During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and Thatcher were able to effectively implement most of their political platforms. During...

Introduction -- The stock market in early modern England -- Politics, warfare and finance -- Financial innovation and trade -- The bubble and the crash -- Reasons to invest in the South Sea Company -- Criticism and financial complexity -- The social history of the crash -- The real effects of...

1. Continuity and change in British economic policymaking -- 2. Crisis, ideas, and path dependence : theoretical framework and postwar Britain's changing political economy -- 3. Clement Attlee's postwar "settlement" (1945-1970) : depression, war, Keynes, Beveridge, and a new consensus -- 4....

1. Introduction -- 2. Bullion movement to and from Bengal, 1660-1860 -- 3. Woes of the cotton textile industry : competitive failure or policy discrimination? -- 4. Prosperous silk textile industry : traditional edge of comparative advantage -- 5. Decline of the salt manufacturing industry : an...

1. International competition in cotton goods in the late nineteenth century : Britain versus India and East Asia / Heita Kawakatsu -- 2. The international trade in rice and wheat since 1868 : a study in market integration / A.J.H. Latham -- 3. China : a microcosm of the world market for cotton...

pt. 1. German immigration to America, 1709-1835 -- pt. 2. German immigrant servitude in America, 1745-1835 -- pt. 3. Epilogue : German immigration to the U.S., 1820-1920 : from founding migration to mass migration.

In this paper we argue that in order to test competing hypotheses on the emergence of social mortality differentials, one has to adopt a long-term perspective. Studying social inequality in mortality in Geneva from 1625 to 2005, we use historical mortality data published by different authors and...

This paper examines the impact of socioeconomic conditions on health and mortality between birth and adulthood within the Sardinian community of Alghero, based on data from civil registers and military conscription lists for the period 1866-1925. Socioeconomic status does prove to have a...

Abstract The present article analyses social inequality in mortality in the 19th century Sundsvall region, an area that experienced rapid industrialization after 1850. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there were social differences in mortality in this context and whether these...