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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Conversion of Pulp Industry Sludge into Activated Biochar for High-Performance Methylene Blue Removal. [PDF]

open access: yesACS Omega
Netto AM   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Long Arc of Forest Land Dispossession and Degradation—Firm and State Actions on Sámi Lands in the Wood‐Based Commodity Frontier in Northern Sweden, 1673–1955

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a new way of obtaining deep explanations of environmental problems. We expose the production strategies, corporate strategies and state actions that have been taken by firms and state agencies to facilitate the geographical expansion of the wood‐based commodity frontier at the expense of reindeer pastoralists among the ...
David Harnesk, Lars Östlund
wiley   +1 more source

Seven Decades of Demographic Trends at the Hugo Awards From 1953 to 2023: How the Award Recipients Reflect Actual and Aspirational Demographic Trends in Society

open access: yesSociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the demographic trends at the Hugo Awards, with a focus on the authors' genders, languages, nationalities, and uses of pseudonyms. This research uses publicly available information published by the World Science Fiction Society and the Hugo Awards to determine demographic trends in nominated and winning authors for the Best
Grace Boglev
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Autonomous Truck Technology on US Interstate Trade

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in autonomous and semi‐autonomous vehicle technologies promise substantial cost savings for goods shipped by truck. In this study, we quantify the impacts of these transport cost reductions on the US interstate trade using a structural gravity model of domestic trade. Based on projected cost savings from the widespread adoption
Taejun Mo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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