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The rise and reversal of bureaucratic capacity: lessons from Chinese history
In a previous post, I discussed ways in which recent historical political economy research has advanced the study of state capacity.
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Pavithra Suryanarayan
The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe
By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)
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Industry and identity: How labor migration reshaped culture in 19th century Britain
In the 19th century, European states experienced profound transformations.
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Vicky Fouka
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April 2025

Intellectual Life in Early Modern Europe
by Valentin Figueroa
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Why are frontiers more conflict-prone—and what is the relevance of historical political economy for answering this?
By Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent, UK), and Faiz-ur-Rehman (IBA, University of Karachi)
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The Making of America: migration in colonial times
By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)
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A New Edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics
This post is cross-posted at How the World Became Rich
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Mark Koyama

March 2025

The Myth of Meritocracy: How Exams Helped Build an Empire
By Peng Peng (Washington University in St. Louis)
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The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru
Our project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, Leticia was still a graduate student.
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Leticia Abad
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Noel Maurer
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Religion and Development
It is almost self-evident that religion affects economic growth and development.
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Jared Rubin
African Borders: Neither Random Nor Decided at the Berlin Conference
By Jack Paine (Emory University), Xiaoyan Qiu (Washington University in St. Louis) and Joan Ricart-Huguet (Loyola University Maryland
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The Spread of Romantic Nationalism across Europe: A Case of Ideational Diffusion
By Andreas Wimmer, Seungwon Lee, and Jack LaViolette (all Department of Sociology, Columbia University)
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