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Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know 前工业社会的经济不平等和社会流动性：我们知道什么，我们不知道（但应该）知道什么

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-07-20 Epub Date: 2026-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70122

Guido Alfani

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Italy's long-term economic performance: GDP estimates from 1300 to 1861 意大利的长期经济表现：从1300年到1861年的GDP估计

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-07-20 Epub Date: 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70059

Giovanni Federico, Alessandro Nuvolari, Leonardo Ridolfi, Michelangelo Vasta

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Two paths to prosperity: Culture and institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000 Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr, and Guido Tabellini, (Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. 533. ISBN 9780691265940. Hbk £35). 通往繁荣的两条道路：欧洲和中国的文化和制度，1000-2000,Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr, Guido Tabellini,（普林斯顿大学出版社，2025）。533页。ISBN 9780691265940。Hbk£35)。

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-07-20 Epub Date: 2026-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70135

Graham Brownlow

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Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020 西班牙股票回报，增长和通货膨胀，1900-2020

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-07-20 Epub Date: 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70058

Stefano Battilossi, Stefan O. Houpt, Miguel Artola Blanco

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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58 宗教政治与再分配的限制：1926 - 1958年西班牙家庭津贴的起落

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-07-20 Epub Date: 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70040

Guillem Verd-Llabrés

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Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce: Insights from Arkwright's Lumford Mill, 1786–1811 早期工业劳动力的分割和性别工资差异：来自阿克赖特的拉姆福德工厂的见解，1786-1811

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-04-17 Epub Date: 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70019

Alexander Tertzakian

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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia 农民变成穆斯林：奥斯曼波斯尼亚的贫困和皈依伊斯兰教

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-04-17 Epub Date: 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70022

Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas

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Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid. Sheilagh Ogilvie, , (Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp.544. ISBN 9780691255569. HbK £38) 控制传染：从黑死病到新冠病毒的流行病和制度。希拉·奥吉尔维，普林斯顿大学出版社，2025。Pp.544。ISBN 9780691255569。HbK£38)

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-04-17 Epub Date: 2026-03-05 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70104

Patrick Wallis

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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800) 威尼斯共和国的财富不平等与流行病（1400-1800）

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-04-17 Epub Date: 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70037

Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio, Mattia Fochesato

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Making Do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World. , Susan Carruthers, (Cambridge University press, 2025. Pp. 400. ISBN 9781009464284. HbK £25). 《凑合：英国人和战后世界的重塑》。苏珊·卡拉瑟斯，剑桥大学出版社，2025年。400页。ISBN 9781009464284。HbK£25)。

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2026-04-17 Epub Date: 2026-03-05 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.70105

Jim Tomlinson

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