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The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison
by Erik Bengtsson and Felix Kersting
Jun 16
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Where have all the workers gone? War and technological progress during the Industrial Revolution
by Bruno Caprettini
Jun 4
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Where have all the workers gone? War and technological progress during the Industrial Revolution
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May 2025
The Democratic Institutions of the Roman Republic
by John G. Matsusaka (USC)
May 27
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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.
May 19
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Pavithra Suryanarayan
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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)
May 12
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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.
May 5
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Vicky Fouka
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Industry and identity: How labor migration reshaped culture in 19th century Britain
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April 2025
Intellectual Life in Early Modern Europe
by Valentin Figueroa
Apr 28
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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)
Apr 21
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The Making of America: migration in colonial times
By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)
Apr 14
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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
Apr 7
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Mark Koyama
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March 2025
The Myth of Meritocracy: How Exams Helped Build an Empire
By Peng Peng (Washington University in St. Louis)
Mar 31
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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.
Mar 24
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Leticia Abad
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