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Building a Potemkin village in occupied China: Japan's wartime system of linked trade, 1939–43

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The paper discusses the novel but little‐known exchange rate system of Japanese‐occupied North China during the Second Sino‐Japanese War, in which exporters were given the right to import in the form of a piece of yellow paper, which could be sold in the secondary market.
Shinji Takagi
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural transmission, networks, and clusters among Austronesian-speaking peoples. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Macdonald JC, Blanco-Portillo J, Feldman MW, Ram Y.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scoping Review of the Environmental and Human Health Effects of Rural Alaska Landfills. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Chaney C, Moore-Nall A, Albert C, Beebe C, Bierwagen B, Davis M, Demoski A, Ip A, Jordan P, Lee SS, Mutter E, Oliver L, Rallo N, Schofield K, Seetot J, Shugak A, Tom A, Turner M, Zender L.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Une agriculture vivrière de subsistance

, 2017
openaire   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has the Striga problem been solved? A field perspective critique of recent progress. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Gressel J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cross-border seasonal migrant labour and agricultural commodity production in the Ethiopia-Sudan borderlands. [PDF]

Agric Human Values
Moreda T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cultivating awareness: How botanical gardens can foster public engagement with plant pathogens. [PDF]

PLoS Pathog
Hann DR, Kadereit G.
europepmc   +1 more source