The central argument I propose is that an understanding of social and normative centent of kinship and gender relations--the expectations, behavioral patterns, and discoursive meanings associated with kinship and gender roles-is essential for capturing the social significance of business...

The paper presents issues about the question related to the European identity. The paper contents "Comtemporary Intellectual and Writers on a Multicultural European Identity"; "Konjunkturen und Konkurrenzen Kollektiver Identitat. Ideologie, infrastruktur und Gedechtnis in der Zeitgeschichte";...

The author studies the European Schools, which are created and run by the European Unio; the majority of the European Schools' population is to be found in Brussels and Luxembourg, and the pupils include many "non-entitled", i.e. children whose parents are not employed by the Union. The schools...

Sans chercher a dresser une mise en perspective complete de l'histoire du credit au XVIIe siecle, qui n'est pas le but de cet article, nous voudrions ici simplement interroger le prejuge lie au credit et a son corollaire, l'endettement.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of the localisation of industrial activity in Spain during the second half of thenineteenth century and the effects of economic integration in Spain's industrial geography. First, we review the historical analysis of these changes. Second,...

Current trade liberalization in Europe has stimulated the theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of economic integration on industrial location. The aim of this paper is to analyse, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of trade liberalization and market integration in 19th...

Il s'agit de degager la singularite de la demarche intellectuelle de Machon, qui merite, a plus d'un titre, la plus grande attention.

For more than three years a research project has been developed at the EUI focusing on the computerized historical mapping of European transports and communications. It developed out of a previous project on "the second technological revolution and the economic growth of Europe : the role of...