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Back to the future: How economic history can gain more relevance by abandoning modernization thinking 回到未来：放弃现代化思维，经济史如何获得更多意义

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-25 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13378

Bas van Bavel

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From the little divergence to the little divide: Real wages in the Kingdom of Sicily (1540‒1850) 从 "小分歧 "到 "小鸿沟"：西西里王国的实际工资（1540-1850 年）

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13359

Tancredi Buscemi

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Respectable standards of living: The alternative lens of maintenance costs, Britain 1270–1860 体面的生活标准：赡养费的另一种视角，英国 1270-1860 年

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13357

Jane Humphries

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UK fiscal policy and external balance under Bretton Woods: Twin deficits or distant relatives? 布雷顿森林体系下的英国财政政策和对外收支平衡：双赤字还是远亲？

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13352

Joshua J. Banerjee

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The expansion of basic education during ‘deskilling’ technological change in England and Wales, c. 1780–1830 约 1780-1830 年英格兰和威尔士 "桌面化 "技术变革期间基础教育的扩展

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13354

Louis Henderson

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Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China. , Wenkai He, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 320. ISBN 9781009334556. Pbk. £25.99) 公共利益与国家合法性：早期现代英国、日本和中国。剑桥大学出版社，2023 年：pp.320.ISBN9781009334556。Pbk. £25.99)

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-25 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13367

Jared Rubin

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The Soviet Union and the Construction of the Global Market: Energy and the Ascent of Finance in Cold War Europe 1964–1971. Oscar Sanchez-Sibony, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 290. 8 figs. ISBN 9781108834544 Hardback £85) 苏联与全球市场的构建：1964-1971年冷战欧洲的能源与金融崛起》。奥斯卡-桑切斯-西博尼，（剑桥：290 页。8 figs.ISBN 9781108834544 精装本 85 英镑)

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Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-25 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13369

Helen Thompson

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The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism. Geoffrey Hodgson, (Princeton University Press, 2023. pp. 304. ISBN: 9780691247014, Hbk £35) 一个国家的财富》：英国资本主义的制度基础》。杰弗里-霍奇森，（普林斯顿大学出版社，2023 年，第 304 页。ISBN：9780691247014，平装本 35 英镑）