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From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
wiley   +1 more source

Prestige at Play: University Hierarchies and the Reproduction of Funding Inequalities. [PDF]

Can Rev Sociol
Larregue J, Pavie A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

Mr. Gilbert's World Tour: Rethinking Disabled Veterans Across British Imperial Spaces. [PDF]

J Hist Med Allied Sci
Robinson M.
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

What is disability history the history <i>of</i>? [PDF]

Hist Compass
McGuire CA.
europepmc   +1 more source

How did Japan catch‐up with the West? Some implications of recent revisions to Japan's historical growth record

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Tokihiko Settsu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicine in history and history in medicine: the inaugural Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture. [PDF]

Ir J Med Sci
Kelly BD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic trends in Qing China: A response to Rawski's bold claims

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Thomas Rawski challenges recent quantitative studies that find declining Chinese GDP per capita during 1700–1850 and suggests that the error margins around the component series for per capita grain supply should be widened, which would make it possible to accommodate stagnation, growth or decline.
Stephen Broadberry, Hanhui Guan, David Daokui Li   +2 more
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Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ceccarelli S, Rippa M, Caruso G, Luvidi L, Boccuti S, Paturzo M, Pagliarulo V, Fleischer K, Miliani C, Ranocchia G.   +9 more
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