Title:Marco Polo y la Cruzada: Historia de la literatura de viajes a las Indias en el siglo XIV
Author(s):GARCIA ESPADA, AntonioDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:La aparición del libro de Marco Polo está relacionada con un renovado interés por la Cruzada, la posibilidad de establecer contacto con la retaguardia del Islam y la obtención así de la supremacía del Occidente latino sobre ...
Title:Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000
Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; PERSSON, Karl GunnarDate:2007Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:This paper argues that the conventional view which sees international transport costs reductions as the major force in price convergence cannot be upheld when the period under scrutiny is extended to the last two centuries. ...
Title:Market integration and market efficiency. The case of 19th century Italy
Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines market integration in Italy in the 19th century, focusing on wheat. Wheat prices converged well before political Unification (1859–1861) but the process halted during the 1860s only to resume in the ...
Title:Market Power on the Colonial Frontier? Evidence From Sao Paulo 1800-1840
Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; PAIXAO, RicardoDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Economists often assume that agricultural markets in history were competitive, and all producers received the same price. in contrast, most agricultural historians deem prices to differ among agents, according to their ...
Title:Marseille au temps des troubles : 1559-1596 : morphologie sociale et luttes de factions
Author(s):KAISER, WolfgangDate:1992Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Au temps des guerres de Religion, les luttes de factions aboutissent à Marseille à l’instauration d’une « dictature populaire » : sous Charles de Casaulx, la ville devient pour cinq ans une « république » quasi indépendante ...