Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 10 (1915-1916)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 4 (1909-1910)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 2 (1907-1908)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 8 (1913-1914)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 1 (1907)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 9 (1914-1915)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 6 (1911-1912)

Science progress in the twentieth century : a quarterly journal of scientific work & thought.

v. 7 (1912-1913)

Akulivikchuk: a nineteenth century Eskimo village on the Nushagak River, Alaska / James W. VanStone.

v.60(1970)

Stress and warfare among the Kayenta Anasazi of the thirteenth century A.D. / Jonathan Haas, Winifred Creamer.

n.s. no.21(1993)

The Barcelonnettes: an example of network-entrepreneurs in XIX century Mexico. An explanation based on a theory of bounded rational choice with social embeddedness

A theory of network-entrepreneurs or "spin-off system" is presented in this paper for the creation of firms based on the community’s social governance. It is argued that firm’s capacity for accumulation depends on the presence of employees belonging to the same social/ethnic group with expectations of "inheriting" the firm and becoming entrepreneurs once they have been selected for their merits and loyalty towards their patrons. Such accumulation is possible because of the credibility of the patrons’ promises of supporting newcomers due to high social cohesion and specific social norms prevailing in the community. This theory is exemplified through the case of the Barcelonnettes, a group of immigrants from the Alps in the South of France (Provence) who came to Mexico in the XIX Century.

Why did London become the main money market? Monetary Policy, Arbitrage and European Money Market Integration in 18th century

How did the leading capital market start to attract international bullion? Why did London become the main money market? Monetary regulations, including the charges for minting money and the restrictions on bullion exchange, have played the key role in defining the direction of the flow of international bullion. Countries that abolished minting charges and permitted the free movement of bullion were able to attract international bullion, and countries that applied minting taxes suffered an outflow of bullion. In these cases monetary authorities tried to limit bullion movement through prohibitions on domestic bullion exchange at a free price, and tariffs and quantitative restrictions on bullion exports. The paper illustrates the logic of international monetary flow in the 18th century, using empirical evidence for England, France and Spain. The first section defines and measures monetary policy, and the second section introduces minting charges into the arbitrage equation in order to explain the logic of bullion flow between the pairs of nations England-France, England-Spain and France-Spain. The conclusion emphasises the importance of monetary policy in the creation of leading money markets.

Between specialization and globalization. The marketing of agrarian products and its environmental impacts seen from a historical perspective: the province of Barcelona in the mid-nineteenth century

Ecological economics has five good reasons to consider that economic globalisation, spurred by commercial and financial fluxes, to be one of the main driving forces responsible for causing environmental degradation to our planet. The first, is the energy consumption and the socio-environmental impacts which long-distance haulage entails. The second, is the ever-increasing flow of goods to far-away destinations which renders their recycling practically impossible. This is particularly significant, because it prevents the metabolic lock of the nutrients present in food and other agrarian products from taking place. The third, is that the high degree of specialization attained in agriculture, forestry, cattle, mining and industry in each region, generates deleterious effects not only on the eco-landscape structure of the uses of the soil, but on the capability to provide habitat and environmental functions to maintain biodiversity as well

Aspirations of Olympism: a framework for considering the athlete’s experience in the Olympic Movement at the close of the twentieth century

The text corresponds to the lecture given by Prof. Kidd as part the programme of activities during his stay in Barcelona in 1996 as invited professor of the International Chair in Olympism (IOC-UAB).

"Pro crosis argenti". La plata al comtat de les Muntanyes de Prades: explotació, gestió i rendiment de les mines de Falset durant la baixa edat mitjana

L’objectiu de la recerca que s’ha dut a terme durant el període 2004-2007 ha estat analitzar les característiques territorials, senyorials i jurisdiccionals del domini format pel comtat de les Muntanyes de Prades i la baronia d’Entença i, a partir d’aquí, aprofundir en un aspecte concret d’aquesta senyoria: l’explotació minera de l’argent durant els segles XIV i XV. En aquest sentit, la recerca s’ha fonamentat en l’estudi de la documentació relacionada amb aquesta qüestió que hi ha dipositada a l’Arxiu Ducal de Medinaceli; la qual, però, s’ha pogut buidar i analitzar a través de la consulta de les còpies microfilmades que se’n conserven al Monestir de Poblet. Com a resultats principals s’ha aconseguit delimitar territorialment el comtat de les Muntanyes de Prades i baronia d’Entença i determinar-ne la titularitat jurisdiccional a mitjan segle XIV. A més, s’han establert els paràmetres que marquen i expliquen l’evolució de la normativa que regulava l’explotació minera de l’argent. I, finalment, s’ha pogut determinar que, segurament, la major part de l’argent produït a mitjan segle XIV es va obtenir a partir de minerals d’argent i argent natiu.