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Benefitting from brutality? Profits of north‐western Europe's slave trade at the eve of the industrial revolution

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the most contentious issues in the study of the Atlantic slave trade is the profitability of the trade. In this paper, we contribute by pooling all available data on transatlantic slave ship voyage accounts into a joint dataset. This dataset includes data from a period of 100 years (1730–1830) and from five nations (Denmark, France ...
Klas Rönnbäck, Guillaume Daudin, Gerhard de Kok, David Richardson, Miguel Geraldes Rodrigues   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and Economic Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children in Suriname: A Nationwide Cohort Study From a Middle-income Country in the Absence of a Pneumococcal Immunization Program. [PDF]

Pediatr Infect Dis J
van 't Kruys KH, Thielen FW, Borstlap N, Mawie T, Driessen GJ, Plötz FB, Juliana AE, Boeddha NP.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

Intrathoracic Migration of a Breast Prosthesis after Minimally-Invasive Atrial Myxoma Resection: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Arch Plast Surg
Dawson A, Mackay E, Buduhan G.
europepmc   +1 more source

The first bear raid and squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a bear raid by a syndicate of short sellers led by Isaac Le Maire, a former director. We reconstruct the forward trade between 1607 and 1611, the actions taken by the syndicate members, and the responses to these actions by the company.
Oscar Gelderblom, Abe de Jong, Joost Jonker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social support and country-level factors associated with cancer screening participation in 18 European countries: a multilevel analysis of the European Health Interview Survey. [PDF]

Arch Public Health
Armstrong MC, Johansson M, Rosenberg M, Ng N.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The mortality gradient in town and country: Social class and childhood mortality in Sweden at the turn of the twentieth century

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines social‐class and urban–rural differentials in childhood mortality in Sweden from 1880 to 1910, a period of steady mortality decline, ongoing industrialization, and urbanization. Urbanization brought improvements in water quality and sanitation but also increased risks from overcrowding, pollution, and infectious diseases ...
Marcos Castillo, Martin Dribe
wiley   +1 more source

Value of blood pressure for detecting serious illness in children attending acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre observational study. [PDF]

Arch Dis Child
Kemps N, Hagedoorn NN, Boeddha NP, Faal A, Holband N, Juliana AE, Keitel K, Van't Kruys KH, Ledger EV, Mangu CD, Moll HA, Prentice AM, Tan R, Usuf E, Unger SA, Vermont CL, Zachariasse JM, VITaLs Study Group.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Atlantic trade and the West African market economy: New evidence from cowry imports, 1650–1905

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, billions of cowries arrived in West Africa, leaving one of the few quantitative traces available for historians to measure the Atlantic trade's impact on the precolonial market economy. Yet, current estimates substantially underestimate the volume of cowry imports.
María José Pont Cháfer
wiley   +1 more source

Australian Research Related to Sporting and Musculoskeletal Injuries of the Foot and Ankle: A Bibliometric Analysis. [PDF]

J Foot Ankle Res
Peterson B, Osborne J, Azhar AN, Carroll M, Tehan P, Tehan P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source