Sven Van Melkebeke
Biographic Data
| ID | 5671552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven Van Melkebeke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Melkebeke |
| SIGNATURE | VAN MELKEBEKE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From the Amazon to the Congo Valley
This chapter presents a comparative historical analysis of the process of labour commodification during the rubber boom period in Western Amazonia and the Congo Free State. Its primary objective is to address the debate on the expansion of commodity frontiers and its social repercussions on native peoples. Therefore, we look at the changes and continuities in social and labour relations in both regions in regard to their colonial background and n…
The ‘Societal Turn’. Historicising Future Society
As a group of young historians we are strongly convinced that the future of social and economic history will be a collective endeavour that crosses institutional and disciplinary boundaries. Only by means of continuous and intensive interaction junior researchers will be able to bring the societal turn to a decisive phase in the next ten years. This turn represents an upsurge of social and economic history that is deeply embedded in and engaged w…
Divergence in Rural Development
This article offers new insight into the reasons for diversity in rural development and speaks to a major debate in economic history. The New Institutional Economy approach promotes the idea of long-term economic underdevelopment as a consequence of colonialism. However, this approach tends to over-generalize historical processes and over-simplify the reasons for divergence in development. Many historians have criticized such bold explanations. T…
Coerced Coffee Cultivation and Rural Agency
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Coerced Coffee Cultivation and Rural Agency
The ‘Societal Turn’. Historicising Future Society
As a group of young historians we are strongly convinced that the future of social and economic history will be a collective endeavour that crosses institutional and disciplinary boundaries. Only by means of continuous and intensive interaction junior researchers will be able to bring the societal turn to a decisive phase in the next ten years. This turn represents an upsurge of social and economic history that is deeply embedded in and engaged w…
Divergence in Rural Development
This article offers new insight into the reasons for diversity in rural development and speaks to a major debate in economic history. The New Institutional Economy approach promotes the idea of long-term economic underdevelopment as a consequence of colonialism. However, this approach tends to over-generalize historical processes and over-simplify the reasons for divergence in development. Many historians have criticized such bold explanations. T…
From the Amazon to the Congo Valley
This chapter presents a comparative historical analysis of the process of labour commodification during the rubber boom period in Western Amazonia and the Congo Free State. Its primary objective is to address the debate on the expansion of commodity frontiers and its social repercussions on native peoples. Therefore, we look at the changes and continuities in social and labour relations in both regions in regard to their colonial background and n…
Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Social science (2 works)