
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If only I could sack you! Management turnover and performance in large German Banks between 1874 and 1913 [PDF]
We analyze the relation of firm performance and managerial turnover in 19th century German banking by probit estimation. This period covers a major reform of corporate governance. Before the reform performance and turnover are unrelated, wheras after the
Carsten Burhop, Christian Bayer
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This article discusses the orphan trains movement of the late 19th century and also discusses whether or not a more personal or objective approach to studying history is more ...
Miles, Kate
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Changes in Atlantic major hurricane frequency since the late-19th century. [PDF]
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Luminescence dating of wind-blown sands from the Broo Peninsula, Shetland [PDF]
This report provides a temporal framework to support University of Stirling geo-archaeological investigations near Huesbreck, Broo Pennisula (Shetland), examining how the early modern population there, adapted to harsh climate conditions in the 18-19th ...
Kinnaird, T.C. +2 more
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Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century [PDF]
Session: VI-B: Organizations and Identity. Presenter: Dr. Anna Raskin, Montgomery County Community College - "Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century"
Raskin, Anna
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Mass Migration, Commodity Market Integration and Real Wage Convergence: The Late Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy [PDF]
As part of a process that has been at work since 1850, real wages among the current OECD countries converged during the late 19th century. The convergence was pronounced as that which we have seen in the post World War Il period.
Jeffrey G, Williamson +2 more
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Globalization, 1870-1914 [PDF]
This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.
Guilllaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke
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“Aurelie Werner”: Intersections Between Hysteria and the Jewish Woman’s Assessment of Jewishness in the late 19th Century [PDF]
Aurelie Werner is a story written by Sara Hirsch Guggenheim, a prominent neo-Orthodox writer in late 19th century Germany. This article analyzes the portrayal of Jewish women during this period, and the ways in which women responded to and coped with ...
Woodward, Claire H.
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Genre Painting and Portraiture: On the Boundary Between Genres [PDF]
The article highlights a trend in Russian and Western painting concerning the boundaries between genre and portraiture. In the article the author refers to such pieces of art as a mixed ‘everyday genre with portraiture’, though some other definitions are
Samokhin Aleksandr
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