Alexis Litvine
Biographic Data
| ID | 5441388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis Litvine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis |
| FAMILY NAME | Litvine |
| SIGNATURE | LITVINE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0082-1004 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A multi-criteria simulation of European coastal shipping routes in the ‘age of sail’
This article introduces a new method to model sailing routes before the age of steam based on real-world sailing conditions. Using a broad range of historical meteorological data, it offers monthly routing predictions for historical shipping corridors and tests them against historical evidence. In this article the model was applied to French and British ports. The output reveals the presence of historical shipping corridors and offer the first jo…
Built-up areas of nineteenth-century Britain. An integrated methodology for extracting high-resolution urban footprints from historical maps
Using both “off the shelf” remote sensing software, machine learning and computational algorithms, this article details a new methodology to extract building and urban footprints from historical maps. We applied these methods to create the first dataset of all built-up areas (BUA) in Britain in the early nineteenth century, covering all locations with buildings in England, Wales, and Scotland. The developed methods can now be applied to other map…
Network analysis of French inland waterways since 1700
This paper describes the integration of regional navigable networks in France since 1700, using new network connectivity metrics. It shows the progressive integration of the network in the 18th and 19th century and its rapid shrinking in the 20th century
The Annihilation of Space
This article is a reminder that the concept of ‘annihilation of space’ or ‘spatial compression’, often used as a shorthand for referring to the cultural or economic consequences of industrial mobility, has a long intellectual history. The concept thus comes loaded with a specific outlook on the experience of modernity, which is – I argue – unsuitable for any cultural or social history of space. This article outlines the etymology of the concept a…
The Industrious Revolution, the Industriousness Discourse, and the Development of Modern Economies
The idea of industriousness has been an ever-recurring issue since Max Weber launched it as a putative explanation of the advent of economic modernity. The notion of ‘industrious revolution’ has provoked a renewed flourishing of publications focusing on this issue. Although most historians agree on the emergence of industriousness in seventeenth-century Europe, there is no consensus regarding the chronology, hence the real causes, of this mental …
The Poverty of Clio
The Industrious Revolution, the Industriousness Discourse, and the Development of Modern Economies
The idea of industriousness has been an ever-recurring issue since Max Weber launched it as a putative explanation of the advent of economic modernity. The notion of ‘industrious revolution’ has provoked a renewed flourishing of publications focusing on this issue. Although most historians agree on the emergence of industriousness in seventeenth-century Europe, there is no consensus regarding the chronology, hence the real causes, of this mental …
The Poverty of Clio
The Industrious Revolution, the Industriousness Discourse, and the Development of Modern Economies
The idea of industriousness has been an ever-recurring issue since Max Weber launched it as a putative explanation of the advent of economic modernity. The notion of ‘industrious revolution’ has provoked a renewed flourishing of publications focusing on this issue. Although most historians agree on the emergence of industriousness in seventeenth-century Europe, there is no consensus regarding the chronology, hence the real causes, of this mental …
The Annihilation of Space
This article is a reminder that the concept of ‘annihilation of space’ or ‘spatial compression’, often used as a shorthand for referring to the cultural or economic consequences of industrial mobility, has a long intellectual history. The concept thus comes loaded with a specific outlook on the experience of modernity, which is – I argue – unsuitable for any cultural or social history of space. This article outlines the etymology of the concept a…
Network analysis of French inland waterways since 1700
This paper describes the integration of regional navigable networks in France since 1700, using new network connectivity metrics. It shows the progressive integration of the network in the 18th and 19th century and its rapid shrinking in the 20th century
A multi-criteria simulation of European coastal shipping routes in the ‘age of sail’
This article introduces a new method to model sailing routes before the age of steam based on real-world sailing conditions. Using a broad range of historical meteorological data, it offers monthly routing predictions for historical shipping corridors and tests them against historical evidence. In this article the model was applied to French and British ports. The output reveals the presence of historical shipping corridors and offer the first jo…
Built-up areas of nineteenth-century Britain. An integrated methodology for extracting high-resolution urban footprints from historical maps
Using both “off the shelf” remote sensing software, machine learning and computational algorithms, this article details a new methodology to extract building and urban footprints from historical maps. We applied these methods to create the first dataset of all built-up areas (BUA) in Britain in the early nineteenth century, covering all locations with buildings in England, Wales, and Scotland. The developed methods can now be applied to other map…
Computer Science (5 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)