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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Abstract This article investigates the impact of local political institutions on inequality in eastern England between c. 1350 and c. 1550. Specifically, it examines the extent to which wealthier individuals controlled local governance structures in the form of manor courts through linking the identities of individuals who served as manorial officials ...
Spike Gibbs
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Child labour and industrialization: Evidence from factory records and the 1851 British census
Abstract Children were an integral part of the workforce during the British Industrial Revolution. The changing patterns of child labour as well as the causes behind its rise and fall have generated much scholarly debate. This study brings in new direct evidence on child labour from children's age certificates and school attendance records from cotton ...
Xuesheng You, Alexander Tertzakian
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Narrative candour: Learning from diverse stories of imperfect medical practice
Abstract Introduction Medical training often induces stress and burnout, exacerbated by competition and imposter syndrome, which can collectively contribute to trainee distress. Drawing from narrative theories, this conceptual paper examines how myths of the heroic doctor and discourses of exceptionalism contribute to this distress, suggesting that ...
Margaret Bearman +2 more
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Yet Another Law Student from Hungary at the Strasbourg Academy (an Additon to the hitherto known list of Peregrine students). In the second part of the 16th century the municipal school of the Alsatian metropolis Strasbourg, was one of the popular ...
Béla P. Szabó
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Kirjalik soome keel: kas ehe rahvakeel või midagi hoopis muud?
The first Estonian book was printed 500 years ago; no copies of the book have survived. The history of publishing in Finnish dates to 1543, with Mikael Agricola’s Abc-book. Agricola went on to publish eight additional works.
Kaisa Häkkinen
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The significance of a ‘correct and uniform system of accounts’ to the administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 [PDF]
Care, Verna
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Sons, apprentices and successors in late medieval and early modern London: the transmission of skills and work opportunities [PDF]
Book synopsis: The existence and changing of generations in family life, business and politics was a central feature of towns as well as rural societies in earlier times. Even so, it remains understudied by urban historians of the pre-modern period. This
Harding, Vanessa
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Graduate Catalog, 1997-1998 [PDF]
https://scholar.valpo.edu/gradcatalogs/1025/thumbnail ...
Valparaiso University
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Opportunities, Preferences and Incomes [PDF]
The distinction between circumstances that constrain an individual’s opportunities and the individual choices also affecting a particular outcome is the main idea of theories of equality of opportunity.
Nilsson, William
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