Chapter 1: Specializations in Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution of Trade Patterns and Growth Model; Léo Charles -- Chapter 2: Trends and Institutional Sources of Financing Russia's Human Capital Formation (Late 19th - Early 21st centuries); Dmitry V. Didenko -- Chapter 3: The Past's Long Shadow: A Systematic Review and Network Analysis of Economic History; Gregori Galofré-Vilà -- Chapter 4: Improving Deflators for Estimating Canadian Economic Growth, 1870-1900; Vincent Geloso and Michael Hinton -- Chapter 5: The Political Economy of State-Chartered Banks in Early 20th Century Texas; Linda M. Hooks -- Chapter 6: The Antebellum Slave Trade: Numbers and Impact on the Balance of Payments; Lawrence H. Officer and Samuel H. Williamson