Book Reviews By Geography (Asia)

Geographic Area:
Asia
Europe

Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe
Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent
Wong, R. Bin
Ma, Debin
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Medieval
16th Century
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Europe
Feb 8, 2012
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850
Parthasarathi, Prasannan
Mokyr, Joel
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Economic Planning and Policy
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Markets and Institutions
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Europe
Jan 9, 2012
So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism
Fichter, James R.
Cox, Thomas H.
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands
Europe
North America
Jan 2, 2012

Geographic Area:
Asia
Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands
Europe
North America

The Birth of Modern Europe: Culture and Economy, 1400-1800: Essays in Honor of Jan de Vries
Cruz, Laura
Mokyr, Joel
Hohenberg, Paul M.
Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
Historical Demography, including Migration
Household, Family and Consumer History
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
Labor and Employment History
Markets and Institutions
Medieval
16th Century
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Europe
North America
Dec 13, 2011

Geographic Area:
Asia
Europe
North America

Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan
Gramlich-Oka, Bettina
Smits, Gregory
Hellyer, Robert
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
16th Century
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Nov 8, 2011

Geographic Area: Asia

The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire
Bang, Peter Fibinger
Malmendier, Ulrike
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Markets and Institutions
Ancient
16th Century
17th Century
Asia
Europe
Oct 4, 2011
Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind
Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Roy, Tirthankar
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Asia
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Middle East
Jul 25, 2011
The International Order of Asia in the 1930s and 1950s
Akita, Shigeru
White, Nicholas J.
Wright, Tim
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jul 20, 2010
The Japanese Consumer: An Alternative Economic History of Modern Japan
Francks, Penelope
Mosk, Carl
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Apr 21, 2010
Sacred Economies: Buddhist Monasticism and Territoriality in Medieval China
Walsh, Michael J.
Tollison, Robert D.
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Medieval
Asia
Apr 14, 2010
Indonesian Exports, Peasant Agriculture and the World Economy, 1850-2000: Economic Structures in a Southeast Asian State
Kano, Hiroyoshi
Eng, Pierre van der
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Nov 4, 2009
Shanghai's Bund and Beyond: British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937
Horesh, Niv
Burdekin, Richard C. K.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Oct 28, 2009
The Making of the State Enterprise System in Modern China: The Dynamics of Institutional Change
Bian, Morris L.
Wright, Tim
Military and War
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Nov 11, 2008
India: The Emerging Giant
Panagariya, Arvind
Jayadev, Arjun
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Sep 28, 2008
China during the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937
Shiroyama, Tomoko
Horesh, Niv
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Aug 21, 2008
Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s
Li, Lillian M.
Will, Pierre-Étienne W
, Pierre-Ét
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
May 6, 2008
From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes
Smethurst, Richard J.
Schiltz, Michael
Military and War
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Feb 6, 2008
State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862
Isett, Christopher Mills
Vries, Peer
Markets and Institutions
19th Century
Asia
Aug 9, 2007
The Artisans in Eighteenth-Century Eastern India: A History of Survival
Singh, Vipul
Wendt, Ian C.
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
18th Century
Asia
Apr 15, 2007
India and the World Economy, 1850-1950
Balachandran, G.
Clingingsmith, David
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jan 31, 2007
Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan
Metzler, Mark
White, Eugene N.
Military and War
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jan 1, 2007
Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation
Chung, Young-Iob
Cha, Myung Soo
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Oct 19, 2006
The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China
Zelin, Madeleine
Shiue, Carol H.
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Sep 4, 2006
Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century
Satya, Laxman D.
Gilmartin, David
Markets and Institutions
19th Century
Asia
Aug 24, 2006
Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia
Boomgaard, Peter
Henley, David
Osseweijer, Manon
Nawiyanto, S.
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Aug 17, 2006
Irrigation Development and Agrarian Change: A Study of Sindh, Pakistan
Perera, Jayantha
Naseem, Anwar
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
May 25, 2006
The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan
Smith, Thomas C.
Saito, Osamu
Markets and Institutions
19th Century
Asia
May 10, 2006
Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949
Sugihara, Kaoru
Lee, Ming-Hsuan
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 16, 2005
Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
Reed, Christopher A.
Köll, Elisabeth K
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 6, 2005
Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar
Knaap, Gerrit
Sutherland, Heather
Prakash, Om
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
18th Century
Asia
Oct 30, 2005
The Political Economy of Craft Production: Crafting Empire in South India, c. 1350-1650
Sinopoli, Carla M.
Parthasarathi, Prasannan
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Medieval
Asia
Oct 26, 2005
Smallholders and Stockbreeders: Histories of Foodcrop and Livestock Farming in Southeast Asia
Boomgaard, Peter
Henley, David
Huijzendveld, Frans D.
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
General or Comparative
Asia
Sep 13, 2005
The Oxford History of Indian Business
Tripathi, Dwijendra
Jones, Geoffrey
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Sep 8, 2005
Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945
Coble, Parks M.
McElderry, Andrea
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jun 5, 2005
Bullion for Goods: European and Indian Merchants in the Indian Ocean Trade, 1500-1800
Prakash, Om
Subramanian, Lakshmi
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
18th Century
Asia
May 19, 2005
Symbols of Trade: Roman and Pseudo-Roman Objects Found in India
Suresh, S.
Ray, Himanshu Prabha
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
Ancient
Asia
May 9, 2005
Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations
Peter Bernholz, Peter
Vaubel, Roland
Engerman, Stanley L.
Historical Geography
General or Comparative
Asia
Apr 4, 2005
The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
Arrighi, Giovanni
Hamashita, Takeshi
Selden, Mark
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Feb 14, 2005
Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970
Gilbert, Erik
Sheriff, Abdul
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Feb 8, 2005
Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China
Chow, Kai-wing
Sivin, Nathan
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Medieval
Asia
Oct 28, 2004
Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859
Hayami, Akira
Saito, Osamu
Toby, Ronald P.
Mosk, Carl
Markets and Institutions
19th Century
Asia
Oct 21, 2004
Contract and Property in Early Modern China
Zelin, Madeleine
Ocko, Jonathan K.
Gardella, Robert
Shiue, Carol H.
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Sep 29, 2004
China Maritime Customs and China's Trade Statistics, 1859-1948
Lyons, Thomas P.
Wright, Tim
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jul 29, 2004
Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the
Mukherjee, Aditya
Roy, Tirthankar
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jan 4, 2004
Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
Cheng, Linsun
Kwan, Man Bun
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 15, 2003
Trust in Troubled Times: Money, Banks, and State-Society Relations in Republican Tianjin
Sheehan, Brett
McElderry, Andrea
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 3, 2003
A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
Ji, Zhaojin
Schenk, Catherine
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Oct 8, 2003
Economic Growth and Development in Singapore: Past and Future
Peebles, Gavin
Wilson, Peter
Booth, Anne
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Aug 12, 2003
Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
Boomgaard, Peter
Brown, Ian
Drabble, John
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jul 23, 2003
Agricultural Development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850
Bozhong, Li
Pomeranz, Kenneth
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Medieval
Asia
Jul 6, 2003
Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
Ogura, Shinji
Mak, James
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Mar 4, 2003
Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000
Dick, Howard W.
Sutherland, Heather
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Oct 20, 2002
Extremes in the Archipelago: Trade and Economic Development in the Outer Islands of Indonesia, 1900-1942
Touwen, Jeroen
Booth, Anne
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
May 28, 2002
The Economic History of India 1857-1947
Roy, Tirthankar
Hejeebu, Santhi
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Mar 17, 2002
Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth
Mosk, Carl
Metzler, Mark
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jan 21, 2002
Western Capitalism in China: A History of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Thomas, W. A.
McElderry, Andrea
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 11, 2001
Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
Gottschang, Thomas R.
Lary, Diana
Wright, Tim
Historical Demography, including Migration
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Nov 29, 2001
After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
Legarda, Benito J.
Giraldez, Arturo
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
Asia
Nov 1, 2001
Kimono in the Boardroom: the Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers
Renshaw, Jean R.
Hinz, Christienne L.
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Sep 18, 2001
An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-1990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth
Drabble, John H.
Hirschman, Charles
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jul 8, 2001
Shifting Ground: The Changing Agricultural Soils of China and Indonesia
Lindert, Peter H.
Johnson, D. Gale
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
May 31, 2001
On the Border of Economic Theory and History
Bhaduri, Amit
Frost, Marcia J.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Asia
Apr 30, 2001
The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz
Floor, Willem
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
18th Century
Asia
Apr 22, 2001
Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
Roy, Tirthankar
Wolcott, Susan
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Feb 19, 2001
The Trading World of Asia and the English East India Company, 1660-1760
Chaudhuri, K. N.
Hejeebu, Santhi
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
18th Century
Asia
Dec 19, 2000
Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea
Lombard, Denys
Aubin, Jean
Giraldez, Arturo
Business History
General or Comparative
Asia
Nov 6, 2000
The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Economy
Pomeranz, Kenneth
Lal, Deepak
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
General or Comparative
Asia
Oct 1, 2000
Chinese Capitalism, 1522-1840
Dixin, Xu
Chengming, Wu
Pomeranz, Kenneth
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
19th Century
Asia
Aug 23, 2000
The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
Okazaki, Tetsuji
Okuno-Fujiwara, Masahiro
Frankl, Jennifer
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jul 31, 2000
An Agrarian History of South Asia
Ludden, David
Frost, Marcia J.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Asia
May 31, 2000
Economic Change in China, c. 1800-1950
Richardson, Philip
Ma, Debin
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
May 31, 2000
The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920
Duus, Masayo Umezawa
Beechert, Edward D.
Labor and Employment History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Feb 20, 2000
European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India
Prakash, Om
Adams, John
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Asia
Feb 14, 2000
Knowledge Works: Managing Intellectual Capital at Toshiba
Fruin, W. Mark
Robertson, Andrew
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jul 6, 1999
Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
Miller, Sally M.
Latham, A.J.H.
Flynn, Dennis O.
Croix, Sumner La
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Asia
Jul 1, 1999
The Indonesian Economy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A History of Missed Opportunities
Booth, Anne
Touwen, Jeroen
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
General or Comparative
Asia
Oct 6, 1998
The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China
Brook, Timothy
Lufrano, Richard
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Medieval
Asia
Aug 25, 1998
Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korea, 1960-1990
Kim, Eum Mee
Ferrarini, Tawni Hunt
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Dec 1, 1997
Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan
Mosk, Carl
Kimura, Mitsuhiko
Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology
General or Comparative
Asia
Oct 30, 1997
Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China
Lufrano, Richard John
Bun, Kwan Man
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
General or Comparative
Asia
Oct 17, 1997
Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture
Hanley, Susan B.
Honda, Gail
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
19th Century
Asia
Jul 15, 1997

Geographic Area:
General, International, or Comparative
Asia
Europe
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Middle East

Small Firms in the Japanese Economy
Whittaker, D. H.
Blackford, Mansel G.
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Jul 9, 1997