Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-178
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
George Mason University ◽  
The Invisible

Gregory Clark of University of California, Davis reviews “The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates” by Peter T. Leeson,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates from an economic perspective, focusing on how famous pirate customs resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit of profits. Discusses the invisible hook; the economics of pirate democracy; the economics of the pirate code; the economics of the Jolly Roger; the economics of pirate torture; the economics of pirate conscription; the economics of pirate tolerance; and the secrets of pirate management. Leeson is BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. Index.”

scholarly journals Book Reviews

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-268
Author(s):  
Leyla Neyzi ◽  
Nida Alahmad ◽  
Nina Gren ◽  
Martha Lagace ◽  
Chelsey Ancliffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The World ◽  
Palestinian Refugee ◽  
Identity Thinking

Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey, by Salih Can Açıksöz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. 272 pp. 19 illus. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-5203-0530-4. For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq, by Ayça Çubukçu. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. 240 pp. 7 illus. Hardcover. ISBN 978-0-8122-5050-3. Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Predicaments and Palestinian Refugee Politics, by Ilana Feldman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2018. 320 pp. 20 illus. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-520-29963-4. Peaceful Selves: Personhood, Nationhood, and the Post-Conflict Moment in Rwanda, by Laura Eramian. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. 202 pp. 3 illus. Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-78920-493-3. Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far Right, by Walden Bello. Blackpoint: Fernwood Publishing, 2019. 196 pp. Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-77363-221-6. Critique of Identity Thinking, by Michael Jackson. New York: Berghahn Books., 2019. 207 pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-78920-282-3.

'I Think it Highly Necessary to Have it Done Before They Go Out into the World': Inoculation, Responsibility and Patterns of Familial Transmission of Smallpox

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Leadbeater
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Familial Transmission ◽  
The World ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
Smallpox Inoculation

This paper examines two research streams. First, it will discuss some contemporary familial perspectives on smallpox inoculation in the eighteenth century. This is followed by a look at the level of provision of the practice in Oxfordshire and some of its contiguous counties. Second, the paper will present some findings on the nature of the transmission of smallpox during local early eighteenth century epidemics in Banbury, Oxfordshire and Aynho, Northamptonshire. Finally, the paper will put forward some conclusions which encompass these two streams.

scholarly journals The Decline of Safavid Iran in Comparative Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudi Matthee
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century

This essay analyzes the incontrovertible weakening of the Safavid state in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century by putting it in a larger context. It does so by comparing various manifestations of Iran’s “decline” at the time to conditions and developments in the adjacent Ottoman and Mughal states, where similar processes were playing out in the same period. In order to arrive at a measured and balanced view of similarities and differences between these three early modern Islamic empires, it singles out and focuses on four areas: geographical/environmental and economic conditions, political developments, the state of the army, and ideological characteristics.

The Musical Activities of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Simon David Iain Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
The World ◽  
Learned Societies ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
First Time ◽  
Musical Activities

The Spalding Gentlemen's Society is one of the oldest extant learned societies in the world. At the time of its foundation over 300 years ago such societies were popular and membership was viewed as an important attribute of middle-class life. Most societies were short-lived and extant references to them are rare. What sets Spalding over all others is not only its longevity but also the quality of its records, which contain numerous references to music. This article aims to present the musical activities of the Society and to put them into the context of the early eighteenth-century English and European musical world. It begins with a discussion of the annual anniversary concerts and a detailed study of the 1738–46 programmes, commenting on the music performed and those who took part; these programmes are given as appendices. This research is further augmented by an examination of the music-related matters discussed at their meetings and other events that took place in Spalding. It may be impossible to ascertain how unique the Society's musical activities were, but it is rare to have such detail, and this is the first time that these important records, at least in relation to music, have been discussed in any depth.

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