"Beyond quotas: women on boards of the largest Spanish companies (1950-2020)" is now available in early view at the
@rhi-ihr.bsky.social 📰
By: Amanda Vega, Juan Antonio Rubio, Josean Garrués
from @universidadgranada.bsky.social
DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
We are thrilled to welcome our new members on the advisory board of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social !! (@rug.nl, @middecon.bsky.social, @melanie-xue.bsky.social)
"Colonial Elites in The Eighteenth-Century Cape Colony" now available in early view at the @rhi-ihr.bsky.social
By: Leoné Walters (University of Cape Town), @johanfourieza.bsky.social (Stellenbosch University), and Robert Ross (@unileiden.bsky.social)
DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
We’ve come to the end of a wonderful workshop! Many thanks to all the participants, commentators, and the audience, both over Zoom and those following here, for a stimulating event.
Keep an eye on the RIH-IHR and more news from us soon!
Discussant Cihan Artunç (Middlebury College) reflects on the causes of urbanization and structural change, as well as the role of agglomeration economies. Many thanks for the thoughtful discussion.
Did urbanization and occupational change follow linear paths across regions and what does this reveal about industrialization? Efe Erünal (Koç University) examines this using long-run, harmonized data from the Ottoman and interwar periods. #EconomicHistory #Industrialization
Comments and questions by @msaleh1982 expand on alternative explanations, the measurement of state capacity, and highlight the richness of the data. Thanks to everyone for the stimulating discussion!
#EconomicHistory #Telegraph
How did telegraphy strengthen state capacity?
Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory
Ready to start Session II, chaired by Cihan Artunç. Two papers explore the development of the postal and telegraph network as well as structural changes in urban employment and urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A lively discussion by Şevket Pamuk (Boğaziçi University), who offered insightful comments and proposed several avenues to expand the research agenda. Many thanks for the excellent suggestions and thoughtful questions.
How did Import Substitution Industrialisation and market liberalisation shape the emergence and consolidation of Turkey’s automotive industry?
Seven Ağır (Middle East Technical University) examines this, bridging business history and comparative political economy.
#EconomicHistory #BusinessHistory
Discussant Akansel Yalcinkaya (Istanbul Medeniyet University) comments on the paper, offering insights that situate business education and foreign aid within broader institutional dynamics. Thanks so much for the excellent suggestions and all the additional questions.
How did foreign aid interact with local institutions during the early Cold War? Adoración Álvaro-Moya (@cunef.bsky.social) and Núria Puig (@ucm.es) examine business education as a key transmission channel in Turkey and Spain.
#EconomicHistory
Thanks so much to Ali Coşkun Tuncer (@ucl.ac.uk) for discussing the paper by @diclenuraktan and for offering very useful comments and suggestions, which led to a very engaging discussion (@msaleh-econhistory.bsky.social @cartunc.bsky.social and Onur Yükçü)!
How did Turkey’s banking system move from public dominance to consolidation? @diclenuraktan.bsky.social
analyzes six decades of institutional change in commercial banking, from the 1960s to the 2010s. #EconomicHistory #BusinessHistory
Session I, chaired by Onur Yükçu is about the political economy of business and industry: banking consolidation, foreign aid & business education during the Cold War, and the rise of Turkey’s automotive sector. We are ready for some fun contributions!
New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History Online Workshop is about to start! Join us now, we are looking forward to a very exciting programme!
Are you ready for tomorrow's workshop? Check the program below! We are looking forward to seeing many of you!
Are you ready for tomorrow's workshop? Check the program below! We are looking forward to seeing many of you!
The program for the "New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop" on 9th of January is already available! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi....
Registration for the online event is open on the link!
The editorial board of the @rhi-ihr.bsky.social wishes you happy holidays and a very happy new year! We are grateful to our editors, authors, and referees, for a very good year 2025. We look forward to 2026 for more workshops, and new issues engaging with industrial and economic history!
You can already register to attend our online workshop “New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop”. Save the date: 9 of January 2026!
The program for the "New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop" on 9th of January is already available! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi....
Registration for the online event is open on the link!
"Energy expenditure in Chilean households during the 20th century" is now available in early view and open access at
@rhi-ihr.bsky.social
By Martin Garrido-Lepe (@uab.cat and @ub.edu) and Sergio Garrido-Trazar (Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación)
DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
Gorini, Carles i Eduard Caballé. 2024. Ferroviaris en guerra. Revolució, guerra civil i repressió franquista als ferrocarrils catalans de via estreta. Lleida: Pagès editors, 268 pp.
Reviewed by Aitor Carrillo Pérez (@upna.bsky.social)
Read it here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...
Collantes, Fernando. 2024. Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change. The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950. London: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Publishing, 288 pp.
Reviewed by Ismael Hernández Adell (Tecnocampus-
@upf.edu)
Martínez-López, Alberte, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, and Nuria Rodríguez-Martín. 2025. Economic History of the European Energy Industry. Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st centuries. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 216 pp.
Reviewed by Maria Isabel Bartolomé Rodriguez (Universidad de Sevilla):
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe, ed. 2023. Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 553 pp.
Reviewed by
@majofuen.bsky.social (@uab.cat)
Read it here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...
