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"The Well-Being of Indigenous Communities in the Pacific Northwest: Anthropometric Evidence from British Columbia’s Jails, 1864-1913", new working paper from Ian Keay & Kris Inwood
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4544077@economics @anthropology @sociology @geography @politicalscience @criminology @healthecon @ecosocio @econhist @econtwitter.net #history #histodons #BC #Indigenous #health #anthropometry #prisoners #jails #econtwitter #britishcolumbia #Washington #Alaska #pacificnorthwest #OA
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Maritime irony! Tim Hatton in his 2025 Butlin lecture argues that the first iron-hulled, screw-driven ocean-going steamer was uniquely successful on the Britain-Australia route as a steam-assisted sailing ship rather than a sail-assisted steamship. OA in the Asia-Pacific Econ History Rev https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.70009
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @econhist @devecon @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #ocean #steam
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Did food supply in 18thC China decline dramatically & push down pc income? Tom Rawski questions the strength of existing evidence & recommends an open mind until new sources can be investigated. New & OA in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.70010@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #China #Qing
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Alexander and Hatton in ‘Who voted for Australian federation?’ find that the spatial pattern of New South Wales voting does NOT support conventional thinking that manufacturing interests favoured the 1901 Aus political union with its promise of tariff protection!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.70008@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #NZ #Auspol #gender
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The 12th Australasian Cliometrics Workshop will be held 14 Nov 2025 at Monash Uni, Melbourne.
Proposals accepted thru 14 July, full papers due 31st Oct.
More info: Quoc-Anh Do ([email protected]) & Laura Panza ([email protected])
ECR & grad students particularly encouraged!
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #NZ #Auspol #gender -
The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West by Martha A. Sandweiss (Princeton University Press 2025)
https://history.princeton.edu/about/publications/girl-middle-recovered-history-american-west
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #indigenous #USA
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The efficiency of Japanese stock markets 1924-43 changed with contingent events, institutions & gov't intervention, according to Hiryama & Noda using a capitalization-weighted price index. A war-related risk premium reduced market efficiency in the 1930s. OA in the Asia-Pacific EcHR
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12297
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @econhist @devecon @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #Japan #WWII #bizhis #stocks #MarketVolatility #finance -
Nan Li & Heqi Cai examine governance structures during the Tang-Song transition with cross-sectional county data from 813 & 1080 AD to show social transformations, inc changes in bureaucratic institutions & enhanced state capacity centuries before Europe. OA in the Asia-Pacific EcHR!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12307
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #China #institutions -
Linguistic analysis of 12000 letters leads Félix Krawatzek & Emma Moreton to conclude that America became home for German immigrants much more quickly than the Irish (who maintained a desire to return to Ireland for longer).
New & OA in Social Science History!
https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.2@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #migration #Irish #German #home #linguistics
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As everyone ponders the odd puzzles in modern trade data, Songlin Wang shows that late 19th century improvements in the quality of Chinese trade data reflects key institutional reform & the importance of Hong Kong. New in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12308@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #hongkong #china #trade #data
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US census data 1850-1910 show the deaf population invested less in observable educational & physical human capital altho lifecycle differences complicate the comparison of school attendance & employment rates. New from @zachary_bartsch & Emily Henderson in Social Science History!
https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.6
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #deaf -
Lead article in a new issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review is a sweeping reinterpretation of the southward shift in China's economy 671-1371 CE by Professor Zhiwu Chen and coauthors. Open access!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.70000@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #China #trade
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Hiryama & Noda use new metrics & a capitalization-weighted price index to show how the efficiency of Japanese stock markets 1924-1943 changed with contingent historical events & institutional features. A war risk premium reduced efficiency in the 1930s & contributed to war time volatility. OA
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12297@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #bizhis #Japan
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Songlin Wang uses the rich archival records of Chinese Maritime Customs & careful statistical analysis to show improvements in the quality of Chinese trade data during the late 19th century reflecting key institutional reforms & the importance of Hong Kong.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12308
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #China #trade #institutions -
Last Call for Proposals! Tomorrow March 15th is the final day to submit a proposal for the 50th SSHA Conference in Chicago, Nov 20-23 2025 at the Palmer House Hotel. Please consider submitting a paper or panel at https://ssha2025.ssha.org.
Questions to [email protected].
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #globalhealth #socialscience -
A reverse salient!
During WWI Japan's economic sanctions on enemy business, eg German merchants, were less strict than those of European & US allies until late in the war, according to Chenxiao Li in a new paper in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12309@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Japan #WWI #sanctions
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Ian, Blair & I are excited to share “Institutional formalism & criminal sentencing on the frontier" arguing that sentences became longer & more predictable as institutional formalism & judicial oversight increased in colonial British Columbia 1864–1913
https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewaf002
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #britishcolumbia #criminology
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Congratulations to Shao-yu Jheng, Hui-wen Koo & Kun-jung Wu whose paper "Property rights in a weak state: Evidence from land pawning in Qing Taiwan 1683–1895" won the Sir Timothy Coghlan Prize for best paper in the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12288@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #Taiwan #Qing #propertyrights
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In a new special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Rev Claire E.F. Wright reflects on the movement to ‘re-engender’ business history & introduces five fascinating articles illustrating the importance of women's business for Australian & NZ history!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12303
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #NZ #Auspol #gender #business -
The female share of investors in Australian companies rose markedly in the 1880s & in some sectors approached 50% by the 1930s. Simon Ville & coauthors analyse the growth of female investing using new data in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12300@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons
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Louise Prowse argues that earnings from a ‘side hustle’ have been important for Australian rural women & rural communities for much longer than has been appreciated. New article in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12301@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons
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Clare E.F. Wright reports women in the family firms common throughout the 20thC often inherited wealth but seldom invited into management or governance. New data demonstrate how business replicated the patriarchal structures of upper-class Australian families.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12302
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #Auspol #gender -
Unique oral history collection documents the important contribution of women to the great expansion of Australian wineries after 1960
Professor Julie McInytre documents how women overcame sexism, balancing reproductive & domestic labour with agric business
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12298@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot @inequalityecon #history #histodons #glamsdons #wine #Australia #gender
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“Gendered enterprise: Women & Australian business history” - 5 original research articles framed by a thoughtful introduction in a special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aehr.12266@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @econhist #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #gender #business #nzpol #Auspol
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An unique oral history collection documents the important contribution of women to the great expansion of Australian wineries since 1960. Professor Julie McInytre documents how women overcame sexism, balancing reproductive & domestic labour with agricultural business
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12298@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #wine #Auspol #women
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Clare E.F. Wright reports that women in the family firms common throughout the 20thC often inherited wealth but seldom invited into management or governance. New data demonstrate how business replicated the patriarchal structures of upper-class Australian families.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12302
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @econhist #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #gender #business #Auspol -
Cath Bishop & Nichole Hoskin in the Asia-Pacific Econ Hist Rev show that entrenched understandings of gendered behaviours & local conditions shaped the disconnect between law & licensing practice, as 19th century Victoria legalized female publicans but New Zealand & New South Wales did not!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12299@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #gender #regulation
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Louise Prowse argues that earnings from a ‘side hustle’ have been important for Australian rural women and rural communities for a very long time. How off the press in a Asia-Pacific Economic History Review special issue: 'Gendered Enterprise: Women and Australian Business History'.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12301@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #women
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The female share of investors in Australian companies rose markedly in the 1880s. By the 1930s it approached 50% in some sectors. Simon Ville & coauthors analyse the growth of female investing using new data in Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12300@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @inequalityecon
@archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #Australia #gender #women #finance -
Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada by Stephanie Rutherford wins the Canada Prize for most inspiring, impactful, and transformative scholarly books in the humanities and social science.
Big congratulations!
https://www.mqup.ca/villain--vermin--icon--kin-products-9780228011088.php
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #glamsdons #animals #wolves #Canada #environment