"Beyond leading sectors: merchant capital and the origins of footwear manufacturing in the Balearic Islands" by Alfons Méndez Vidal (Institut Menorquí d'Estudis) is published in Vol. 35 No. 97 (2026) of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social and is available open access doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

"Catalan capital in the timber trade of Spanish Guinea" by Jorge Sant Gisbert (@ub.edu) and Eduard Gargallo (ISCTE-Centro de Estudos Internacionais) is part of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social Vol. 35 No. 97 (2026) and is available open access doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

"Residential energy consumption in Spain during the 1960s. Butane and the precariousness of developmentalism" by Isabel Bartolomé-Rodriguez and Pablo Gutiérrez-González (@unisevilla.bsky.social) available in open access at doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

"The Castilian wool industry at a crossroads: prices, costs, and profits, 1550-1650" by José Ignacio Andrés Ucendo (Universidad del País Vasco) and Ramón Lanza García (@uam.es) is available at doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

We are proud to present the opening article of Vol. 35, No. 97 of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social! Harilaos Kitsikopoulos presents "A sectoral analysis of steam power diffusion in the late 18th century: the British coal mining and iron smelting industries" Read it open access: doi.org/10.1344/rhii...

Great news for @rhi-ihr.bsky.social! We remain Q1 in History in both WoS-JCR and Scopus (2025) with notable improvements in 5‑Year IF, JCI, and CiteScore. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!

We would like to thank Emma and Coşkun for the presentations and comments, as well as Alka for making this event possible, the authors for your contributions, and all the audience. Don’t forget to explore these and other articles published in the Industrial History Review, all of them open access.

Guest editor @alkaraman.bsky.social explains how these 2 volumes bring regional links and commercial relations as drivers of economic growth and global industrialisation. She emphasises the importance of recognising the state as one among many actors and the interconnections among multiple states.

Some of the authors of the articles addressed the thought-provoking questions raised by Coskun, elaborating on their research contexts and emphasising the significance of integrating local perspectives into the global economic narrative and history.

Coskun Tuncer (@uclhistory.bsky.social) discusses volume 2, framing it as an examination of the interactions between global forces and local institutions. He emphasises the methodological and geographic diversity presented, the framing of the research questions, along with some unresolved puzzles.

The authors of this volume engaged in the discussion by elaborating on their intellectual trajectories, explaining their choices of commodities for study, and detailing the connections between their research and the onset of British industrialisation. Some also pointed to research avenues.

Next we have Emma Griffin (@qmul.bsky.social) discussing volume 1. Emma says that the articles contribute to our growing understanding of global industrialisation. She highlights the authors' broad use of commodities and regions, as well as the methods employed to address these questions.

We start with the guest editor @alkaraman.bsky.social telling us how these Special Issues started back in 2023, how the two issues are divided and how exciting it has been to bring together such an excellent collection of contributions.

Get ready! our presentation of "New Perspectives in Global Economic History" will start in a few hours (14:00 UTC / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST). You can find more information here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Join us on 23 June for the online presentation of “New Perspectives in Global Economic History.” 14:00 UTC / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST Register here👇https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/HistoriaIndustrial/announcement/view/1012

Chastagnaret, Gérard. 2023. Un vertige méditerranéen. Hilarion Roux, marquis d’Escombreras (1819-1898). Madrid: @casadevelazquez.bsky.social , 426 pp. Reviewed by Tristán Ferreira Rocha (@ub.edu) Read it at revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Espuelas, Sergio (@ub.edu). 2025. An Economic History of the Spanish Welfare State: The Political Economy of Social Policy from the Mid-19th Century to the Present. London: Routledge, 282 pp. Reviewed by Guillem Verd Llabrés (@uicbarcelona.bsky.social) Read it at revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Pisanelli, Simona. 2024. Slavery and Colonialism in the History of Economic Thought: The cases of France and Great Britain. London & New York: Routledge, 153 pp. Reviewed by: Pablo Cervera Ferri (@uv.es) You can read it here: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

Cubeiro Rodríguez, Dídac. 2023. The Pearl of the East. The Economic Impact of the Colonial Railways in the Age of High Imperialism in Southeast Asia. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 227 pp. Reviewed by: @alfonsoherranz.bsky.social (@ub.edu) at revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

"Spanish emigrant remittances and their impact on public finances, 1870-1936" by Angel Muñiz-Mejuto (@uc3m.es and Universidad Europea de Madrid) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

"Greener on the other side? The motivations for Chinese migration to the Shanghai International Settlement, 1853-1943" by Qingrou Zhao (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) DOI: doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

We are proud to present the opening article of Vol. 35 No. 96 of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social: @alkaraman.bsky.social's introduction to Part II of the special issue New Perspectives in Global Economic History (19th-20th c.), on the interplay between global forces and local lineages. doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...

Vol. 35, No. 96 (2026) of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social is out! Vol. 2 of New Perspectives in Global Economic History, edited by @alkaraman.bsky.social, examines global-local interactions via migration in Shanghai, migrant remittances, poor relief, and US debt diplomacy. revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi...

We are thrilled to welcome our new members on the advisory board of @rhi-ihr.bsky.social !! (@rug.nl, @middecon.bsky.social, @melanie-xue.bsky.social)

Discussant Cihan Artunç (Middlebury College) reflects on the causes of urbanization and structural change, as well as the role of agglomeration economies. Many thanks for the thoughtful discussion.

Did urbanization and occupational change follow linear paths across regions and what does this reveal about industrialization? Efe Erünal (Koç University) examines this using long-run, harmonized data from the Ottoman and interwar periods. #EconomicHistory #Industrialization

Comments and questions by @msaleh1982 expand on alternative explanations, the measurement of state capacity, and highlight the richness of the data. Thanks to everyone for the stimulating discussion! #EconomicHistory #Telegraph

How did telegraphy strengthen state capacity? Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory

Ready to start Session II, chaired by Cihan Artunç. Two papers explore the development of the postal and telegraph network as well as structural changes in urban employment and urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A lively discussion by Şevket Pamuk (Boğaziçi University), who offered insightful comments and proposed several avenues to expand the research agenda. Many thanks for the excellent suggestions and thoughtful questions.