A new study in the Review of Economic Studies suggests that areas where Dutch colonizers built sugar factories in the 19th century are more developed today. Colonial powers have typically organized ...

THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has set up a Colonial Economic Advisory Committee to give him advice on matters of general economic policy in the Colonial Empire. The members of the committee ...

THE Advisory Committee of the National Executive of the Labour Party has prepared a pamphlet on “The Demand for Colonial Territories and Equality of Economic Opportunity” in which the position of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This articles provides a close reading of colonial records from the mining region of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, to reveal ways in which women of ...

The article analyses the trajectory of a group of Brazilian intellectuals from 1786 to 1810, who inaugurated a systematic critique of the environmental damage caused by colonial economy in Brazil, ...

After reading caficho's thread on the current economic crisis in Argentina and following it in the paper here in Chicago and on NPR, the following thought occurred to me. Why is it that the former ...

In the year 1750, the prosperous Oyster Bay merchant Samuel Townsend sent out his sloop Solomon under Capt. John Jones on a voyage to the Virgin Islands. The single-masted ship was loaded with cargo: ...

Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on Oct. 15, 2024. Philippe ...

Geographies of state transformation : the production of colonial state space -- Envisioning the colonial economy -- Mobile incarceration : travels in colonial state space -- Colonial pedagogical ...

Johan Fourie does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This is the second of a five part series by guest columnist Daniel Coleman on fundamental issues that make Birmingham different and how our zero sum game mentality is killing us. Click here to read ...