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Abstract: This thesis makes the case for reading G.W.F. Hegel’s Philosophy of Right from 1820 as a pertinent contribution to the public debate on the…

Abstract: Mobility and friction characterized the interactions in the hinterland of the island of Manila in the eighteenth century. Although historical actors…

Abstract: In recent years, there has been an explosion of literature about material inequality and the historical linkages between socio-economic disparities…

Abstract: This thesis considers period between the late 1950s, when television was commenced in many places of UkrSSR, and late 1980s, when various groups used…

Abstract: In this dissertation, I analyze how two Italian states, the Republic of Genoa and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, tried to enter trans-oceanic trade in…

Abstract: This dissertation examines the Sovietization of Jews in the interwar Ukrainian province. It is concerned with the transformation of Jewish life…

Abstract: Capital in banking is a central pillar of financial regulation. In the wake of the last financial crisis, the low levels of capital have become a…

Abstract: This thesis considers the phenomenon of smuggling in late eighteenth-century Sweden, a hitherto understudied topic in Swedish historiography. It…