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8th European Social Science History Conference Ghent, Belgium April 2010
 
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Tuesday 13 April
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Wednesday 14 April
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Thursday 15 April
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Friday 16 April
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30

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 Tuesday 13 April 10.45 

I-2  -  TEC02: National Technological Politics
Room D1, Pauli

    Network: Technology
Chair: Peter Meyer
Discussant: Peter Meyer
Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Kristina Söderholm Shared problems, shared costs and common solutions. Cooperation for clean technology development in the Swedish pulp- and paper industry 1900-1990.
Sabil Francis Negotiating Technology: The IITs in India
Lewis Siegelbaum Sputnik and the Soviet Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair, 1958
Will Wilson 'A Nation at Work' Exhibition Düsseldorf 1937: Producing and Consuming

 Tuesday 13 April 14.15 

H-3  -  HIS03: Economy 1: Transport, Economy and GIS
Hortazaal, Pauli

    Network: Technology
Chair: Ian Gregory
Discussant: Ian Gregory
Sedef Akgungor, Yaprak Gulcan & Vahap Tecim A GIS Approach for the Analysis of Regional Development Effects of the Road Network in Turkey
Yesim Kustepeli, Ian Gregory Railroads, Population Growth and Economic Development: A Comparative
Ana Alcântara, Nuno Miguel Lima Regional patterns of attractiveness and accessibility to railways in Portugal (1890-1930)
Luis Silveira, Daniel Alves The Construction of the Modern Transport Network and Regional Population Distribution in Portugal (1801-1940)

 Tuesday 13 April 16.30 

Z-4  -  TEC01: The Development of New Consumer Cultures
M204, Marissal

    Network: Technology
Chair: Dick Van Lente
Discussant: Lesley Whitworth
Hiroki Shin, Colin Divall Rapid travel in comfort: quality of passenger experience in the history of Britain's railways
Gabriele Balbi How (relevant social) groups matter. The early Italian Telephone case study
Clive Edwards Developing new markets in the European furniture industry through the use of lamination and bentwood design and technology, 1830-1880
Alberto Grandi The refrigeration industry and changes in food consumption

 Tuesday 13 April 16.30 

H-4  -  TEC04: Economy 2: Railways, Agricultural Development and Urbanization in Britain, France and Spain, 1840-1970
Hortazaal, Pauli

    Network: Technology
Chair: Anne Mccants
Discussant: Anne Mccants
Ian Gregory Where Can I Get the Train? Accessibility to Railway Transport in Great Britain, 1840-1950
Laia Mojica Gasol Measuring the impact of railways on urbanization through GIS: a case study of the Iberian Peninsula and France.
Robert Schwartz, Ian Gregory Railways and Agrarian Change in Rural Britain and France, 1850-1914
Thomas Thevenin, Arnaud Banos Exploring space and time dimensions of agriculture and population change in France, 1830 to1930

 Wednesday 14 April 10.45 

T-6  -  TEC03: Implementing Ingenuity. Contrasting Institutional Perspectives on the Role of Engineers and Artisans in Technological Advance
M202, Marissal

    Network: Technology
Chair: David Mitch
Discussant: Alessandro Nuvolari
Liliane Perez Artisans, Operative Skills and Labour Rationalities at the Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
Christine Macleod What did it mean to design an aeroplane? Disputed claims to the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1919-1937
Karine Van Der Beek Investment in Human Capital on the Eve of the British Industrial Revolution: The Market for Engineering-related skills