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On the effects of the Counter-Reformation
A Counter-Narrative to a recent article by Cremieux Recueil on the Counter-Reformation
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Canari America, the enduring legacy of a Spanish archipelago in the Americas.
How the Fortunate Isles spread their fortune.
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Georgia's successful (?) campaign to increase birth rates
Well, not really a campaign... and not the Georgia you might be thinking of...
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How bad is skin color discrimination in Latin America?
Analyzing a 2017 paper on the subject of racism in Latin America.
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A little slice of Non-Andalusia in the middle of Andalusia
What happens when you put a bunch of non-Andalusians in Andalusia. Do they really become Andalusians?
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The American baby boom and what it reveals about fertility
Analyzing the American baby boom from the point of view of opportunity cost
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The riddle of Canarian political elites in Latin America
Also, Basques and others in Cuba, Uruguay and Venezuela
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How the Amish spend their time
On fertility, and outsourcing to your community the enforcement of trade-offs in time allocation.
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic
A comparison of immigration east and west of the border of Hispaniola Island
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Short post on Muslim Spain and regional differences
Islamic Spain, Christian Spain and state capacity. Did al-Andalus fall in 1013?
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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match: Israeli marriages.
Marriages and the mimetic theory of Israeli fertility.
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Did Fidel Castro spoil the party?
Was 1950’s Cuba an (almost) developed country?
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