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In the Zone: On Quinn Slobodian’s Crack-Up Capitalism and the Spaces of Political Economy 在 "区域 "中论奎恩-斯洛博迪安的《爆裂资本主义》和政治经济学的空间

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680523000958

Robert Fredona, Sophus A. Reinert

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The Will to Chaos and Disorder: The Behemoth as a Model of Political Economy 混乱与无序的意志：作为政治经济学典范的巨兽

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680523000946

Bernard E. Harcourt

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Reflection: Moral Firms and the Future of Capitalism 反思：道德企业与资本主义的未来

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680524000011

Rebecca M. Henderson

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A Reappraisal of Albert Aftalion’s Theory of Structural Transformation in an Era of Decarbonization 重新评估阿尔伯特-阿夫塔利翁的脱碳时代结构转型理论

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680524000205

D'Maris Coffman, Roberto Scazzieri

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Reflection: Corporate Capitalism's Moral Lack 反思：企业资本主义的道德缺失

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680523000442

Joel Bakan

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Ireland’s Role in British Colonial Capitalism: “Men of Capitals” and Pitt’s Irish Proposals, 1784–1785 爱尔兰在英国殖民资本主义中的作用："资本家 "与皮特的爱尔兰提案，1784-1785 年

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680524000187

Mary O’Sullivan

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Radical Mercantilism and Fascist Italy’s East African Empire 激进重商主义与法西斯意大利的东非帝国

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680524000138

Noelle Turtur

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Sedentary Merchant Triumphant: The Transformation of Venetian Trading Patterns in the Long Twelfth Century 定居商人的胜利：漫长的 12 世纪威尼斯贸易模式的转变

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680524000199

Elena Shadrina

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Configuring Cultural Emerging Industries: A Comparison of the French and Italian Fashion Industries 配置文化新兴产业：法国和意大利时尚产业比较

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Business History Review Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1017/s0007680523000880

Elisabetta Merlo, Valeria Pinchera

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The Sugar Revolution in New England: Barbados, Massachusetts Bay, and the Atlantic Sugar Economy, 1600–1700 新英格兰的糖业革命：巴巴多斯、马萨诸塞湾和大西洋糖业经济，1600-1700 年