“..."World War II was the largest and most devastating war in modern history with far reaching consequences. The single most important campaign was the...”

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“...This paper traces the history of prices and wages in European cities from the fourteenth century to the First World War. It is shown that the divergence in...”

“...Colonial state institutions are widely cited as a root cause of sub-Saharan African underdevelopment, but the opinions differ on the channels of causation...”

“...The paper reviews the macroeconomic data describing the British economy from 1760 to 1913 and shows that it passed through a two stage evolution of inequality...”

“...This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the period from 1820 to 1949 in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of...”