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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 342-376, February 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Colonial origins of agglomeration: Evidence from Malayan rail stations

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 221-246, February 2026.
Abstract This study examines how historical rail stations condition long‐run development using Colonial Malaya as a laboratory. By constructing novel historical data on rail stations, agglomeration centres, tin mines, and rubber plantations dating back a century and matching contemporary data on economic activity at the 1‐km cell level, we find that ...
Yit Wey Liew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.
The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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