Catherine Brégianni
Biographic Data
| ID | 2202930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Brégianni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Brégianni |
| SIGNATURE | BRÉGIANNI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0337-381X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black bread, white bread, and carbon lock-in
Belgium experienced early industrialisation based on coal. Economists soon realised that these resources were essential for development, with coal being referred to as the “black bread” of the industry. Gradually, attention turned to the mining sector as a source of social stability, political empowerment, and national cohesion. Coal became a source of “white bread.” This article examines these evolving views from the 1840s to the 1930s, arguing …
Natural born merchants. The Hudson Bay Company, science and Canada’s final fur frontiers (1925–1931)
This article explores the use of science and technology of the Hudson Bay Company, by examining the company’s development department (1925–1931). It focuses, first, on the cooperation between the development department and the renowned animal ecologist Charles Elton. Scientific practices of the department were also instrumental in supporting the company’s expansive strategy, of finding and commercialising Canada’s Arctic north. While the departme…
A return ticket to the world market? The Leipzig fur industry, internationalism and the case of the International Fur Exhibition (IPA) in 1930
This article examines the participation of German businesses in interwar trade exhibitions, focusing on a case study of the 1930 International Fur Exhibition in Leipzig. The central hypothesis of the article is that trade exhibitions, as vehicles of internationalism, were perceived as an instrumental strategy of post-war world market readmission for particular sectors and industries. It shows how the message of internationalism and international …
Forging cartels. A transatlantic perspective on business collusion and the interwar copper industry (1918–1940)
This article examines the formation and activities of international copper cartels during the interwar period by focusing on the Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UHMK), one of the principal new entrants at that time. Rather than seeing interwar copper cartels as an expression of the rise of the American copper industry, cartels gradually came to reflect the expansion of production world-wide by absorbing new entry. New entrants were crucial in sett…
Before the neoliberal turn
Before the neoliberal turn: The rise of energy finances and the limits of US foreign economic policy." Business History, 63(7), pp. 1228–1229
Pim de Zwart & Jan Luiten van Zanden, The Origins of Globalization. World Trade and the Making of the Global Economy
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
From Cape to Katanga’
This article considers the history of South African imperialism and claims over a white Southern Africa, throughout the period between 1910 and 1963, and how it affected colonial rule and practice in the Belgian Congo. The article thereby adds to our knowledge of South African claims in the wider Southern African region and calls for a better understanding of external, and trans-imperial, anxieties underlying colonial rule in the Belgian Congo, a…
Far Eastern Promises
This article is devoted to the attempt of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to create a new fur trading empire in Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka during and after the Civil War (1919–1925). It was one of the most controversial and substantial attempts by a foreign company to do business in Soviet Russia, and therefore is a unique case study for understanding the relationship between the young USSR and foreign business. The Kamchatka expedition is ofte…
Crise agraire et mutations agricoles
Selon la Société des Nations (SDN, 1931), vers le début des années trente la crise agraire a eu une influence négative généralisée sur les économies européennes, mise en évidence par la chute considérable des prix des produits agricoles. Il est à noter que la Grande Dépression est apparue initialement en Europe sous la forme de la crise agraire. Cet article se focalise sur l’économie rurale grecque de l’entre-deux-guerres; durant cette période, l…
Building Imperial Frontiers. Business, Science and Karakul Sheep Farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903–1939)
Building Imperial Frontiers. Business, Science and Karakul Sheep Farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903–1939) This article examines the development of Karakul farming at the colonial frontier of South-West Africa. It covers both the development of Karakul farming as a project for improving the economic conditions of the colonies, and its consolidation after the First World War. The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses…
Mémoire et oubli des institutions associatives
L'article vise à examiner la prolifération des réseaux coopératifs dans la Grèce rurale de l'entre-deux-guerres via l'analyse du cas thessalien. Son objectif principal est de souligner les enjeux des acteurs, le poids des traditions et des blocages sociaux. On examine donc les variables du changement rural dans la Grèce au lendemain de la première guerre mondiale, en utilisant la microanalyse de ces réseaux thessaliens locaux. Cette étude démontr…
Selling under the Swastika
Les Banques et les mutations des entreprises. Le cas de Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing aux XIXe et XXe siècles
Selling under the Swastika
A return ticket to the world market? The Leipzig fur industry, internationalism and the case of the International Fur Exhibition (IPA) in 1930
This article examines the participation of German businesses in interwar trade exhibitions, focusing on a case study of the 1930 International Fur Exhibition in Leipzig. The central hypothesis of the article is that trade exhibitions, as vehicles of internationalism, were perceived as an instrumental strategy of post-war world market readmission for particular sectors and industries. It shows how the message of internationalism and international …
Les Banques et les mutations des entreprises. Le cas de Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing aux XIXe et XXe siècles
Selling under the Swastika
Building Imperial Frontiers. Business, Science and Karakul Sheep Farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903–1939)
Building Imperial Frontiers. Business, Science and Karakul Sheep Farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903–1939) This article examines the development of Karakul farming at the colonial frontier of South-West Africa. It covers both the development of Karakul farming as a project for improving the economic conditions of the colonies, and its consolidation after the First World War. The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses…
Mémoire et oubli des institutions associatives
L'article vise à examiner la prolifération des réseaux coopératifs dans la Grèce rurale de l'entre-deux-guerres via l'analyse du cas thessalien. Son objectif principal est de souligner les enjeux des acteurs, le poids des traditions et des blocages sociaux. On examine donc les variables du changement rural dans la Grèce au lendemain de la première guerre mondiale, en utilisant la microanalyse de ces réseaux thessaliens locaux. Cette étude démontr…
Far Eastern Promises
This article is devoted to the attempt of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to create a new fur trading empire in Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka during and after the Civil War (1919–1925). It was one of the most controversial and substantial attempts by a foreign company to do business in Soviet Russia, and therefore is a unique case study for understanding the relationship between the young USSR and foreign business. The Kamchatka expedition is ofte…
Crise agraire et mutations agricoles
Selon la Société des Nations (SDN, 1931), vers le début des années trente la crise agraire a eu une influence négative généralisée sur les économies européennes, mise en évidence par la chute considérable des prix des produits agricoles. Il est à noter que la Grande Dépression est apparue initialement en Europe sous la forme de la crise agraire. Cet article se focalise sur l’économie rurale grecque de l’entre-deux-guerres; durant cette période, l…
Forging cartels. A transatlantic perspective on business collusion and the interwar copper industry (1918–1940)
This article examines the formation and activities of international copper cartels during the interwar period by focusing on the Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UHMK), one of the principal new entrants at that time. Rather than seeing interwar copper cartels as an expression of the rise of the American copper industry, cartels gradually came to reflect the expansion of production world-wide by absorbing new entry. New entrants were crucial in sett…
Before the neoliberal turn
Before the neoliberal turn: The rise of energy finances and the limits of US foreign economic policy." Business History, 63(7), pp. 1228–1229
Pim de Zwart & Jan Luiten van Zanden, The Origins of Globalization. World Trade and the Making of the Global Economy
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
From Cape to Katanga’
This article considers the history of South African imperialism and claims over a white Southern Africa, throughout the period between 1910 and 1963, and how it affected colonial rule and practice in the Belgian Congo. The article thereby adds to our knowledge of South African claims in the wider Southern African region and calls for a better understanding of external, and trans-imperial, anxieties underlying colonial rule in the Belgian Congo, a…
A return ticket to the world market? The Leipzig fur industry, internationalism and the case of the International Fur Exhibition (IPA) in 1930
This article examines the participation of German businesses in interwar trade exhibitions, focusing on a case study of the 1930 International Fur Exhibition in Leipzig. The central hypothesis of the article is that trade exhibitions, as vehicles of internationalism, were perceived as an instrumental strategy of post-war world market readmission for particular sectors and industries. It shows how the message of internationalism and international …
Natural born merchants. The Hudson Bay Company, science and Canada’s final fur frontiers (1925–1931)
This article explores the use of science and technology of the Hudson Bay Company, by examining the company’s development department (1925–1931). It focuses, first, on the cooperation between the development department and the renowned animal ecologist Charles Elton. Scientific practices of the department were also instrumental in supporting the company’s expansive strategy, of finding and commercialising Canada’s Arctic north. While the departme…
Black bread, white bread, and carbon lock-in
Belgium experienced early industrialisation based on coal. Economists soon realised that these resources were essential for development, with coal being referred to as the “black bread” of the industry. Gradually, attention turned to the mining sector as a source of social stability, political empowerment, and national cohesion. Coal became a source of “white bread.” This article examines these evolving views from the 1840s to the 1930s, arguing …
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