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Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
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Qajar experience in the Ottoman Empire

, 2012
textThis paper explores the impact of Qajar-Ottoman diplomacy on issues of identity and sovereignty during the late nineteenth century as addressed in the Treaties of Erzurum of 1828 and 1848.
Baghoolizadeh, Beeta
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Interpreting in the Ottoman empire in the 15th and 16th centuries: The transition of interpreting activity from Jewish to Phanariot families; [Dolmetschen im Osmanischen Reich während des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts: Der Übergang der Dolmetschertätigkeit von jüdischen zu phanariotischen Familien]

, 2023
The Ottoman Empire encompassed a culturally and linguistically diverse region and therefore had a considerable need for translation. This led to intensive translation activities, which, however, often remained in the background of scholarly studies ...
Öncü M.T., Aka F.
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Forced Population Movements in the Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic: An Attempt at Reassessment through Demographic Engineering

European Journal of Turkish Studies, 2013
This article uses the concept of “demographic engineering” for the purpose of analyzing forced migration in the Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic. It defines demographic engineering in a wide sense, as ‘deliberate state intervention in population
Nesim Şeker
doaj   +1 more source

When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge Will Always Get through: Inventors, International Networks, and Flows of Technological Knowledge between Britain and the United States in the Interwar Deglobalization Period

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers have highlighted that institutional contexts affect the transnational diffusion of knowledge. However, the influence of institutions on the flow of knowledge through cross‐national networks remains under‐theorized, limiting our understanding of the dynamics of knowledge creation and the factors that may hinder it.
Anna Spadavecchia
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Grain Policy Beyond Europe: Ottoman Grain Administration in the Late Eighteenth Century [PDF]

During the second half of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman policy-makers adopted a more liberal attitude towards price formation in the Ottoman grain markets.
Seven Agir
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MONTENEGRO IN THE FIRST BALKAN WAR [PDF]

Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2013
The First Balkan War started on 8 October 1912 when Montenegro declared war on Ottoman Empire. This was followed by Serbia,Bulgaria and Greece declaring war on Ottoman Empire.
Abidin TEMIZER
doaj  

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

History matters, but how? An example of Ottoman and Habsburg legacies and judicial performance in Romania [PDF]

The paper examines the interdependence of historical legacies and current contextual factors as determinants of economic and political performance. It shows that behavioral patterns based on identical legacies could lead to very different (if not the ...
Mendelski, Martin, Libman, Alexander
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