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Letture: Profits and Persecution: German Big Business in the Nazi Economy and the Holocaust , di Peter Hayes
Quale ruolo ebbero le grandi imprese tedesche nella persecuzione degli ebrei europei durante l’Olocausto? Quali furono le loro motivazioni? E come reagirono ai cambiamenti sociali ed economici dopo la guerra? Proprio per rispondere a queste domande, l’autore del volume esamina come i dirigenti delle principali imprese industriali e finanziarie tedesche giocarono un ruolo cruciale nelle…
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Letture: Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization, di Harold James
Nel volume lo storico dell’economia Harold James presenta una nuova prospettiva sulle crisi finanziarie, suddividendole in crisi “buone”, che alla fine espandono i mercati e la globalizzazione, e crisi “cattive”, che portano a un mondo più piccolo e meno prospero. Esaminando sette momenti cruciali della storia finanziaria – dalla depressione degli anni 1840 alla Grande…
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CfP: 12th CEPR Economic History Symposium (deadline 1 dicembre 2024)
CEPR and the Study Center Gerzensee invite you to submit a paper proposal or to express your interest in attending the twelfth CEPR Economic History Symposium, which will take place in Gerzensee, Switzerland, 24-25 April 2025. The symposium aims to bring together leading researchers in the field. Papers are being sought on topics including, but…
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CfP: WEHC 2025 Session “Measuring the Industrious Revolution: approaches, methods and materials” (deadline 15 novembre 2024)
World Economic History Conference, 28 July – 1 August 2025, Lund, Sweden When, where, and was the industrious revolution? How do we identify it, and what tools can help us understand it? The theory of the Industrious Revolution at its most basic posits that seventeenth century European households worked more so they could buy more…
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‘Economic History Review’ Workshop – Living Standards: Measurements and Debates (25 settembre 2024)
The editors of the Economic History Review invite you to join an online workshop on ‘Living Standards: Measurements and Debates’, which will discuss three recent papers and their implications for further research in the field. The workshop will take place 15:00 – 16:30 (UK time) on 25 September 2024. A programme and registration are available…
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tavola rotonda “Inequality in Human Societies” (Milano – 26 marzo)
Segnaliamo l’invito alla tavola rotonda “Inequality in Human Societies” che avrà luogo presso l’Università Bocconi il prossimo 26 marzo.
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Letture: European Review of Economic History, Special Issue Economic History of the Arts
E’ stato pubblicato il Volume 27 della European Review of Economic History, Special Issue su Economic History of the Arts. Articoli: Introduction to the special issue: the economic history of the arts, KAROL J. BOROWIECKI; Contracting creativity: patronage and creative freedom in the Italian Renaissance art market, ENNIO E. PIANO AND CLARA E. PIANO; Authorship…
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Workshop: The Transformation of European Historical Shipyards and Arsenals (Venezia, 24 giugno 2023)
European historical shipyards have been transformed in many ways over the centuries. As part of the programme of activities at the Austrian Pavillion of the 18 th International Architecture Exhibitions (Biennale Archittetura), we offer a series of workshops exploring these transformations. The first will occur on themorning of Saturday 24 June, at the facilitires of…
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New Books Network Podcast
Il New Books Networks pubblica interviste con gli studiosi di economic and business history a partire dalla pubblicazione dei loro libri. Le interviste si possono ascoltare su Spotify o Apple podcast. Ecco la lista dei podcast, per data e argomento. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS HISTORY May 28, 2023 Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin? Lawrence H. White…
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