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Overseas trade and taxation in England and Wales, c. 1680–1790 英格兰和威尔士的海外贸易与税收，约 1680-1790 年

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13370

Spike Sweeting

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Red gold: Copper and the U.S. mobilization campaign, 1950–3 红色黄金：铜与美国的动员运动，1950-1933 年

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13371

Glenn J. Dorn

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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）

The 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

The 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？

The 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

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

Louis Henderson

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The implementation of national labour legislation in England after the Black Death, 1349–1400 1349-1400 年黑死病之后英格兰国家劳动立法的实施情况

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13355

Mark Bailey

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The emergence of double entry bookkeeping 复式记账法的出现

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13358

Alan Sangster

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Trade costs and the integration of British West Africa in the global economy, c. 1840–1940 贸易成本与英属西非融入全球经济，约 1840-1940 年

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13353

F. Tadei, N. Aslanidis, Oscar Martinez

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What happened to the workshop of West Africa? Resilience and decline of handicraft textiles in colonial northern Nigeria, 1911–52 西非工坊怎么了？1911-1952年尼日利亚北部殖民地手工纺织品的复兴与衰落

The Economic History Review Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1111/ehr.13324

Emiliano Travieso, Tom Westland

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