Calendrier du 07 mars 2018
Development Economics Seminar
Du 07/03/2018 de 16:30 à 18:00
salle R2-01, campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
MESNARD Alice()
MESNARD Alice()
Do men and women have equal access to health care ? Evidence on health care utilisation in Nigeria
écrit avec Elisa Cavatorta, Wendy Janssens
Development Economics Seminar
Du 07/03/2018 de 16:30 à 18:00
salle R2-01, campus Jourdan - 48 bd Jourdan 75014 Paris
MESNARD Alice()
MESNARD Alice()
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Economic History Seminar
Du 07/03/2018 de 12:30 à 14:00
Salle R2-01, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
NELSON Scott (University of Georgia)
A Nitroglycerin Apocalypse
This talk will explore the relationship between stabilized nitrates and states, from the formation of empires based on gunpowder in the fifteenth century to the role of nitroglycerin in destroying them after 1868. Topics will include new tunnels in the international network (Suez, Mt. Cenis, and the Appalachian mountains), how grain storage centers moved as transcontinental cables emerged, and suggest how stabilized nitroglycerin contributed to the international panic of 1873.