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Copenhagen Business School Press European Economic history: From Mercantilism to
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Aarhus University Press The Transport Amphorae and Trade of Cyprus
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Aarhus University Press Africa Proconsularis: Volume 3 - Regional Studies
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NIAS Press Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka: Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830
Book SynopsisThis award-winning, pioneering work from a member of Malaysia's new generation of historians is a tale of two very different cities. Melaka was an important commercial entrepot on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula long before it fell to Portuguese forces in 1511, but thereafter began an extended process of decline that would continue after the Dutch conquest of the city in 1641. Penang became a significant port after 1786 when 'country traders' created a base on the island to defy the Dutch monopoly, although it was quickly overshadowed by Singapore after the founding of a British settlement there in 1819.Drawing on a large volume of archival records, many of them not used by earlier historians, Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka examines the social and economic fabric of these two port cities, the one very much a Dutch town and the other British. Along the way, the author gives consideration to urban morphology, demographic characteristics and migration, property rights, and slave ownership. He also provides a detailed account of shipping in the Straits of Melaka, and discusses how this information contributes to debates concerning the decline of the region's 'Age of Commerce' in the face of imperialist competition.By documenting the impact of imperialist ambitions on the economy and society of two major trading centres, this book breaks new ground and will provide a point of reference for all future research concerning the period.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ... xi List of Abbreviations ... xiii Currencies, Weights and Measurements ... xv Introduction ... xvii 1. The Straits of Melaka and the Trading World ... 1 2. The Geography and Trade of Melaka, 1780-1830 ... 35 3. The Geography and Trade of Penang, 1786-1830 ... 69 4. Trade in the Straits: Melaka and Penang, 1780-1830 ... 105 5. Urban Traditions, Geography and Morphology ... 123 6. Population Growth in Melaka and Penang, 1780-1830 ... 162 7. Dutch Urban Administration in Melaka ... 197 8. British Urban Administration in Penang ... 237 9. Melaka Society, 1780-1830 ... 271 10. Penang: a Port-town of Migrants, 1786-1830 ... 294 11. Conclusion ... 320Bibliography ... 344 Index ... 369
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Viella Editrice Valore Delle Cose E Valore Delle Persone:
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Viella Editrice Italia E Germania Dopo La Caduta del Muro:
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Land and Labour: Studies in Roman Social and
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Fiscalita Ed Epigrafia Nel Mondo Romano: Atti del
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Brill The Economy of Medieval Hungary
Book SynopsisThe Economy of Medieval Hungary is the first concise, English-language volume about the economic life of medieval Hungary. It is a product of the cooperation of specialists representing various disciplines of medieval studies, including archaeologists, archaeozoologists, specialists in medieval demography, historical hydrologists, climate and environmental historians, as well as archivists and church historians. The twenty-five chapters of the book focus on structures of medieval economy, different means and ways of human-nature interactions in production, and offer an overview of the different spheres of economic life, with a particular emphasis on taxation, income and commercial activity. Thanks to its interdisciplinary character, this volume is a basic handbook for the history of economy, production and material culture. Contributors are Krisztina Arany, László Bartosiewicz, Zoltán Batizi, Anna Zsófia Biller, Péter Csippán, László Daróczi-Szabó, Márta Daróczi-Szabó, István Draskóczy, István Feld, László Ferenczi, Erika Gál, Márton Gyöngyössy, István Kenyeres, István Kováts, András Kubinyi, Kyra Lyublyanovics, Árpád Nógrády, Éva Ágnes Nyerges, István Petrovics, Zsolt Pinke, Beatrix F. Romhányi, Katalin Szende, László Szende, Magdolna Szilágyi, Csaba Tóth, and Boglárka Weisz.Trade Review''The present volume provides a general introduction to the economic history of medieval Hungary. It serves as starting point for further investigations focused on more specific issues of economic history in general''. - Peter Bučko, in: The Czech Historical Review, 3 (2019). "The book’s perspective is panoramic, multidimensional, and precise[…] a gold mine of knowledge, lucidly presented, about the economic life of the Kingdom of Hungary. It fully merits the status of obligatory reading, for medieval historians in general—including, but also well beyond, those specializing in this subject. In addition, the book contains a trove of evidence useful for a comparative history of the economy of the medieval world". Grzegorz Myśliwski, in: Speculum, 95, 3 (2020). "This is why this large book, edited by József Laszlovszky, Balázs Nagy, Péter Szabó nd András Vadas, is important, for it offers a guide to what is actually taken for granted by Hungarian scholars; it is, finally, a way into the economic history of the whole period between c.900, with the Magyar invasion, and 1526, with the defeat of Louis II in battle against the Ottomans. [...] You cannot do without this book if you want to know about the economy of (particularly late medieval) central Europe as a whole." Chris Wickham in English Historical Review, CXXXV. 573, April 2020 (doi:10.1093/ehr/ceaa013). "...ova knjiga predstavlja a must read za sve povjesničare i amatere povijesti koji se bave nekim od aspekata bilo gospodarske povijesti, bilo ekohistorije ili pak historijske geografije ove regije u srednjemu vijeku." (…this book is a must-read for all historians, all those who are interested in history and who deal with some aspects of economic, ecological history or historical geography of this region in the Middle Ages.) Petra Vručina in Povijesni prilozi 57:159-162. "Der anzuzeigende Band stellt die erste umfassende Gesamtdarstellung der Wirtschaftsgeschichte des mittelalter lichen Königreichs Ungarn in englischer Sprache dar. Das Werk ist ein hochwillkommener Überblick für Studierende und Forscherinnen, die des Ungarischen nicht mächtig sind. Sein Verdienst geht jedoch weit darüber hinaus. Die Hrsg. haben 30 Spezialist*innen unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen versammelt(neben der mittelalterlichen Geschichte sind Archäologie, Archäozoologie, Demografie, Hydrologie und Numismatik sowie verschiedene historische Teildisziplinen wie die Umwelt und Klimageschichte vertreten). Das Ergebnis dieser interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit überzeugt durchweg". Alexandra Kaar, in Journal of East Central European Studies 69 (3), 2020.Table of ContentsNote on Names Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Hungarian Medieval Economic History: Sources, Research and Methodology József Laszlovszky, Balázs Nagy, Péter Szabó and András Vadas Part 1 Structure 1 Long-Term Environmental Changes in Medieval Hungary: Changes in Settlement Areas and Their Potential Drivers László Ferenczi, József Laszlovszky, Zsolt Pinke, Péter Szabó and András Vadas 2 Demographic Issues in Late Medieval Hungary: Population, Ethnic Groups, Economic Activity András Kubinyi and József Laszlovszky 3 Mobility, Roads and Bridges in Medieval Hungary Magdolna Szilágyi Part 2 Human-Nature Interaction in Production 4 Agriculture in Medieval Hungary József Laszlovszky 5 Animal Exploitation in Medieval Hungary László Bartosiewicz, Anna Zsófia Biller, Péter Csippán, László Daróczi-Szabó, Márta Daróczi-Szabó, Erika Gál, István Kováts, Kyra Lyublyanovics and Éva Ágnes Nyerges 6 Mining in Medieval Hungary Zoltán Batizi 7 Salt Mining and Trade in Hungary before the Mongol Invasion Beatrix F. Romhányi 8 Salt Mining and the Salt Trade in Medieval Hungary from the mid-Thirteenth Century until the End of the Middle Ages István Draskóczy 9 The Extent and Management of Woodland in Medieval Hungary Péter Szabó 10 Water Management in Medieval Hungary László Ferenczi Part 3 Money, Incomes and Management 11 Royal Revenues in the Árpádian Age Boglárka Weisz 12 Seigneurial Dues and Taxation Principles in Late Medieval Hungary Árpád Nógrády 13 Minting, Financial Administration and Coin Circulation in Hungary in the Árpádian and Angevin Periods (1000–1387) Csaba Tóth 14 Coinage and Financial Administration in Late Medieval Hungary (1387–1526) Márton Gyöngyössy Part 4 Spheres of Production 15 The Ecclesiastic Economy in Medieval Hungary Beatrix F. Romhányi 16 The Urban Economy in Medieval Hungary Katalin Szende 17 The Medieval Market Town and Its Economy István Petrovics 18 Crafts in Medieval Hungary László Szende 19 The Economy of Castle Estates in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Hungary István Kenyeres Part 5 Trade Relations 20 Domestic Trade in the Árpádian Age Boglárka Weisz 21 Professional Merchants and the Institutions of Trade: Domestic Trade in Late Medieval Hungary András Kubinyi 22 Import Objects as Sources of the Economic History of Medieval Hungary István Feld 23 Foreign Trade of Medieval Hungary Balázs Nagy 24 Foreign Business Interests in Hungary in the Middle Ages Krisztina Arany Appendix List of References Index of Geographic Names Index of Personal Names
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Brill A Dissimulated Trade: Northern European Timber
Book SynopsisIn A Dissimulated Trade, Germán Jiménez-Montes sheds light on the role of foreigners in the Spanish empire. Making use of the rich collection of notarial deeds available at the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Sevilla, this book examines how a group of Dutch, Flemish and German merchants came to dominate the supply of timber in Seville. With this microhistory, Germán Jiménez-Montes offers a new account on the trade between Andalusia and northern Europe at the end of the sixteenth century, focusing on a resource that was essential for Seville’s economy and Spain’s imperial aspirations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviation of Archives and Digital Sources List of Illustrations, Figures and Tables Note on Terminology Introduction 1 War and Trade in Andalusia 1 Philip ii’s Embargoes: More than Commercial War 2 Subversion of the Market 2.1 Claiming for Compensations 2.2 The Seville-Sanlúcar Axis 3 State’s Collaboration with the Market 3.1 Royal Licence to Nicolás de Melemburque 4 Seville’s Opposition to the Embargoes 4.1 The Embargoes of 1585 and 1595 4.2 Enemies of the Monarchy? Foreigners as Well as Natives 5 Conclusion 2 Atarazanas Merchants Migration and Social Capital 1 Flemish Migration to Seville 1.1 Migration before the War 1.2 Migration During the War 2 Collaboration with Seville and Social Capital 2.1 Control and Conversion of the Reales Atarazanas 2.2 The Encabezamiento 2.3 The Nation 3 Conclusion 3 Casa y Servicio 1 Marriage Practices 1.1 Flemish Women in the Atarazanas 2 Cooperation between In-laws 2.1 Dowry Promises 3 Servicio 3.1 Domestic Workers 3.2 Workers of the Firm 4 Conclusion 4 Cooperation in Long-Distance Trade 1 Partnerships 1.1 Equity Partnerships 1.2 Silent Equity Partnerships 1.3 Commission Partnerships 1.4 Notarisation of Partnerships 2 Agency 2.1 A Financial Tool 2.2 A Global Tool 3 Conclusion 5 Timber Trade and Andalusian Exports 1 Access to Supply Markets 1.1 The Amsterdam-Seville Connection 1.2 Two Shipping Networks 2 The Andalusian Port System and the North-European Shipping Networks 3 Andalusian Salt, Other Exports and Imported Grain 3.1 Other Exports 3.2 Wheat from the Sea 4 Conclusion 6 Supply to the Carrera de Indias and to the Royal Navy 1 Regulation of the Carrera de Indias 1.1 Preparation of the American fleets 1.2 Access to American Silver 1.3 Demand of Imported Naval Provisions 2 Supply to the Royal Navy 2.1 Demand of Imported Naval Provisions 2.2 An Incipient Naval Bureaucracy in Andalusia 3 Conclusion Conclusion Annexes A List of Atarazanas Merchants B Glossary of Timber Products and Other Naval Provisions C Units D Archival References of Testaments E Archival References of Dowry Promises F Archival References of Partnership Contracts G Archival References of Finiquitos H Archival References of Slave Sales Digital Resources Bibliography Index
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Brill Property and the German Idea of Freedom: From the
Book SynopsisThis book offers a new interpretation of German law and politics during the era between the Thirty Years’ War and the French Revolution. Liberal ideas of freedom and equality were prototyped in Germany in property law: through the free disposition of estates, freedom from taxation and other extractions, and free use of paper money. Civil liberty, ideas about equality, and restrictions on arbitrary state power were real, recognized, and meaningful. These freedoms were enjoyed by all classes of Germans. They were thought to have been built atop Germans’ ancient heritage of freedom and a federalist imperial constitution which inspired Montesquieu and the American Founders. Driving these trends were ideas about political economy, enlightened reform, practical problem-solving, as well as forces of supply and demand in everything from the market for books to the market for justice. This book places the story of early modern German freedom close by the side of more familiar stories of England, North America, France, and the Netherlands.Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures 1 Introduction 1 The Consensus and Revisionist Views of German Freedom 2 This Book’s Contribution 3 Legal Operators 4 Significance 5 Context 6 Commercialization 7 Political Economy 8 Sources 2 The Core Stories and Ideas of German Freedom 1 Ancient Germanic Freedom 2 The Free German Empire 3 German Freedom 3 Idea-Generative Institutions 1 State Expansion 2 Courts 3 Supply, Demand, Population, and Commercialization 4 Universities and Law Faculties 5 Jurists 6 Books 4 Free Disposition of Estates 1 Chaos, Information Loss, and Self-Release 2 Missing Money and Missing Records 3 Tithe Conversion and Disposal 4 Methods of Self-Release: The Claim of Allodial Property 5 Models of Allod 6 Circumventing Requirements through Legal Fictions 7 Retraction Law 8 Accepting the Results of Free Activity after the War 9 The Princely Resolutions of 1655 5 Freedom from Extractions 1 Noble Trespassing and Evasions 2 Tax Registration, 1651–1654 3 The ‘Graying’ of the Clear Cadastral Picture 4 New Departures in the 1680s 5 The Presumption of Natural Freedom 6 The Regalianism of Christian Thomasius 7 Regalian Rights 8 Regalia as Imprescriptible 9 Too Machiavellian? 6 Free Use of Paper Money 1 Paper Money, Bills of Exchange, and Political Economic Ideas 2 Evolution of the Law of Exchange in Europe 3 The Political Economy of German States after 1648 4 Adoption of the Law of Exchange Throughout the Empire 5 Summary Procedure and Strict Liability (“Rigor”) 6 Regional Finance in the Seventeenth Century 7 New Directions in the Eighteenth Century 8 Variations on the Theme 9 Reconciling Conflicting Law, 1732–1749 7 Conclusion 1 Property Rights and Freedom in Early Modern Germany 2 Free Disposition of Estates 3 Freedom from Extractions 4 Freedom and the Use of Money 5 German Freedom 6 The Extension of Positive and Negative Civil Liberties 7 Cooperation, Competition, and Conflict 8 The One and the Many Glossary Bibliography Index
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Brill Copper Coins and the Emperor's Wallet: The Role
Book SynopsisSui-Wai Cheung’s study of the institutional history of copper coins in the Ming dynasty reveals how emperors and statesmen perceived and used the copper coins at their disposal. In this process, he uncovers the reality of the Sons of Heaven, showing that although Ming emperors seemed to have unlimited power, they could not afford the upkeep on their palace. In this revealing history of Ming China, Cheung argues that especially after the breakdown of the household registration system, the aim of the Ming coinage system was to create a new source of income in order to maintain the emperor's domain in Beijing.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Maps Ming Dynasty Emperors Ming Weights and Measures Introduction: Currency and Taxation in Ming China, 1368–1644 1 How Precious Is a Precious Note? State Currency in the Early Ming, 1368–1435 1 The Value of Paper 2 Managing an Empire Without Money 2.1 Household Registration for Goods and Services 2.2 Moving the Capital South 2.3 Eunuchs: the Emperor’s Servants and Gatekeepers 2.4 Labor Services and In-Kind Taxes 2.5 The Lijia 3 From Copper to Rice to Precious Notes 4 Civil War, a New Capital, and a Surfeit of Precious Notes 4.1 Moving the Capital to Beijing 4.2 Precious Notes for Capital Officials 4.3 Taking Precious Notes Out of Circulation: the Salt Tax and Crime Restitution Fees 5 Reopening China to Trade 5.1 The Treasure Fleet 5.2 Building the New Capital in Beijing 6 Retrieving Precious Notes: Commercial Fees and Charges 7 Conclusion 2 From Illegal to Official: Copper and Silver, 1400–1487 1 Recession, Piracy, and Foreign Trade 2 Reopening China: Silver in the Market 2.1 Feeding the Capital: Tribute Rice and the Grand Canal 2.2 Commuting the Grain Tax: The Gold Floral Silver Reform 2.3 Silver and the Precious Note 3 Copper Coins in a “Filthy” Reign 3.1 Government Taxes and Fees in Copper Cash 4 Counterfeit Coins and Gresham’s Law 5 Conclusion 3 Household Registration, Foreign Trade, and the Emperor’s Table, 1444–1566 1 Maritime Merchants and Household Registration 2 The Emperor’s Table 3 The Emperor’s Coffers 4 An End to Extravagance? 5 Copper Coins as Income 6 Prodigal Emperors 6.1 The Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521): Extortion and Government Charges 6.2 The Jiajing Emperor (1521–1566): Brass Coins 7 Closing the Baoyuan Mint 8 Conclusion 4 Coins for the Government, 1567–1644 1 Coins for the Country and the People 1.1 Coins for the Ministries 1.2 Provincial Mints 1.3 “Golden Backs” for the Taicang Treasury 1.4 Renting Furnaces at the Nanjing Mint 2 Back Into the Emperor’s Wallet 3 Conclusion 5 Conclusion: Small Change and State Administration in Ming China Works Cited Glossary Index
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Brill A Marxist Mosaic
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Brill M.N. Pokrovskii and the Origins of Soviet
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Rozenberg Publishers Leading the World Economically
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Peeters Publishers Exchange in the Mamluk Sultanate: Economic and
Book SynopsisThis volume gathers seven essays selected from those presented at the Third Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies (Chicago, 2016), whose theme was “Exchange in the Mamluk Sultanate: Economic and Cultural”. The act of exchanging one thing for another is ubiquitous in the history of all societies. It is found at all levels of commerce, from the local market to international trade, but it is not limited to economic matters. The aim of this conference was to explore acts of exchange in commerce but also in diplomatics, social and power relationships, and various other aspects of Mamluk society.
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales Milieux Économiques Et Intégration Européenne Au
Book SynopsisCroisant les interventions de jeunes chercheurs et d'historiens et économistes plus confirmés, cet ouvrage revisite une période dont la connaissance est utile à celle de l'Europe en crise d'aujourd'hui. À La Haye, en décembre 1969, la construction européenne est relancée dans la direction des unions politique et monétaire. Cinq ans plus tard, le premier choc pétrolier affecte durablement les économies occidentales et révèle combien le projet européen est fragile. Mais la crise est aussi la matrice d'une nouvelle relance. Plus ambitieuse, sa maturation lente et difficile débouche, au début des années 1980, sur l'annonce d'avancées qui s'avèreront essentielles.
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales Europe Organisée, Europe Du Libre-Échange ?: Fin
Book SynopsisL'architecture économique de l'Europe a toujours suscité le débat parmi les acteurs économiques et sociaux. De la révolution industrielle aux années 1960, la mise en place d'une Europe économique a opposé les tenants d'une Europe organisée aux partisans du libre-échange. Choisissant de croiser les interventions de jeunes chercheurs et d'historiens plus confirmés, cet ouvrage tente de faire le point sur ces approches. Se situant résolument dans la longue durée, il s'interroge sur les racines de l'identité économique de l'Union européenne et du marché unique. La dizaine de contributions qui composent ce volume porte un regard neuf sur ces éléments : les auteurs abordent ainsi clairement la problématique de l'approfondissement de la construction européenne à travers l'intégration économique, et apportent une contribution décisive à la question des inflexions et des ruptures dans le processus historique.
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Amsterdam University Press Turbulence: A Corporate Perspective on
Book SynopsisThe ever tighter coupling of our food, water and energy systems, in the context of a changing climate is leading to increasing turbulence in the world. As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, regions, and economies with resilience in mind. Because of their global reach, substantial resources, and information-driven leadership structures, multinational corporations can play a major, constructive role in improving our understanding and design of resilient systems. This volume is the product of the Resilience Action Initiative, a collaboration among Dow, DuPont, IBM, McKinsey & Co., Shell, Siemens, Swiss Re, Unilever, and Yara designed to explore possible corporate contributions to global resilience, especially at the nexus of water, food and energy. Aggressively forward-thinking, and consistent with an enlightened self-interest, the ideas considered here represent a corporate perspective on the broad collaborations required for a more resilient world.Trade Review'The stress nexus is going to be with us for decades to come, as will be the search for resilience. This search will require closer cooperation between companies, cities and non-governmental organizations than ever before in modern corporate history.' -- Peter Voser, former Shell CEO 'Corporations’ views on resilience found in this book will help us find new solutions to global challenges.'-- Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)Table of ContentsEditor’s introduction (Roland Kupers) Preface (Peter Voser) Preface: Turbulence — by way of an introduction (Michel Liès) Part I Introduction to RAI 1 The Resilience action initiative: An introduction (Maike Boggemann and Norbert Both) Understanding the ‘stress nexus’ The Resilience Action Initiative Definition of resilience The RAI approach Knowledge projects The challenges of resilience in practice Broader sharing and dialogue Collaboration and leadership Part II The resilience lens 2 A pragmatic frame to explore resilience (Marco Albani and Roland Kupers) A diagnostic frame Beyond a diagnostic frame The boundary conundrum The difficult relationship between efficiency and resilience Dealing with multiple scales Making system assumptions explicit Open questions and dilemmas 3 A resilience lens for enterprise risk management (David N. Bresch, Jaap Berghuijs, Rainer Egloff, Roland Kupers) Enriching corporate risk management Structural resilience Integrative resilience Transformative resilience 4 Multi-sector collaboration for resilience (Dr Mark Smith) Change for resilience Collaboration for systemic change Applying collaboration to resilience Conclusion: A collaborative agenda for resilience 5 Building resilience through teamwork. Seven tips to make it work (Marco Albani and Kimberly Henderson) Part III Resilience in action 6 The case for green infrastructure (Neil C. Hawkins and Glenn Prickett) Introduction and objective Green infrastructure: Concept and definition Green infrastructure: Solution examples Identifying areas of opportunity Key conclusions Moving forward 7 Nexus! Resilience in a pressure cooker (Herman van der Meyden) The game development process The game mechanics Simulating aspects of resilience Insights from a year of Nexus! sessions 8 Getting to resilience from the bottom-up. From upscaling to downscaling, from valuation to values and from having to sharing — How corporates can leverage the next generation’s way of working to increase resilience (Thekla Teunis) Fading boundaries and stronger horizontal and local networks Initial results Main lessons Barriers for breakthrough bottom-up innovation Business value 9 Corporations and Resilience (Simone Arizzi, Maximilian Egger, Dawn Rittenhaus and Peter Williams) The Resilience Action Initiative Conclusion Epilogue (Brian Walker) Conclusion Appendix Author biographies Bibliography Index
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Springer The Growth of the Antwerp Market and the European Economy: Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries
Book SynopsisThe economy of Antwerp in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had a very special dynamism. It underwent the processes of rise, expansion, maturity and decadence with peculiar intensity. It gave an impressive stimulus to the commercial currents, maritime and contin ental, which converged on the town. It inspired the appearance and growth of new institutions and intensified changes in the social and economic structure. It was the heart of commerce, industry and agricul ture for a large area and particularly of Brabant, Flanders and Zeeland. Moreover Antwerp's economy was an important, and sometimes even the principal, artery of the whole European economy. Antwerp's dynamism was not purely irrational : numerous factors, which a detailed analysis allowed us to ascertain, forced its economic development. The first was le recitatif du cycle to use Braudel's termino logy t. This was however no mere histoire evenementielle. We closely followed the rhythm and even crises of Antwerp's economy, but all these quantitative and qualitative data allowed a comprehensive insight into the interdecennial waves. This permitted a reasonably distant view of the data which made it more possible to observe a logical dynamic. Thus it was not in the first place our purpose to present in this first part a purely documentary report of historical facts. We were rather concerned with the analysis of the factors which determined or influenced the dynamics of the Antwerp market and the economy of the Low Countries.Table of ContentsI. The interdecennial fluctuations of the Antwerp economy and their impact on Brabant and Flanders (1356–1619).- I: The real significance of the dominance of Flanders and the difficulties of monetary recovery (1356–1405).- II: The last flowering of the medieval economy (1406–1437).- III: The failure of the medieval economy and the slow emergence of modern conditions (1438–1477).- IV: Political chaos (1477–1492).- V: Antwerp’s emergence as the metropolis of Western Europe (c. 1493–1520).- VI: The decisive years (1521–c. 1550).- VII: The slowing down of commercial expansion offset by industrial growth (c. 1551–1572).- VIII: Crisis in the Netherlands and the final phase of Antwerp’s decline (1572–1587).- Epilogue: The slow but courageous recovery (1588–1619).- II. Secular trends and structural changes.- I: Agricultural trends in Brabant.- II: Trends in the trade of the Southern Netherlands and Europe.- III: Trends in financial development.- IV: Tendencies in industrial and social structure.- V: Typology of the crises and secular expansion.- VI: The significance of the price trends.- Conclusion.
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Amsterdam University Press Minting, State, and Economy in the Visigothic
Book SynopsisThis study of the Visigothic kingdom's monetary system in southern Gaul and Hispania from the fifth century through the Muslim invasion of Spain fills a major gap in the scholarship of late antiquity. Examining all aspects of the making of currency, it sets minting in relation to questions of state, monarchical power, administration and apparatus, motives for money production, and economy. In the context of the later Roman Empire and its successor states in the West, the minting and currency of the Visigoths reveal shared patterns as well as originality. The analysis brings both economic life and the needs of the state into sharper focus, with significant implications for the study of an essential element in daily life and government. This study combines an appreciation for the surprising level of sophistication in the Visigothic minting system with an accessible approach to a subject which can seem complex and abstruse.Trade Review"Kurt has made an outstanding effort of assembling this large and challenging body of work and placing it in the context of economic and political questions of wider interest. [...] The Visigothic kingdom has been relatively neglected by anyone other than its specialists—due partly to its abrupt historical end and partly to the deficiencies of the sources—but Kurt’s book turns this situation around completely. Although many of his conclusions will be debated, by bringing together a major body of neglected evidence for the actual functioning of a post-Roman successor state, he has put the Visigoths in a central position for any progress in understanding the development of early medieval states from the legacy of late antiquity."- David Yoon, American Numismatic Society, Speculum 96/4 (October 2021) "The monograph is an exemplary work of inter-disciplinary scholarship that draws from the work of previous numismatists and those who are currently active. It is a fine blend of history and archaeology. [...] Institutions are encouraged to make room for this book in their collections to give access to all those interested, academic and novice alike. [...] Andrew Kurt is to be lauded for such a superb work of scholarship that will for sure have an important place in Visigothic numismatics from this point forward."- Alberto Ferreiro, Francia Recensio, Mittelalter - Moyen ge (500–1500), 2021, 1 "Estamos ante una obra que cubre gran parte de las lagunas persistentes hasta el momento en el campo de la numismática visigoda y que, sin duda, se convertirá en una referencia obligada."- Cruces Blázquez Cerrato, Zephyrus: Journal of Prehistory and Archeology 2020, 86 "Kurt’s book is both an important and significant contribution to scholarship on Visigothic fiscal, numismatic and governance issues. [...] Kurt succeeds in mediating the complexities of the historiographical issues and renders these into a tight and well-structured argument based on impressive technical and historical foundations." - Christopher Heath, Al-Mas.q, Vol. 34, Iss. 1Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction I - Pre-Regal Visigothic Coinage The Fifth-century Kingdom in Gaul The Kingdom in Spain, 507-c. 573 II - The King's Coinage: The Beginning and Development of the Regal Coinage (c. 573-c. 720) Transition to a Regal Coinage Regal Coin Types A Trimetallic System? III - The Activities of the Mints From c. 573 to c. 720 The Operation of the Mints The Record of Mint Output The Organization of the Mints Metrological and Metallurgical Standards IV - Why Were Gold Coins Struck in the Visigothic Kingdom? The Late Roman Context Other Reasons for Minting The Addition of Bronze to the Corpus Visigothic Minting in the Context of Contemporary Monetary Systems V - Royal Control of Visigothic Minting The Evidence The Significance of Centralized Monetary Authority VI - Coinage in Spain in the Aftermath of the Islamic Conquest VII - Visigothic Currency in the Early Medieval Economy The Other Side of the Coin Use and Circulation of Currency in the Kingdom Bronze Currency in Spain and its Mediterranean Context Conclusion Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press The Dutch and English East India Companies:
Book SynopsisThe Dutch and English East India Companies were formidable organizations that were gifted with expansive powers that allowed them to conduct diplomacy, wage war and seize territorial possessions. But they did not move into an empty arena in which they were free to deploy these powers without resistance. Early modern Asia stood at the center of the global economy and was home to powerful states and sprawling commercial networks. The companies may have been global enterprises, but they operated in a globalized region in which they encountered a range of formidable competitors. This groundbreaking collection of essays explores the place of the Dutch and English East India Companies in Asia and the nature of their engagement with Asian rulers, officials, merchants, soldiers, and brokers. With contributions from some of the most innovative historians in the field, The Dutch and English East India Companies: Diplomacy, Trade and Violence in Early Modern Asia presents new ways to understand these organizations by focusing on their diplomatic, commercial, and military interactions with Asia.Trade Review"The Dutch and English East India Companies avoids the serious pitfalls that often trip up edited collections. The articles share an overarching perspective that gives them a collective coherence while offering usefully diverse vantage points from which to understand the history of the VOC and EIC in Asia. I strongly recommend it." - Suzanne Moon, Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies, Vol. 42, Iss. 1Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Companies in Asia Adam Clulow and Tristan Mostert Part 1: Diplomacy 1. Scramble for the spices: Makassar's role in European and Asian Competition in the Eastern Archipelago up to 1616. Tristan Mostert 2. Diplomacy in a Provincial Setting: The East India Companies in Seventeenth-Century Bengal and Orissa Guido van Meersbergen 3. Contacting Japan: East India Company Letter to the Shogun Fuyuko Matsukata Part 2: Trade 4. Surat and Bombay: Ivory and Commercial Networks in Western India Martha Chaiklin 5. Interdependence, Competition, and Contestation: The English and the Dutch East India Companies and Indian Merchants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Ghulam Nadri Part 3: Violence 6. Empire by Treaty??The role of written documents in European overseas expansion, 1500-1800 Martine van Ittersum 7. 'Great help from Japan': The Dutch East India Company's Experiment with Japanese Soldiers Adam Clulow 8. The East India Company and the foundation of Persian Naval Power in the Gulf under Nader Shah, 1734-47 Peter Good Epilogue The Dutch East India Company in Global History: A Historiographical Reconnaissance Tonio Andrade
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Money is a Mind Thing: On Symbols of Value
Book SynopsisMoney was a mind thing long before certain goods were used as money and coins started circulating. As it happens money isnt a thing, but an idea, an idea of debt. What we generally take for money, are merely symbols of this idea of money. In this book a reader accompanies the author on a tour along various ideas on value man had from the beginning of time. The result is a colourful description of the historical development of ideas on money and values from ancient history to our present time. Reinold Widemann has published some books on monetary matters and banking, international economics and factors influencing interest rates. He also wrote short stories and essays, of which several have been published in Dutch literary magazines. He was a lecturer in economics i.a. at the HES Amsterdam School of Businesss.
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Amsterdam University Press Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early
Book SynopsisIn this study, the appearance and location of shops in Amsterdam during the early modern period is linked to major changes in the urban economy, the size and socio-spatial distribution of its population, and the structure of the urban grid. Not only is there ample attention for the spatial distribution of shops across the urban landscape, but for the first time it is also accurately charted what the exterior and interior of Amsterdam shops looked like and how they changed in the course of the centuries. Partly as a result of this, it has proved possible to give an impression of the ways in which retailers and customers interacted. The Dutch language edition of this book is available from Uitgeverij Verloren (2013): Het winkellandschap van Amsterdam, ISBN: 978 90 8704 373 5.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Shops, markets and the urban landscape in sixteenth-century Amsterdam - Historical background - The location of retail activities: theory - The urban landscape of Amsterdam in the sixteenth century - The location of shops in the urban landscape - Streets, houses and shops 2. Changing distribution systems: differentiation and specialization in early modern Amsterdam - Distribution systems in the US and England - Distributive trade and distribution in Amsterdam - Combinations of wholesale and retail 3. Shop location patterns in the age of the great urban expansions - A period of dynamism and expansion - Patterns of accessibility in the enlarged city - Shops in the city centre and the new neighbourhoods - The retail landscape of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century 4. The retail landscape and the consumer in the seventeenth century - The street - Shopfronts - Shop interiors - Buying and selling 5. The location of shops in Amsterdam in the mid-eighteenth century - Sources and location patterns: a first exploration - The retail system in the city centre: the main shopping streets - Shops outside the city centre - Forms of accessibility and the urban grid in Amsterdam 6. Stagnation and modernization in Amsterdam's retail sector, ca. 1700-1850 - Shops in Britain in the eighteenth century - The number and location of shops in Amsterdam - Urban improvement in Amsterdam - Retail trade practices in Amsterdam Conclusion Appendix: sources for the location of shops in Amsterdam and selection of sectors List of consulted sources and literature List of tables Topographical index Image credits
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Amsterdam University Press Conflicting Claims to East India Company Wealth,
Book SynopsisCentered on moral critiques of wealth and the unequal distribution of risks and rewards in the lengthy voyages required by the East Indies trade, this book examines the debates surrounding England’s earliest global trading ventures. Arguments over the staggering loss of lives and national resources and struggles over control of the new trade in luxuries reveal the forging of rationales justifying the new capitalist inequalities. Yet Company servants traveling abroad to conduct the risky trade resisted this newly coalescing social formation through strategic disobedience to their masters’ will, controlling information and promoting ignorance when it served their financial and sexual purposes. Conflicting Claims to East India Company Wealth, 1600–1650 interrogates the forces that shaped England’s earliest forays into capitalist imperialism by tracing the battles over corporate control of men’s finances, marriages, and bare survival at the dawn of its global trade.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 - Wasting Mariners: Kayll vs Digges Chapter 2 - Justifying Wealth: Arguments over Control of the Trade Chapter 3 - Contending with the Ocean: Battles over Private Trade Chapter 4 - Desiring Servants: Liaisons Abroad Conclusion Bibliography
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JUDIOS EL MUNDO Y EL DINEROLOS
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Abtao Ediciones New Stock Trend Detector: A Review of the 1929-1932 Panic and the 1932-1935 Bull Market : With New Rules for Detecting Trend of Stocks
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Hong Kong University Press China and Capitalism – A History of Business
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Central European University Press Free Market in its Twenties: Modern Business
Book SynopsisThis book provides a broadly managerial perspective on key trends that affect business decision-making in Central and Eastern Europe twenty years after the beginning of the region's transition to market economy. Reflecting different viewpoints, including economic, social, and political approaches, the essays helps managers of the region to understand better both regional and the global forces influencing their businesses - as well as to bring to their attention relevant cutting-edge approaches to business thinking and decision-making.Trade Review"This volume is notable for its grounded and multifaceted outlook on the current CEE business environment. It should serve to promote the crucially important discussion of the need to make this region more agile and attractive in the global economy." - George Soros, excerpt from the forewordTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Political Economy and Public Finances I. Cross-Country Analysis of Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe 1. Economic Freedom and Public Debt in Central and Eastern Europe 2. Political Business Cycles: Theory and Empirical Findings for the CEE Region 3. The Strategic Use of Public Debt in Central and Eastern Europe 4. Varieties of Capitalism and Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe II. Case Studies in the Public Finances of Central and Eastern Europe 5. Passive Macroeconomic Populism in the Baltics 6. Values, Norms, and Beliefs: The Case of Poland 7. Critical Junctures and Unintended Consequences: The Case of Hungary 8. Structural Reforms in a Low-Trust Environment: The Case of Slovakia 9. Europeanization with a Detour: The Case of Croatia Index
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University of the West Indies Press Essays on the Theory of Plantation Economy: An
Book SynopsisThis important book provides a fascinating insight into the conceptual underpinnings of the theory of plantation economy, initiated by Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt in the 1960s, as a basis for analysing the nature of the Caribbean economy. While acknowledging an intellectual debt to Latin American structuralists Raul Prebisch, Celso Furtado and Osvaldo Sunkel, and also to the work of Dudley Seers and William Demas, the authors develop an original and innovative analytical framework as a counter to more 'universalist' models which failed to take account of the Caribbean reality. Their work identifies the main features of the plantation economy as a hinterland characterised by subordination and dependency on the dominant metropole. Distinguishing between hinterlands of conquest, settlement and exploitation, Best and Levitt analyse the rules that determine this complex relationship with the metropole. Their economic theories are presented against a background of the historical factors that gave rise to the 'structural continuity' of Caribbean economies and which now impede meaningful structural transformation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd History Of China's Financial Thought, A (In 2
Book SynopsisA History of China's Financial Thought presents the history and evolution of China's financial thought across its dynasties to the 20th century. Being the first work to cover both the ancient and modern ages, even going as far back as the Pre-Qin period, this comprehensive book fills in research gaps and provides the most thorough research into the history of China's financial thought, advancing the study of financial and economic history. It delves into a myriad of topics, such as monetary theory and banking systems, and collects diverse perspectives from thinkers across the different eras.This translation presents the history of China's financial thought in a pioneering and unique way, offering an instructive reading experience. It is an essential reference for students and scholars interested in China's finance, history and culture.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Pioneer Merchants Of Singapore, The: Johnston,
Book SynopsisPioneer Merchants of Singapore tells the stories of some of Singapore's earliest merchants, including Alexander Laurie Johnston, Edward Boustead, Alexander Guthrie, and eleven others, including Tan Che Sang, Dr Jose d'Almeida, and D S Napier. Much has been written about Sir Stamford Raffles and Lt. Col. Farquhar, but almost nothing has been published about these merchants of all races operating in Singapore during the first few years following its acquisition by the East India Company in 1819. It includes never-before-published information drawn from letters dating back to 1818. These, including letters from Johnston's first employee and business partner Andrew Hay and a previously unrecorded letter from Raffles himself, shed light on much which otherwise would have been lost to us.This book aims to fill a gap in our knowledge of the early days of Singapore and the challenges faced by its early residents. It is a must-read for those who are interested in the history of Singapore's early years as a trading colony.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Great Depression, The: Its Origins In
Book SynopsisThis book is part of a new generation of work on the events of the 1920s and 1930s, one that provides a gestalt view of this period. As such, the many events that have until now been viewed as unrelated, are viewed as parts of a greater whole, namely the introduction of a new power drive technology in the form of electric unit drive and its effects. The Roaring Twenties, the spectacular growth of the 1920s, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the Stock Market Boom and Crash, the decline in investment expenditure, the ensuing depression and the National Industrial Recovery Act are all shown to be related.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd War On Wealth, The: Fact And Fiction In British
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the divide that exists between the reality of finance and the image it projects. A functioning financial system is an essential feature of a modern economy, providing it with money, credit, capital, and investments. Conversely, those who provide this essential service are neither respected nor trusted. The causes and consequences of this divide is explored using the British experience from 1800 to the present, drawing upon a mixture of factual evidence and contemporary fiction. Nothing of this scale has been attempted before and this is the product of 50 years of research.
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World Scientific Publishing Company General History Of Chinas Foreign Trade A Volume 2
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Global History with Chinese Characteristics:
Book SynopsisThis open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Implementation of the New Global History in China.- The “Global History Paradox” in China: Sinocentred Approaches along the Silk Road.- The Mandate of Heaven, the Rule of the Emperor: Self-sufficiency of the Middle-Kingdom.- Silver, Rogues, and Trade Networks: Sangleyes and Manila Galleons connecting the Spanish Empire and Qing China.- Conclusions.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore A Genealogy of Self-Interest in Economics
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to describe the entire developmental history of the human aspects of economics. The issue of “self-interest” is discussed throughout, from pre-Adam Smith to contemporary neuroeconomics, representing a unique contribution to economics. Though the notion of self-interest has been interpreted in several ways by various schools of economics and economists since Smith first placed it at the heart of the field, this is the first book to focus on this important but overlooked topic. Traditionally, economic theory has presupposed that the core of human behavior is self-interest. Nevertheless, some economists, e.g. recent behavioral economists, have cast doubt on this “self-interested” explanation. Further, though many economists have agreed on the central role of self-interest in economic behavior, each economist’s positioning of self-interest in economic theory differs to some degree. This book helps to elucidate the position of self-interest in economic theory. Given its focus, it is a must-read companion, not only on the history of economic thought but also on economic theory. Furthermore, as today’s capitalism is increasingly causing people to wonder just where self-interest lies, it also appeals to general readers.Trade Review“My overall opinion of this edited volume is positive. The majority of the papers in this book are very interesting and appealing for most historians of economics. There are also papers that will be of interest to economic methodologists and philosophers of economics. Some of the chapters can certainly initiate further research … . In view of the current debate concerning the role of self-interest by economists and other social scientists, this book is a valuable and necessary addition.” (Stavros A. Drakopoulos, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 16 (1), 2023)Table of ContentsIntroductuion.- 1. Adam Smith on self-interest.- 2. Jeremy Bentham on self-interest.- 3. John Stuart Mill on self-interest and the assumption of economic theories.- 4. Leon Walras’ idea of human nature and theory of property: free exchange, communism, and association.- 5. Self-interest in Marshall’s economic thinking.- 6. Otto Neurath’s theory of felicitology and socialization: the meaning of physicalism in social sciences.- 7. On the innate selfishness of evaluation in Mises.- 8. Frank Knight on self-interest.- 9. Karl Polanyi’s motive of economy and institution.- 10. Schrödinger’s concept of economy and institution.- 11. Hayek on interest- the finding of rules on Great Society.- 12. Altruism: how economists have dealt with unselfish actions.- 13. Can agent based modeling realize Adam Smith’s perspective?.- 14. Are social preferences just “enlightened” self-interests after all?-Three non-reductivist responses from behavioral economics in practice.- 15. Homo economic us under multiple pressures: Economics, other disciplines, and social reality.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Empires in World History: Commonality, Divergence
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on Empires, from an economic historical perspective. In doing so, it relates current debates in international relations (IR) and politics to the vexed legacy of empires in the past.The book includes analyses of the comparative scholarly literature on Empire in Antiquity, and Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, asking the question if the United Sates is an Empire, and if China an emerging Empire.It contributes to the field given its interdisciplinarity, bringing together both historical and IR insights into world systems in times past. In addition it draws out four key points of separateness between pre-modern and modern empires, and emphases specific economic data. Further to that, the book advances the notion of the emergence of “empires from within” in the 21st century, that is nation-states becoming more multi-ethnic while often stepping back from globalization. And finally it offers future scenarios for the evolution of empires in a Schumpeterian post-industrial world. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. State of the Field3. Analysis of the Comparative Scholarly Literature on Empire in Antiquity4. Analysis of the Comparative Scholarly Literature on Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages5. Is the US an Empire6. Is China an Emerging Empire7. Future Scenarios
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