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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · 9d

Oh! That’s really cool! Can’t wait to read.

Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Jul 1

Well done @willpooley.bsky.social !! Can’t wait to read it.

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Jun 30

Oh sorry! Did not see the first map. It’s brilliant.

Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Jun 30

What’s the current coverage?

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Jun 30

It’s really gorgeous @docuracy.co.uk !!

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Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social · May 29

Campop blog #50: In 2021, 76% of UK women with children at home were employed: a century earlier about the same % were engaged in 'home duties'. @awakelam.bsky.social explores patterns and implications from the 1921 census
@camunicampop.bsky.social
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeHome Duties in the 1921 Census « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death...

www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk

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Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social · Jun 5

Campop blog #51: Are uber/deliveroo workers employees? Bob Bennett discusses changes in self-emploment linked to tax structures, and examines how builders, publicans, sales agents and outworkers (etc) were defined in the past
@camunicampop.bsky.social
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeThe struggle to define self-employment « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, a...

www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Jun 5

NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!

A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.

Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!

#Railway200

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another great paper on @cwpeconhist.bsky.social ! If you have not done it yet, follow us for the latest from @cambridgeup.bsky.social and elsewhere! We are open to all new submissions, fast turnaround, immediate DOI and increased visibility for your working papers in #econhist and #demography!

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · Jun 3

❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
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Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · Jun 3

❕New WP from Eric Schneider and Romola Davenport❕
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐱?
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Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · Mar 20

❕New WP from Regina Grafe, Professor of Economic History (1928)❕
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜

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Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · May 6

❕New WP from Emily Chung❕
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏
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Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · May 28

❕New WP from Emma Diduch❕
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲
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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 22

@rte.ie - do you have any day you can share about this?

Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 21

I think the key issue here is "whose" interests is implicity alluded to? His, or pehaps the Telegraph's readership, but surely not mine. What baffles me is that as a (former) historian he knows his conception of the Nation is only one of many. Genuine lack of self awareness or editorial strategy?

Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 21

@ebu.ch - since you say on your website you favour #transparency, is it possible to get a detailed breakdown of the absolute number of votes received for each entry in each country, and the average number of votes per entry per unique mobile number in each country?

Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 21

@ebu.ch - can I check this is correct?
Picking one coutry at random; Ireland had c.268,000 viewers for #eurovision final. Say 10% of them voted, 670 SIM cards (x20 votes) would do to get 50% of the votes costing **€1440** (2€/SIM and 0.15€/text). Not hard to imagine a country manipulating the result

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 15

If you are not yet hooked on Campop’s weeklies, just read @judyzara.bsky.social post on work before the Industrial Revolution at www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05.... You can always sign up to get these delivered fresh to you with your morning coffee every week!

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeIndustriousness and precarity: work before the Industrial Revolution « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 8

If you don’t know your Miss for your Mrs I strongly suggest you read our new @camunicampop.bsky.social blog by Amy Erickson on the history of these titles. www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeWhen Mrs wasn’t married « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 6

Look at this wonderful new paper by @emvchung.bsky.social from @camunicampop.bsky.social !

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · May 6

❕New WP from Emily Chung❕
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏
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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · May 3

Great to spot @camunicampop.bsky.social ‘s data used in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

31 of England’s prisons are Victorian. Do they work? – visual investigation

More than 30 jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. They house a quarter of the prison population. Here we explore how 19th century design is contributing to a 21st century crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Alexis Litvine @alexislitvine.bsky.social · Apr 27

A more interesting question would be can you plot the location of the centre point for an equal quadrant distribution for the last couple of centuries?

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Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History @cwpeconhist.bsky.social · Apr 2

❕New WP from Alexis Litvine, Thomas Thévenin, Arthur Starzec, Patrick Mille, Isabelle Séguy, and Guillaume Proffit❕
𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎
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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Mar 26

Two three year postdocs advertised at @camhistory.bsky.social, to work with the brilliant Niamh Gallagher on her UKRI project, Ireland and the 'ends' of the British Empire. Not just looking for historians btw...
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50601/

Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the 'ends' of the British Empire - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the 'ends' of the British Empire in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Mar 17

Delighted to share a free copy of my book chapter on marriage, intimacy and adulthood in disabled people’s lives and activism.
This is part of 'Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z', all open access thanks to Knowledge Unlatched.
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.22...

www.jstor.org

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