We’ve come to the end of a wonderful workshop! Many thanks to all the participants, commentators, and the audience, both over Zoom and those following here, for a stimulating event. Keep an eye on the RIH-IHR and more news from us soon!

Did urbanization and occupational change follow linear paths across regions and what does this reveal about industrialization? Efe Erünal (Koç University) examines this using long-run, harmonized data from the Ottoman and interwar periods. #EconomicHistory #Industrialization

How did telegraphy strengthen state capacity? Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory

Ready to start Session II, chaired by Cihan Artunç. Two papers explore the development of the postal and telegraph network as well as structural changes in urban employment and urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

How did Import Substitution Industrialisation and market liberalisation shape the emergence and consolidation of Turkey’s automotive industry? Seven Ağır (Middle East Technical University) examines this, bridging business history and comparative political economy. #EconomicHistory #BusinessHistory

How did foreign aid interact with local institutions during the early Cold War? Adoración Álvaro-Moya (@cunef.bsky.social) and Núria Puig (@ucm.es) examine business education as a key transmission channel in Turkey and Spain. #EconomicHistory

Thanks so much to Ali Coşkun Tuncer (@ucl.ac.uk) for discussing the paper by @diclenuraktan and for offering very useful comments and suggestions, which led to a very engaging discussion (@msaleh-econhistory.bsky.social @cartunc.bsky.social and Onur Yükçü)!

How did Turkey’s banking system move from public dominance to consolidation? @diclenuraktan.bsky.social analyzes six decades of institutional change in commercial banking, from the 1960s to the 2010s. #EconomicHistory #BusinessHistory

Session I, chaired by Onur Yükçu is about the political economy of business and industry: banking consolidation, foreign aid & business education during the Cold War, and the rise of Turkey’s automotive sector. We are ready for some fun contributions!

New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History Online Workshop is about to start! Join us now, we are looking forward to a very exciting programme!

Are you ready for tomorrow's workshop? Check the program below! We are looking forward to seeing many of you!

Are you ready for tomorrow's workshop? Check the program below! We are looking forward to seeing many of you!

The program for the "New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop" on 9th of January is already available! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi.... Registration for the online event is open on the link!

The editorial board of the @rhi-ihr.bsky.social wishes you happy holidays and a very happy new year! We are grateful to our editors, authors, and referees, for a very good year 2025. We look forward to 2026 for more workshops, and new issues engaging with industrial and economic history!

You can already register to attend our online workshop “New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop”. Save the date: 9 of January 2026!

The program for the "New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop" on 9th of January is already available! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi.... Registration for the online event is open on the link!

"Energy expenditure in Chilean households during the 20th century" is now available in early view and open access at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social By Martin Garrido-Lepe (@uab.cat and @ub.edu) and Sergio Garrido-Trazar (Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

Gorini, Carles i Eduard Caballé. 2024. Ferroviaris en guerra. Revolució, guerra civil i repressió franquista als ferrocarrils catalans de via estreta. Lleida: Pagès editors, 268 pp. Reviewed by Aitor Carrillo Pérez (@upna.bsky.social) Read it here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Collantes, Fernando. 2024. Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change. The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950. London: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Publishing, 288 pp. Reviewed by Ismael Hernández Adell (Tecnocampus- @upf.edu)

Martínez-López, Alberte, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, and Nuria Rodríguez-Martín. 2025. Economic History of the European Energy Industry. Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st centuries. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 216 pp. Reviewed by Maria Isabel Bartolomé Rodriguez (Universidad de Sevilla):

Valencia Caicedo, Felipe, ed. 2023. Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 553 pp. Reviewed by @majofuen.bsky.social (@uab.cat) Read it here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Vol. 34 No. 95 of @rhi_ihr brings new reviews on Latin American underdevelopment, Europe’s energy industry, Spain’s changing diet, and Catalan railways in times of war. Don’t miss them! 📚 🔗 revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

"Co-ordination of knowledge and merchant networks in the rise of the British textile trade between 1820 and 1840: the case of Langworthy Brothers and Co." by Alexander Appleton (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

"Port labour, global commodities, and material skill development: a study of the ivory warehouse in the Port of London and its representation c. 1860-1968" by @alibennett.bsky.social (@officialuom.bsky.social ) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

"Raw cotton markets, industrial strategies, and trade organisation in India and Japan, c. 1850-1940" by Aditi Dixit (Wageningen University @resourcewur.bsky.social) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

"From slavery to freedom: Labour, technological change, and institutional innovation on the salt islands of the British Caribbean, c. 1774-1845" by Kimberley Thomas (@universityofleeds.bsky.social) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

🍾 We are proud to announce “Introduction: New Perspectives in Global Economic History” by @alkaraman.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk ), author of the piece and editor of the special issue on global economic history in @rhi-ihr.bsky.social . Read it open access 👉 doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

The first volume of the Special Issue on Global Economic History @rhi-ihr.bsky.social is now out! It features 4 new articles on 4 commodities in global economic history - salt, ivory, raw cotton, and finished cotton goods - all open access. It was a great experience editing this volume!

Vol. 34 No. 95 (2025) of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social is out! The first instalment of New Perspectives in Global Economic History, edited by @alkaraman.bsky.social, shows how commodity based economic history reveals global interconnections and rethinks long-term development. revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

"Between International Constraints and State Action: Uruguay's Meat Industry over the Long-Run" is now available in early view and open access at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-... By María José Rey (Universidad de la República)

"Foreign investment and the development of the stock market in Spain (1961-2007)" is now available in Early View in open access at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-... By: Álvaro González-Bernardos, Águeda Gil-López, Elena San Román and @victormgomezblanco.bsky.social

“Did mining lead to a resource curse or dependency? Some economic effects of silver production in Mexico, 1821-1870” is now available in Early View in open access at @rhi-ihr.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhii... By: Sandra Kuntz Ficker and Javier Encabo González

The @rhi-ihr.bsky.social was involved in a training session on how to get your paper published in an academic journal at the @ehswomcom.bsky.social Thanks so much for the invitation!!!

Dear readers, The @rhi-ihr.bsky.social website is down and may remain so until early next week. Thanks for your patience!

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👇 ihrthegreatspurt.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/w...

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) revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

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)

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) revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

@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) revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

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!

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! 🌏☕📚

“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...

“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...

“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...

“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…

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...

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...

"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 DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhii... By: Kitsikopoulos, Harilaos.

The Early View of “Capitales catalanes en los negocios forestales de la Guinea Española” is ready in Open Access. @rhi-ihr.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhii... By Jordi Sant Gisbert (‪@unibarcelonathe.bsky.social‬) and Edurard Gargallo (ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)

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 DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhii... By Alfons Méndez Vidal (Institut Menorquí d'Estudis)