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A colonial cash cow: the return on investments in British Malaya, 1889–1969 殖民地的摇钱树:英属马来亚的投资回报，1889-1969

IF 1.6 1区历史学

Cliometrica Pub Date : 2021-02-12 DOI: 10.1007/s11698-021-00223-8

Klas Rönnbäck, Oskar Broberg, Stefania Galli

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引用次数: 3

Complex networks to understand the past: the case of roads in Bourbon Spain. 理解过去的复杂网络:以波旁王朝西班牙的道路为例。

IF 1.6 1区历史学

Cliometrica Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11698-020-00218-x

Federico Pablo-Martí, Ángel Alañón-Pardo, Angel Sánchez

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引用次数: 14

Can pandemics affect educational attainment? Evidence from the polio epidemic of 1916. 流行病会影响受教育程度吗?1916年小儿麻痹症流行的证据。

IF 1.6 1区历史学

Cliometrica Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-07-27 DOI: 10.1007/s11698-020-00212-3

Keith Meyers, Melissa A Thomasson

引用次数: 17

Wealth and shifting demand pressures on the price level in England after the Black Death 黑死病后英格兰财富和需求变化对物价水平的压力

IF 1.6 1区历史学

Cliometrica Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11698-022-00244-x

Anthony Edo, J. Melitz

引用次数: 1

Did profitable slave trading enable the expansion of empire?: The Asiento de Negros, the South Sea Company and the financial revolution in Great Britain 有利可图的奴隶贸易使帝国扩张成为可能吗?内格罗人、南海公司和英国的金融革命