angusbylsma.bsky.social
Writing about economic history at https://unevenandcombinedthoughts.substack.com
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The first shows British coal exports (1864), while the second is a representation of Napoleon’s Russia campaign, where the thickness of the line shows the number of men alive, yellow for advance and black for the retreat! (From 1869).
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Thank you! I remember Timothy Mitchell wrote about Veblen’s sabotage in Carbon Democracy.. Arun seems to be picking up the same point!
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If interested…
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No idea! Would be interesting to find out
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I’m sure you’re right!… but Eichengreen does suggest it mattered quite a bit. How can those victories explain the exit from silver?
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1848 is fascinating for how often the room was misread… that’s a brutal example, but the Hecker Uprising in Baden also speaks to that tendency
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How delicious
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5. Civilisation and Capitalism
…And finally, the first in my series on Braudel’s capitalism and civilisation trilogy! Part two published yesterday, and I’m still working on part three ;)
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4. The Great Disorder
An ordeal to read, and to try get to grips with — but I did a decent job. A two-parter.
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3. The Jazz Scene
The only non-economic history book I’ve reviewed so far (although written by Eric Hobsbawm). One of the early posts and so quite rough around the edges, but it still holds up.
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2. Feudal Society
The oldest book I’ve read, in a topic that I’m relatively unfamiliar with. A lot of fun to write, however - and to read, I hope!