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Sheilagh Ogilvie
Professor of Economic History
Tel: 44-(0) 1223 335222
Email: Sheilagh.Ogilvie@econ.cam.ac.uk
Interests:Economic development and stagnation in Europe between 1500 and 1800; the causes of the growing divergence between different European economies in this period

Methodology / Philosophy of Social Sciences

2009. ‘Turning Qualitative into Quantitative Evidence: A Well-Used Method Made Explicit, Economic History Review, 62(4), 893-925 (with A. W. Carus).
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working paper version: Turning Qualitative into Quantitative Evidence: A Well-Used Method Made Explicit, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, 0512 (2005) [with A. W. Carus]. PDF download

2008. ‘Rehabilitating the Guilds: a Reply’, Economic History Review, 61:1, 175-182.
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The Poverty of Historical Idealism’, History Workshop Journal, 59 (2005), 270-281 [with A. W. Carus].     Direct link to article