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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Sep 8

What do We Know about Catalan Forestry Businesses in the Tropics? Read about it in the post by Jordi Sant and Eduard Gargallo at our blog: The Great Spurt👇
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What do We Know about Catalan Forestry Businesses in the Tropics?

The article also highlights the activities carried out by these companies beyond forest exploitation, specially their establishment of factories in Barcelona. We can thus analyse the connections be…

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 13

Schwartz, Pedro, ed. 2023. Escritos de Francisco Cabarrús. Economista ilustrado. Madrid: Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, 2 vols., 337 y 575 pp.

Reviewed by Andrés Oliva Duarte (@unizar.es‬)
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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Medina-Albaladejo, Francisco J., José Miguel Martínez Carrión, and Salvador Calatayud, eds. 2023. Inequality and nutritional transition in Economic History. Spain in the 19th-21st centuries. Abingd...

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Medina-Albaladejo, Francisco J., Jose Miguel Martínez Carrión, and Salvador Calatayud, eds. 2023. Inequality and nutritional transition in Economic History. Spain in the 19th-21st centuries. Abingdon: Routledge, 259 pp.

Reviewed by Carolina Román (Universidad de la República Uruguay)

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 8

Papastefanaki, Leda and M. Erdem Kabadayı, eds. 2022. Working in Greece and Turkey: A Comparative Labour History from Empires to Nation-States. New York: Berghahn Books, 2022. 342 pp.

Reviewed by @diclenuraktan.bsky.social (@ub.edu‬)

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 7

@carlesmanera.bsky.social. 2024. Economía en crisis. Aprendiendo del a historia económica. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata y Edicions UIB-Universitat de les Illes Balears, 285 pp.

Reviewed by José Luis García Ruiz (@ucm.es)

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Aug 4

New Call for Papers for an upcoming Special Issue of @ihr-rhi.bsky.social entitled “New Perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History” at revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

This issue will be co-edited by Mohammed Saleh, Cihan Artunç, and Onur Yükçü.

Send your abstract before Sept 21!

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thrilled to welcome some of our new team members at RHI-IHR! We had a truly international kick-off at #WEHC2025 in Lund—complete with Vietnamese coffee and lively discussion. Here’s to fresh perspectives and conversations on global economic history! 🌏☕📚

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 25

“Competing against large private banks: the successful strategy of the la Caja de Ahorros de Madrid during Franco’s dictatorship (1962-1975)” by Pedro Fernández Sánchez (Universidad San Pablo CEU). Read the article in open access at doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 24

“Adjusting to technological change: Ship agents in the port of Barcelona during the transition from sail to steam (1849-1900)” by Lluís Rotllan. Find it in open access at doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

Adjusting to technological change: Ship agents in the port of Barcelona during the transition from sail to steam (1849-1900) | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Partnership and competition: The strategic alliance between Schneider et Cie and the Škoda Works during the interwar period | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 23

“Industry, photography, representations: Portugal, 1897-1914” by Hugo Silveira Pereira (Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology – NOVA School of Science and Technology; Department of History - University of York) find it in open access at doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 21

“Partnership and competition: The strategic alliance between Schneider et Cie and the Škoda Works during the interwar period” by Aleš Skřivan and Tereza Burianová (@vsecz.bsky.social). Find it in open access at doi.org/10.1344/rhiihr…

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 18

You can also read about it in our blog “The Great Spurt”: ihrthegreatspurt.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/how…

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 18

We are proud to present the leading article of our new issue “Wages, prices and living standards in a growing economy. The case of Boston, Massachusetts” by Luis Felipe Zegarra (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú).
Read it in open access: doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 17

Vol. 34 No. 94 (2025) of @rhi_ihr is out! This issue brings together research spanning the US, Southern & Eastern Europe from the late 18th to mid-20th century on living standards, tech change, corporate strategy & industrialisation and 4 book reviews! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 11

"A Sectoral Analysis of Steam Power Diffusion in the Late 18th Century: The British Mining and Iron Smelting Industries” is now available in Early View in open access at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social

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By: Kitsikopoulos, Harilaos.

A Sectoral Analysis of Steam Power Diffusion in the late 18th century: The British Mining and Iron Smelting Industries | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Early View of “Capitales catalanes en los negocios forestales de la Guinea Española” is ready in Open Access.
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By Jordi Sant Gisbert (‪@unibarcelonathe.bsky.social‬) and Edurard Gargallo (ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)

Catalan Capital in the Timber Trade of Spanish Guinea | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 7

Find in Open Access the Early View of “Beyond Leading Sectors: Merchant Capital and the Origins of Footwear Manufacturing in the Balearic Islands” at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social

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By Alfons Méndez Vidal (Institut Menorquí d'Estudis)

Beyond leading sectors: Merchant capital and the origins of footwear manufacturing in the Balearic Islands | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jul 7

Open Access Early view of "The Castilian Wool Industry at a Crossroad: Prices, Cost, and Profits, 1550-1650" at
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DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhii... By José Ignacio Andrés Ucendo (ehu.eus) and Ramón Lanza Garcia (@uam.es‬)

The Castilian wool industry at a crossroad: prices, cost, and profits, 1550-1650 | Revista de Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yesterday, Ramon Ramon-Muñoz represented @rhi-ihr.bsky.social at EBHA 2025 in Brussels during the special ‘Meet the Editors’ session. This event, aimed at early-career scholars, brought together editorial board members from leading international business history journals. Thanks for the invitation!

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Jun 26

🏖️Happy summer holidays from Revista de Historia Industrial – Industrial History Review (RHI-IHR)! 🌞 We’re proud to share some great news as our journal achieves new milestones this year.🍾 Thank you for your continued support! 🙌 #EconHist #AcademicPublishing #RHI_IHR

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Apr 16

Juan Manuel Matés-Barco and María Vázquez-Fariñas, eds. 2024. Ecological Crisis and Water Supply. The Case of Andalusia in the Hydrological Context. Boston: Brill, 251 pp.

Reviewed by Juan Hernández Andreu

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Industrial History Review @rhi-ihr.bsky.social · Apr 14

PÉREZ CALLE, Begoña. 2023. Flora Tristán. Pensamiento económico y comunicación social en tiempos del Romanticismo. Madrid:
@dykinsonlibros.bsky.social, 181 pp.

Reviewed by José M. Menudo (@pablodeolavide.upo.es)

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