Book Reviews - By Author (All)
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- Aaronson, Susan Ariel
- Trade and the American Dream: A Social History of Postwar Trade Policy
- by Susan Ariel Aaronson
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on November 20, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Taking Trade to the Streets: The Lost History of Public Efforts to Shape Globalization
- by Susan Ariel Aaronson
- reviewed by Alfred E. Eckes on August 25, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Abbott, Carl
- How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America
- by Carl Abbott
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on May 26, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Abe, Etsuo
- Japanese Success? British Failure? Comparisons in Business Performance since 1945
- by Etsuo Abe and Terry Gourvish (editors)
- reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 19, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Abelshauser, Werner
- German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
- by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
- reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Abernethy, David B.
- The Dynamic of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980
- by David B. Abernethy
- reviewed by K. N. Chaudhuri on December 17, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Abraham, Kenneth S.
- The Liability Century: Insurance and Tort Law from the Progressive Era to 9/11
- by Kenneth S. Abraham
- reviewed by Sachin S. Pandya on May 5, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Acemoglu, Daron
- Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
- by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
- reviewed by Michael Munger on October 8, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Acena, Pablo Martin
- Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933
- by Pablo Martin Acena and Jaime Reis
- reviewed by Angela Redish on September 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ackrill, Margaret
- Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
- by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah
- reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Adams, Stephen B.
- Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur
- by Stephen B. Adams
- reviewed by Mark S. Foster on January 14, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric
- by Stephen B. Adams and Orville R. Butler
- reviewed by Eric John Abrahamson on February 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Adams, John
- Economic Growth and Change: National and Regional Patterns of Convergence and Divergence
- by John Adams and Francesco Pigliaru (editors)
- reviewed by Stephen L. Parente on May 8, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Adams, Sean Patrick
- Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America
- by Sean Patrick Adams
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on May 6, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Afton, B.
- Farm Production in England 1700-1914
- by M. E. Turner, J. V. Beckett and B. Afton
- reviewed by Nicola Verdon on August 19, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Agar, Jon
- The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
- by Jon Agar
- reviewed by Roger Middleton on September 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Aghion, Philippe
- Growth, Inequality and Globalization: Theory, History and Policy
- by Philippe Aghion and Jeffrey C. Williamson
- reviewed by John R. Hanson on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Income and Wealth (Q)
- Ahiakpor, James C. W.
- Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variations and Distortions
- by James C. W. Ahiakpor
- reviewed by Marin Muzhani on December 28, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Ahonen, Kalevi
- From Sugar Triangle to Cotton Triangle: Trade and Shipping between America and Baltic Russia, 1783-1860
- by Kalevi Ahonen
- reviewed by William K. Hutchinson on January 30, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Alacevich, Michele
- The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years
- by Michele Alacevich
- reviewed by Louis Galambos on October 14, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Alam, M. Shahid
- Poverty from the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760
- by M. Shahid Alam
- reviewed by Pierre van der Eng on January 14, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Aldcroft, Derek H.
- Exchange Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on November 24, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Europe in the International Economy, 1500-2000
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Anthony Sutcliffe
- reviewed by Karl Gunnar Persson on August 7, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Trade Unions and the Economy: 1870-2000
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
- reviewed by Sharon Otoo on August 8, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Exchange Rates and Economic Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Ross E. Catterall and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Stefano Battilossi on December 14, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Europe's Third World: The European Periphery in the Interwar Years
- by Derek H. Aldcroft
- reviewed by Nikolaus Wolf on June 14, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century
- by Michael J. Oliver and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on June 8, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Alesina, Alberto
- The Size of Nations
- by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore
- reviewed by Leonard Dudley on February 2, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Allen, Michael Thad
- The Business of Genocide: The SS, Slave Labor, and the Concentration Camps
- by Michael Thad Allen
- reviewed by Kees Gispen on March 4, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Allen, Robert C.
- Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
- by Robert C. Allen
- reviewed by R. W. Davies on June 9, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Allen, James P.
- The Heqanakht Papyri
- by James P. Allen
- reviewed by Morris Silver on November 9, 2004
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Alston, Lee J.
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South 1865-1965
- by Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie
- reviewed by Craig Heinicke on December 7, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Altig, David E.
- Evolution and Procedures in Central Banking
- by David E. Altig and Bruce D. Smith (editors)
- reviewed by Stefano Battilossi on March 26, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Altschuler, Glenn C.
- The G.I. Bill: A New Deal for Veterans
- by Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin
- reviewed by Keith W. Olson on October 13, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Military and War (O)
- Amaral, Samuel
- The Rise of Capitalism on the Pampas: The Estancias of Buenos Aires, 1785-1870
- by Samuel Amaral
- reviewed by Edward Beatty on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Amatori, Franco
- Business History around the World
- by Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones (editors)
- reviewed by William H. Becker on January 13, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Amemiya, Takeshi
- Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece
- by Takeshi Amemiya
- reviewed by Darel Tai Engen on April 15, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Amsden, Alice
- The Rise of "The Rest": Challenges to the West from Late-Industrializing Economies
- by Alice Amsden
- reviewed by John R. Hanson II on September 9, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Anastakis, Dimitry
- Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971
- by Dimitry Anastakis
- reviewed by Thomas W. Zeiler on March 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Anceau, Eric
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Andersen, Birgitte
- Technological Change and the Evolution of Corporate Innovation: The Structure of Patenting, 1890-1990
- by Birgitte Andersen
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on July 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Anderson, Terry L.
- The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier
- by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill
- reviewed by Frank D. Lewis on January 6, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Anderson, Virginia DeJohn
- Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
- by Virginia DeJohn Anderson
- reviewed by Russell R. Menard on April 12, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Andreau, Jean
- Banking and Business in the Roman World
- by Jean Andreau
- reviewed by David Tandy on January 29, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Andrews, David M.
- Orderly Change: International Monetary Relations since Bretton Woods
- by David M. Andrews (editor)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on September 26, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- Angevine, Robert G.
- The Railroad and the State: War, Politics, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America
- by Robert G. Angevine
- reviewed by David Surdam on March 24, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Anglund, Sandra M.
- Small Business Policy and the American Creed
- by Sandra M. Anglund
- reviewed by Mansel G. Blackford on June 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Anheier, Helmut K.
- Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector
- by Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List and S. Stefan Toepler
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on March 27, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Antonelli, Cristiano
- New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David
- by Cristiano Antonelli, Dominique Foray, Bronwyn H. Hall and W. Edward Steinmueller (editors)
- reviewed by James Bessen on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area:
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Arena, Richard
- The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall's Legacy
- by Richard Arena and Michel Quéré (editors)
- reviewed by Katia Caldari on September 16, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Armstrong, Christopher
- Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada 1870-1940
- by Christopher Armstrong
- reviewed by Ranald C. Michie on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Moose Pastures and Mergers: The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980
- by Christopher Armstrong
- reviewed by Ben Forster on January 31, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Armstrong, Lawrin
- Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of John H.A. Munro
- by Lawrin Armstrong, Ivana Elbl and Martin M. Elb (editors)
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on September 5, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Arnold, A. J.
- Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915: An Economic and Business History
- by A. J. Arnold
- reviewed by Jon Sumida on January 28, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Arnoldus, Doreen
- Family, Family Firm and Strategy: Six Dutch Family Firms in the Food Industry, 1880-1970
- by Doreen Arnoldus
- reviewed by Andrea Colli on October 19, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Arrighi, Giovanni
- The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
- by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita and Mark Selden
- reviewed by Debin Ma on February 15, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ashworth, William J.
- Customs and Excise: Trade, Production, and Consumption in England, 1640-1845
- by William J. Ashworth
- reviewed by Paul Carvajal on July 11, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Atkins, Peter J.
- Food and the City in Europe since 1800
- by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Perren on February 27, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Atkins, Margaret
- Poverty in the Roman World
- by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne (editors)
- reviewed by Willem M. Jongman on July 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Atkinson, Robert D.
- The Past and Future of America's Economy: Long Waves of Innovation that Power Cycles of Growth
- by Robert D. Atkinson
- reviewed by Wyatt Wells on May 26, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Aubin, Jean
- Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea
- by Denys Lombard and Jean Aubin
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 7, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Augello, Massimo M.
- Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)
- by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E.L. Guidi (editors)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on September 29, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Auslander, Leora
- Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France
- by Leora Auslander
- reviewed by Tracey Deutscht on September 16, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Austin, Gareth
- Labour, Land and Capital: From Slavery to Free Labour in Asante, 1807-1956
- by Gareth Austin
- reviewed by Nathan Nunn on August 21, 2006
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Austin, Peter E.
- Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance
- by Peter E. Austin
- reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on November 10, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Ayala, César
- American Sugar Kingdom: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934
- by César Ayala
- reviewed by Alan Dye on September 3, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Babb, Sarah
- Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism
- by Sarah Babb
- reviewed by Jaime Ros on July 29, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Backhouse, Roger E.
- The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century
- by Roger E. Backhouse
- reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on August 7, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bailey, Mark
- Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England's Economic Development
- by John Hatcher and Mark Bailey
- reviewed by Gary Richardson on March 17, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Baines, Dudley
- Emigration from Europe, 1815-1930
- by Dudley Baines
- reviewed by Simone A. Wegge on August 1, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Baker, James C.
- The Bank for International Settlements: Evolution and Evaluation
- by James C. Baker
- reviewed by A.M. Endres on July 11, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Bakija, Jon
- Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Great Debate Over Tax Reform
- by Joel Selmrod and Jon Bakija
- reviewed by James K. Self on October 5, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Bakken, Gordon Morris
- The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects
- by Gordon Morris Bakken
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on December 9, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bakker, Gerben
- Entertainment Industrialised: The Emergence of the International Film Industry, 1890-1940
- by Gerben Bakker
- reviewed by Michael Pokorny on April 28, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Balachandran, G.
- India and the World Economy, 1850-1950
- by G. Balachandran (editor)
- reviewed by David Clingingsmith on February 1, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Baldassarri, Mario
- Maffeo Pantaleoni: At the Origin of the Italian School of Economics and Finance
- by Mario Baldassarri
- reviewed by Luigino Bruni on February 6, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Baldasty, Gerald J.
- E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers
- by Gerald J. Baldasty
- reviewed by Barbara Straus Reed on August 25, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Balderston, Theo
- Economics and Politics in the Weimar Republic
- by Theo Balderston
- reviewed by Mark Spoerer on March 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump
- by Theo Balderston (editor)
- reviewed by Randall E. Parker on March 23, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Ball, Michael
- An Economic History of London, 1800-1914
- by Michael Ball and David Sunderland
- reviewed by David R. Green on April 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Balleisen, Edward J.
- Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America
- by Edward J. Balleisen
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on July 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bamberg, James
- British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism
- by James Bamberg
- reviewed by Jonathan Brown on March 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Banaji, Jairus
- Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour and Aristocratic Dominance
- by Jairus Banaji
- reviewed by George Grantham on May 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Banerji, Arup
- Merchants and Markets in Revolutionary Russia, 1917-1930
- by Arup Banerji
- reviewed by Alan Ball on January 5, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Bank, Steven A.
- War and Taxes
- by Steven A. Bank, Kirk J. Stark and Joseph J. Thorndike
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on May 14, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- Barber, William J.
- Designs Within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945
- by William J. Barber
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on July 6, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Barbour, Barton H.
- Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
- by Barton H. Barbour
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on March 11, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Barendse, Rene J.
- The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century
- by Rene J. Barendse
- reviewed by Alan Heston on February 26, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Barjot, Dominique
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Barkan, Elliott
- And Still They Come: Immigrants and American Society, 1920 to the 1990s
- by Elliott Barkan
- reviewed by Masao Suzuki on August 6, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Barkstrom, Jack
- Poverty, Wealth, Dictatorship, Democracy: Resource Scarcity and the Origins of Dictatorship
- by Jack Barkstrom
- reviewed by Peter Baofu on January 6, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Barnard, John
- American Vanguard: The United Autoworkers during the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
- by John Barnard
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on August 16, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Barnes, L. Diane
- Artisan Workers in the Upper South: Petersburg, Virginia, 1820-1865
- by L. Diane Barnes
- reviewed by Jennifer R. Green on March 6, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Barnett, Vincent
- A History of Russian Economic Thought
- by Vincent Barnett
- reviewed by Natalia A. Makasheva and Warren J. Samuels on February 5, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Barnett, William
- Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists
- by Paul A. Samuelson and William Barnett (editors)
- reviewed by Michael Szenberg on April 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Barnett, Vincent
- Economics in Russia: Studies in Intellectual History
- by Vincent Barnett and Joachim Zweynert (editors)
- reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on May 22, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Barrett, Paul F.
- The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely and Paul F. Barrett
- reviewed by William R. Childs on May 25, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Barringer, Mark Daniel
- Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and the Construction of Nature
- by Mark Daniel Barringer
- reviewed by Peter J. Hill on August 26, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Barrington, Linda
- The Other Side of the Frontier: Economic Explorations into Native American History
- by Linda Barrington
- reviewed by Thomas Weiss on January 19, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Barro, Robert J.
- Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
- by Robert J. Barro
- reviewed by John W. Dawson on July 18, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Barry, Kathleen M.
- Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants
- by Kathleen M. Barry
- reviewed by Vicki Howard on June 29, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Barton, John H.
- The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
- by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on January 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Baskin, Jonathan B.
- A History of Corporate Finance
- by Jonathan B. Baskin and Paul J. Miranti
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on July 20, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Bassett, Thomas J.
- The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa: Cote D'Ivoire, 1880-1995
- by Thomas J. Bassett
- reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on September 30, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Baten, Joerg
- The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
- by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
- reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Batten, Frank
- The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon
- by Frank Batten
- reviewed by Toby G. Bates on November 12, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Battilossi, Stefano
- European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and Cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods
- by Stefano Battilossi and Youssef Cassis (editors)
- reviewed by Steven Tolliday on October 23, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Baumol, William J.
- The Free-Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism
- by William J. Baumol
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on July 26, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
- by William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan and Carl J. Schramm
- reviewed by William R. Keech on May 7, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Beales, Derek
- Prosperity and Plunder: European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815
- by Derek Beales
- reviewed by Lars M. Boerner on October 4, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bean, Jonathan J.
- Beyond Broker State: Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on January 9, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by William M. McClenahan on April 16, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Beatty, Edward
- Institutions and Investment: The Political Basis of Industrialization in Mexico before 1911
- by Edward Beatty
- reviewed by Kenneth L. Sokoloff on June 7, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Beaudreau, Bernard C.
- Mass Production, the Stock Market Crash, and the Great Depression: The Macroeconomics of Electrification
- by Bernard C. Beaudreau
- reviewed by William J. Hausman on February 28, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- How the Republicans Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929: GPT's, Failed Transitions, and Commercial Policy
- by Bernard C. Beaudreau
- reviewed by Carlos D. Ramirez on August 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Becattini, Giacomo
- The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall
- by Tiziano Raffaelli, Giacomo Becattini and Marco Dardi (editors)
- reviewed by David Andrews on September 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Becker, William H.
- The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000
- by William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan Jr.
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Bean on July 1, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Beckett, J. V.
- Farm Production in England 1700-1914
- by M. E. Turner, J. V. Beckett and B. Afton
- reviewed by Nicola Verdon on August 19, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Behrendt, Stephen D.
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
- by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Beito, David T.
- From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
- by David T. Beito
- reviewed by J. C. Herbert Emery on August 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society
- by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Lester on November 26, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Bekar, Clifford T.
- Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth
- by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Bell, Adrian R.
- The English Wool Market, c. 1230-1327
- by Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks and Paul R. Dryburgh
- reviewed by James M. Murray on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bellamy, Matthew J.
- Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990
- by Matthew J. Bellamy
- reviewed by Heather Nelson on February 19, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Ben-Atar, Doron S.
- Trade Secrets: Intellectual Piracy and the Origins of American Industrial Power
- by Doron S. Ben-Atar
- reviewed by David Jeremy on October 15, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Benninghaus, Christina
- Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills: Placing Girls in European History, 1750-1960
- by Mary Jo Maynes, Birgitte Soland and Christina Benninghaus
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on May 24, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bensel, Richard Franklin
- The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
- by Richard Franklin Bensel
- reviewed by David L. Carlton on August 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Benson, John
- A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing
- by John Benson and Laura Ugolini (editors)
- reviewed by Nicholas Alexander on May 14, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Benson, Susan Porter
- Household Accounts: Working Class Family Economies in the Interwar United States
- by Susan Porter Benson
- reviewed by Marianne Ward on February 18, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Berend, Ivan T.
- History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century
- by Ivan T. Berend
- reviewed by Max-Stephan Schulze on August 17, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Berend, Ivan
- An Economic History of Twentieth-century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-faire to Globalization
- by Ivan Berend
- reviewed by Gianni Toniolo on April 4, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Bergad, Laird W.
- The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States
- by Laird W. Bergad
- reviewed by David Eltis on May 8, 2009
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Berger, Dina
- The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
- by Dina Berger
- reviewed by Byron Crites on December 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Berlin, Leslie
- The Man behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley
- by Leslie Berlin
- reviewed by Rasigan Maharajh on December 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Bernanke, Ben S.
- Essays on the Great Depression
- by Ben S. Bernanke
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Bernholz, Peter
- Monetary Regimes and Inflation: History, Economic and Political Relationships
- by Peter Bernholz
- reviewed by Pierre Siklos on July 22, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations
- by Peter Bernholz and Roland Vaubel (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on April 5, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Bernstein, Paul
- American Work Values: Their Origin and Development
- by Paul Bernstein
- reviewed by Donald Frey on February 10, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bernstein, David E.
- Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Regulations and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal
- by David E. Bernstein
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on April 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Bernstein, Michael A.
- A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America
- by Michael A. Bernstein
- reviewed by William J. Barber on April 2, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bértola, Luis
- Ensayos de Historia Económica: Uruguay y la región en la economía mundial 1870-1990
- by Luis Bértola
- reviewed by Michael J. Twomey on May 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Bertola, Patrick
- Evolution of the World Economy, Precious Metals and India
- by John McGuire, Patrick Bertola and Peter Reeves (editors)
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on May 4, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Besomi, Daniele
- The Making of Harrod's Dynamics
- by Daniele Besomi
- reviewed by Steve Keen on April 11, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Best, Joel
- Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883
- by Joel Best
- reviewed by Robin L. E. Hemenway on July 26, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Best, Gary Dean
- Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era
- by Gary Dean Best
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on October 10, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bezis-Selfa, John
- Forging America: Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the Industrious Revolution
- by John Bezis-Selfa
- reviewed by Michael V. Kennedy on May 25, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bhaduri, Amit
- On the Border of Economic Theory and History
- by Amit Bhaduri
- reviewed by Marcia J. Frost on May 1, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Bialer, Uri
- Oil and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-63
- by Uri Bialer
- reviewed by Nachum Gross on May 19, 1999
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Bian, Morris L.
- The Making of the State Enterprise System in Modern China: The Dynamics of Institutional Change
- by Morris L. Bian
- reviewed by Tim Wright on November 12, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Biddle, Jeff F.
- A Companion to the History of Economic Thought
- by Warren J. Samuels, Jeff F. Biddle and John B. Davis (editors)
- reviewed by Mauro Boianovsky on December 5, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bigelow, Gordon
- Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and Ireland
- by Gordon Bigelow
- reviewed by Sandra Peart on July 20, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Biglaiser, Glen
- Guardians of the Nation? Economists, General, and Economic Reform in Latin America
- by Glen Biglaiser
- reviewed by William McGreevey on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Biles, Roger
- Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois
- by Roger Biles
- reviewed by Alice O'Connor on June 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Billings, Dwight B.
- The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
- by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee
- reviewed by James Oberly on July 20, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Billingsley, Kenneth Lloyd
- Hollywood Party: How Communism Seduced the American Film Industry in the 1930s and 1940s
- by Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley
- reviewed by D. Jonathan Snyder on February 12, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Birchal, Sergio de Oliveira
- Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil:The Formation of a Business Environment
- by Sergio de Oliveira Birchal
- reviewed by Ralph Lee Woodward on November 9, 1999
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Biven, W. Carl
- Jimmy Carter's Economy: Policy in an Age of Limits
- by W. Carl Biven
- reviewed by Toby G. Bates on January 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Bix, Amy Sue
- Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981
- by Amy Sue Bix
- reviewed by Robert H. Zieger on September 21, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Bjelopera, Jerome P.
- City of Clerks: Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920
- by Jerome P. Bjelopera
- reviewed by Nikki Mandell on December 5, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Black, John
- A Dictionary of Economics
- by John Black
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on March 17, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Black, Lawrence
- An Affluent Society? Britain's Postwar Golden Age Revisited
- by Lawrence Black and Hugh Pemberton (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Clapson on April 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Black Jr., Samuel P.
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961
- by Samuel P. Black Jr. and John Paul Rossi
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on October 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Blackford, Mansel G.
- BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995
- by K. Austin Kerr and Mansel G. Blackford
- reviewed by Kenneth L. Simons on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Blaszczyk, Regina Lee
- Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning
- by Regina Lee Blaszczyk
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 13, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Blaug, Mark
- Who's Who in Economics (Third Edition)
- by Mark Blaug
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on February 11, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Blazek, Jody
- Four Books on Philanthropy
- by Bruce R. Hopkins, Jody Blazek, D. Benson Tesdahl, Lester M. Salamon and Judith Sealander
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on May 5, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Blee, Kathleen M.
- The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
- by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee
- reviewed by James Oberly on July 20, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Blumin, Stuart M.
- The G.I. Bill: A New Deal for Veterans
- by Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin
- reviewed by Keith W. Olson on October 13, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Military and War (O)
- Blyth, Mark
- Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark Blyth
- reviewed by Janet T. Knoedler on August 6, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bodenhorn, Howard
- A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building
- by Howard Bodenhorn
- reviewed by Jon Moen on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- State Banking in Early America: A New Economic History
- by Howard Bodenhorn
- reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on November 28, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Bogue, Margaret Beattie
- Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783-1933
- by Margaret Beattie Bogue
- reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on July 12, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Bogue, Allan G.
- The Farm on the North Talbot Road
- by Allan G. Bogue
- reviewed by Robert Ankli on August 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Boix, Carles
- Democracy and Redistribution
- by Carles Boix
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on February 18, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Boland, Lawrence A.
- The Foundations of Economic Method: A Popperian Perspective
- by Lawrence A. Boland
- reviewed by O.F. Hamouda on April 7, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bonsall, Thomas E.
- Disaster in Dearborn: The Story of the Edsel
- by Thomas E. Bonsall
- reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on September 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Boomgaard, Peter
- Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
- by Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (editors)
- reviewed by John Drabble on July 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Smallholders and Stockbreeders: Histories of Foodcrop and Livestock Farming in Southeast Asia
- by Peter Boomgaard and David Henley (editors)
- reviewed by Frans D. Huijzendveld on September 14, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia
- by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (editors)
- reviewed by S. Nawiyanto on August 18, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Booth, Anne
- The Indonesian Economy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A History of Missed Opportunities
- by Anne Booth
- reviewed by Jeroen Touwen on October 7, 1998
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Booth, Alan
- The British Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Alan Booth
- reviewed by Roger Middleton on November 21, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Managing the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Politics, and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain
- by Joseph Melling and Alan Booth (editors)
- reviewed by Mike Richardson on August 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Borah, Woodrow Wilson
- New Spain's Century of Depression
- by Woodrow Wilson Borah
- reviewed by Richard Salvucci on August 1, 2001
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Bordo, Michael D.
- The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin and Eugene N. White
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on September 23, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Transferring Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World: Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in the 17th through the 19th Centuries
- by Michael D. Bordo and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Benjamin Chabot on May 27, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Globalization in Historical Perspective
- by Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (editors)
- reviewed by William J. Collins on November 7, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Borio, Claudio
- The Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation
- by Claudio Borio, Gianni Toniolo and Piet Clement (editors)
- reviewed by C.A.E. Goodhart on February 23, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Boris, Elizabeth T.
- Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict
- by Elizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on July 16, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Borsch, Stuart J.
- The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study
- by Stuart J. Borsch
- reviewed by John Munro on March 13, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bortz, Jeffrey L.
- The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth
- by Jeffrey L. Bortz and Stephen Haber (editors)
- reviewed by Philip Keefer on March 15, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Boserup, Ester
- The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure
- by Ester Boserup
- reviewed by Giovanni Federico on April 16, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Botti, Timothy J.
- Envy of the World: A History of the U.S. Economy and Big Business
- by Timothy J. Botti
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on February 7, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Bowen, H.V.
- The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756-1833
- by H.V. Bowen
- reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on April 9, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bozhong, Li
- Agricultural Development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850
- by Li Bozhong
- reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on July 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Brana-Shute, Rosemary
- Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society
- by Jack P. Greene, Rosemary Brana-Shute and Randy J. Sparks (editors)
- reviewed by David Ryden on April 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Brandes, Stuart D.
- Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America
- by Stuart D. Brandes
- reviewed by Jacob Vander Meulen on February 17, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Brands, H.W.
- The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar
- by H.W. Brands
- reviewed by David J. Cowen on October 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Brandt, E. N.
- Growth Company: Dow Chemical's First Century
- by E. N. Brandt
- reviewed by John K. Smith on January 19, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Braudel, Fernand
- Les écrits de Fernand Braudel and Les mémoires de la Méditerranée: préhistoire et antiquité
- by Fernand Braudel
- reviewed by Cheng-chung Lai on August 23, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century
- by Fernand Braudel
- reviewed by Alan Heston on August 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Brauer, Jurgen
- Castles, Battles and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History
- by Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll
- reviewed by Peter Howlett on February 3, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Military and War (O)
- Brazelton, W. Robert
- Designing US Economic Policy: An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling
- by W. Robert Brazelton
- reviewed by Craufurd Goodwin on November 23, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Breen, T. H.
- The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
- by T. H. Breen
- reviewed by Farley Grubb on December 7, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bremner, Robert P.
- Chairman of the Fed: William McChesney Martin Jr. and the Creation of the American Financial System
- by Robert P. Bremner
- reviewed by Mark Toma on October 3, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Brennan, Thomas
- Burgundy to Champagne: The Wine Trade in Early Modern France
- by Thomas Brennan
- reviewed by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal on October 30, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Brenner, Aaron
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
- by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness (editors)
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 16, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Brezis, Elise S.
- Elites, Minorities, and Economic Growth
- by Elise S. Brezis and Peter Temin (editors)
- reviewed by Rick Szostak on May 28, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Briggs Jr., Vernon M.
- Immigration and American Unionism
- by Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
- reviewed by Joseph D. Reid Jr. on December 3, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Britnell, Richard
- Britain and Ireland, 1050-1530: Economy and Society
- by Richard Britnell
- reviewed by John Langdon on December 8, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Britton, Andrew
- Monetary Regimes of the Twentieth Century
- by Andrew Britton
- reviewed by George Macesich on August 8, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Broadberry, Stephen
- The Economics of World War I
- by Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 2, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Market Services and the Productivity Race, 1850-2000: British Performance in International Perspective
- by Stephen Broadberry
- reviewed by Alex Field on June 15, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Brock, Gerald W.
- The Second Information Revolution
- by Gerald W. Brock
- reviewed by David Gabel on August 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Brock, William H.
- William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science
- by William H. Brock
- reviewed by Larry Stewart on July 1, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Bromberg, Joan Lisa
- NASA and the Space Industry
- by Joan Lisa Bromberg
- reviewed by Roger Handberg on February 20, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- NASA and the Space Industry
- by Joan Lisa Bromberg
- reviewed by Glenn Bugos on April 26, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Brook, Timothy
- The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China
- by Timothy Brook
- reviewed by Richard Lufrano on August 26, 1998
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Brooks, Chris
- The English Wool Market, c. 1230-1327
- by Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks and Paul R. Dryburgh
- reviewed by James M. Murray on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Brown, John
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915
- by John Brown
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on April 23, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Brown, Marion A.
- The Second Bank of the United States and Ohio (1803-1860): A Collision of Interests
- by Marion A. Brown
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on January 13, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Brown, Kenneth D.
- Britain and Japan: A Comparative Economic and Social History Since 1900
- by Kenneth D. Brown
- reviewed by Michael Smitka on September 17, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Brown, Ian
- Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
- by Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (editors)
- reviewed by John Drabble on July 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Brown, Andrew
- Reluctant Partners: A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000
- by Andrew Brown
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on September 16, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Brown, John
- Origins of the Modern Career
- by David Mitch, John Brown and Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 13, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Brownlee, W. Elliot
- Funding American State, 1941-1995: The Rise and Fall of the Era of Easy Finance
- by W. Elliot Brownlee
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Broz, J. Lawrence
- The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System
- by J. Lawrence Broz
- reviewed by David C. Wheelock on June 3, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Bruegel, Martin
- Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860
- by Martin Bruegel
- reviewed by Laurence J. Malone on October 17, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Brundage, Anthony
- The English Poor Laws, 1700-1930
- by Anthony Brundage
- reviewed by Steve King on March 21, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Bruner, Robert F.
- The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm
- by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr
- reviewed by Jon R. Moen on October 3, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Bruni, Luigino
- Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
- by Luigino Bruni
- reviewed by Edd Noell on March 7, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Brusse, Wendy Asbeek
- Tariffs, Trade and European Integration 1947-1957: From Study Group to Common Market
- by Wendy Asbeek Brusse
- reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on February 18, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Bucheli, Marcelo
- Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
- by Marcelo Bucheli
- reviewed by Alan Dye on August 20, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Buchenau, Jurgen
- Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico, 1865-Present
- by Jurgen Buchenau
- reviewed by Marie Francois on April 15, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Buel Jr., Richard
- In Irons: Britain's Naval Supremacy and the American Revolutionary Economy
- by Richard Buel Jr.
- reviewed by James F. Shepherd on April 16, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Bukowczyk, John J.
- Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region, 1650-1990
- by John J. Bukowczyk, Nora Faires, David R. Smith and Randy William Widdis
- reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on January 20, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Bulmer-Thomas, Victor
- The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, Volume 2: The Long Twentieth Century
- by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, John Coatsworth and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on April 11, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bundesbank, Deutsche
- Fifty Years of the Deutsche Mark. Central Bank and the Currency in Germany since 1948
- by Deutsche Bundesbank (editor)
- reviewed by Albrecht Ritschl on February 28, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Burchardt, Jeremy
- The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
- by Jeremy Burchardt
- reviewed by Bethanie Afton on August 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Burdekin, Richard C.K.
- Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives
- by Richard C.K. Burdekin and Pierre L. Siklos (editors)
- reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on November 9, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Burg, David F.
- A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present
- by David F. Burg
- reviewed by Richard Vedder on October 2, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Burhop, Carsten
- Die Kreditbanken in der Gründerzeit
- by Carsten Burhop
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on February 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Burk, Robert F.
- Much More than a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball since 1921
- by Robert F. Burk
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on January 21, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Burnette, Joyce
- Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain
- by Joyce Burnette
- reviewed by Timothy J. Hatton on December 18, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Burnham, Peter
- Remaking the Postwar World Economy: Robot and British Policy in the 1950s
- by Peter Burnham
- reviewed by Catherine Schenk on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Burrows, Edwin G.
- Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
- by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on February 12, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Bushkoff, Leonard
- John Stewart Kennedy: The Man Who Found the Money
- by Saul Engelbourg and Leonard Bushkoff
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 25, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Bussière, Éric
- London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century
- by Youssef Cassis and Éric Bussière (editors)
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on November 15, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Butler, Orville R.
- Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric
- by Stephen B. Adams and Orville R. Butler
- reviewed by Eric John Abrahamson on February 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Butterfield, Samuel Hale
- U.S. Development Aid: An Historic First
- by Samuel Hale Butterfield
- reviewed by John R. Hanson II on September 30, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Cain, Louis P.
- Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians
- by John S. Lyons, Louis P. Cain and Samuel H. Williamson (editors)
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on August 29, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Cairncross, Alec
- Living with the Century
- by Alec Cairncross
- reviewed by Neil Rollings on August 8, 2000
- Geographic area:
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Calder, Lendol
- Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit
- by Lendol Calder
- reviewed by Christiane Diehl Taylor on February 3, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Caldwell, Bruce
- Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek
- by Bruce Caldwell
- reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on July 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Calomiris, Charles W.
- U.S. Bank Deregulation in Historical Perspective
- by Charles W. Calomiris
- reviewed by John A. James on February 19, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Cambridge University Press, 1997
- Historical Statistics of U.S.
- by 1997 Cambridge University Press
- reviewed by William Hutchinson on December 3, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Campanella, Thomas J.
- The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
- by Lawrence J. Vale and Thomas J. Campanella (editors)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on November 2, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Campbell, Ballard C.
- The Growth of American Government: Governance from the Cleveland Era to the Present
- by Ballard C. Campbell
- reviewed by Rebecca Menes on September 2, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Campbell, Gwyn
- An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895: The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire
- by Gwyn Campbell
- reviewed by Nigel Worden on December 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Cannadine, David
- Mellon: An American Life
- by David Cannadine
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on December 29, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Caprio, Gerald Jr.
- Reforming Financial Systems: Historical Implications for Policy
- by Gerald Jr. Caprio and Dimitri Vittas
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on December 4, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Cárdenas, Enrique
- An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
- by Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo and Rosemary Thorp (editors)
- reviewed by Edward Beatty on February 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Carey, Alex
- Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty
- by Alex Carey
- reviewed by Karen S. Miller on October 1, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Carlaw, Kenneth I.
- Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth
- by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Carlson, Linda
- Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
- by Linda Carlson
- reviewed by Lawrence W. Boyd on September 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Carlton, David L.
- The South, the Nation, and the World: Perspectives on Southern Economic Development
- by David L. Carlton and Peter A. Coclanis
- reviewed by William H. Phillips on November 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Carney, Judith A.
- Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
- by Judith A. Carney
- reviewed by Russell R. Menard on May 14, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Carp, E. Wayne
- Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives
- by E. Wayne Carp (editor)
- reviewed by John Murray on June 8, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Carr, Sean D.
- The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm
- by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr
- reviewed by Jon R. Moen on October 3, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Carreras, Albert
- Estadísticas históricas de España: Siglos XIX - XX
- by Albert Carreras and Xavier Tafunell (editors)
- reviewed by Mauricio Drelichman on August 16, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Carrington, Selwyn H. H.
- The Sugar Industry and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1775-1810
- by Selwyn H. H. Carrington
- reviewed by David Richardson on September 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Carroll, Michael C.
- A Future of Capitalism: The Economic Vision of Robert Heilbroner
- by Michael C. Carroll
- reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on January 15, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Carson, Scott A.
- Mass Migration under Sail: European Immigration to the Antebellum United States
- by Scott A. Carson
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on May 18, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Carter, Susan B.
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Four: Economic Sectors
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Lee J. Alston on June 26, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume One: Population
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Trevon D. Logan on July 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Cassis, Youssef
- European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and Cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods
- by Stefano Battilossi and Youssef Cassis (editors)
- reviewed by Steven Tolliday on October 23, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century
- by Youssef Cassis and Éric Bussière (editors)
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on November 15, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005
- by Youssef Cassis
- reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on October 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Castaneda, Christopher J.
- Builders: Herman and George R. Brown
- by Joseph A. Pratt and Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Paul Carlson on March 30, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000
- by Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Andrew Jenkins on July 2, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Castles, Francis G.
- Comparative Public Policy: Patterns of Post-war Transformation
- by Francis G. Castles
- reviewed by Jim F. Couch on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Cate, Thomas
- An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
- by Thomas Cate
- reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on August 20, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Catterall, Ross E.
- Exchange Rates and Economic Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Ross E. Catterall and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Stefano Battilossi on December 14, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ceruzzi, Paul E.
- Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945 to 2005
- by Paul E. Ceruzzi
- reviewed by Glenn Bugos on November 3, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Military and War (O), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Cesarano, Filippo
- Monetary Theory and Bretton Woods: The Construction of an International Monetary Order
- by Filippo Cesarano
- reviewed by John H. Wood on June 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Chalklin, Christopher
- The Rise of the English Town 1650-1850
- by Christopher Chalklin
- reviewed by Jon Stobart on October 22, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Champlin, Dell P.
- Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism
- by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch and Dell P. Champlin (editors)
- reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on November 7, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Chandler, Alfred D.
- Shaping the Industrial Century: The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of the Modern Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
- by Alfred D. Chandler
- reviewed by Kyle Bruce on January 13, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Chandler Jr., Alfred D.
- Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries
- by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
- reviewed by Kenneth Lipartito on January 8, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
- by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
- reviewed by David S. Landes on February 12, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Chang, Ha-Joon
- Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
- by Ha-Joon Chang
- reviewed by Douglas Irwin on April 26, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Channon, Geoffrey
- Railways in Britain and the United States 1830-1940
- by Geoffrey Channon
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on January 10, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Chapra, M. Umer
- Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform
- by M. Umer Chapra
- reviewed by Jared Rubin on June 16, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Middle East (6)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (l), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Charlip, Julie A.
- Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880-1930
- by Julie A. Charlip
- reviewed by Héctor Lindo-Fuentes on September 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Chaudhuri, K. N.
- The Trading World of Asia and the English East India Company, 1660-1760
- by K. N. Chaudhuri
- reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on December 20, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Cheng, Linsun
- Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
- by Linsun Cheng
- reviewed by Man Bun Kwan on December 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Chengming, Wu
- Chinese Capitalism, 1522-1840
- by Xu Dixin and Wu Chengming
- reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on August 24, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Chernow, Ron
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- by Ron Chernow
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on June 24, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- by Ron Chernow
- reviewed by Christopher A. Baylor on July 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Alexander Hamilton
- by Ron Chernow
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 3, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Chick, Martin
- Electricity and Energy Policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945
- by Martin Chick
- reviewed by John Neufeld on June 2, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Childs, William R.
- The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-Twentieth Century
- by William R. Childs
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on March 3, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Chilver, E. M.
- Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences
- by E. M. Chilver and Ute Röschenthaler (editors)
- reviewed by Ralph A. Austen on August 14, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Chorev, Nitsan
- Remaking U.S. Trade Policy: From Protectionism to Globalization
- by Nitsan Chorev
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on January 11, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Chow, Kai-wing
- Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China
- by Kai-wing Chow
- reviewed by Nathan Sivin on October 29, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Chown, John F.
- A History of Monetary Unions
- by John F. Chown
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on August 26, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Christian, David
- Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
- by David Christian
- reviewed by J.W. Drukker on January 23, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Chung, Young-Iob
- Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation
- by Young-Iob Chung
- reviewed by Myung Soo Cha on October 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Church, Roy
- Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966
- by Roy Church and Quentin Outram
- reviewed by Judith Wale on August 23, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Churella, Albert J.
- From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry
- by Albert J. Churella
- reviewed by Philip Scranton on January 7, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry
- by Albert J. Churella
- reviewed by John K. Brown on January 15, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Cicarelli, James
- Distinguished Women Economists
- by James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on October 7, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Cicarelli, Julianne
- Distinguished Women Economists
- by James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on October 7, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Clark, Robert L.
- A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States
- by Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and Jack W. Wilson
- reviewed by Price Fishback on October 10, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Clark, Gregory
- A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
- by Gregory Clark
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on March 11, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Clark Jr., John E.
- Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat
- by John E. Clark Jr.
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on May 26, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Clarke, John
- Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada
- by John Clarke
- reviewed by Douglas McCalla on April 19, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Clarke, Sally H.
- Trust and Power: Consumers, the Modern Corporation, and the Making of the United States Automobile Market
- by Sally H. Clarke
- reviewed by Avner Offer on April 29, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Clavin, Patricia
- The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939
- by Patricia Clavin
- reviewed by Pete Ferderer on April 17, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Clay, Christopher
- Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance, 1856-1881
- by Christopher Clay
- reviewed by Faruk Tabak on September 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Clement, Piet
- The Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation
- by Claudio Borio, Gianni Toniolo and Piet Clement (editors)
- reviewed by C.A.E. Goodhart on February 23, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Clements, Eric L.
- After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns
- by Eric L. Clements
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on June 11, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Clingan, C. Edmund
- Finance from Kaiser to Führer: Budget Politics in Germany, 1912-1934
- by C. Edmund Clingan
- reviewed by Michael Hughes on August 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Clotfelter, Charles T.
- After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation
- by Charles T. Clotfelter
- reviewed by Martha J. Bailey on October 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Coates, Ben
- The Impact of the English Civil War on the Economy of London, 1642-50
- by Ben Coates
- reviewed by Stephen Quinn on September 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Coatsworth, John
- Latin America and the World Economy since 1800
- by John Coatsworth and Alan Taylor
- reviewed by Richard Salvucci on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, Volume 2: The Long Twentieth Century
- by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, John Coatsworth and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on April 11, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Coble, Parks M.
- Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945
- by Parks M. Coble
- reviewed by Andrea McElderry on June 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Coclanis, Peter A.
- The South, the Nation, and the World: Perspectives on Southern Economic Development
- by David L. Carlton and Peter A. Coclanis
- reviewed by William H. Phillips on November 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Cohen, Jon
- The Growth of the Italian Economy 1820-1960
- by Jon Cohen and Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Brian A'Hearn on September 27, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Cohen, Andrew Wender
- The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940
- by Andrew Wender Cohen
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on July 25, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Cohen, Daniel
- Globalization and Its Enemies
- by Daniel Cohen
- reviewed by John R. Hanson on December 27, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Colander, David
- The Lost Art of Economics: Essays on Economics and the Economics Profession
- by David Colander
- reviewed by Lall B. Ramrattan on February 20, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Race, Liberalism, and Economics
- by David Colander, Robert E. Prasch and Falguni A. Sheth (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley Engerman on July 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Cole, Terrence
- Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska
- by Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on July 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Cole, W. A.
- British Economic Growth, 1688-1959: Trends and Structure
- by Phyllis Deane and W. A. Cole
- reviewed by Knick Harley on September 18, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Colli, Andrea
- The History of Family Business, 1850-2000
- by Andrea Colli
- reviewed by Alison C. Kay on December 23, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Collins, Robert M.
- More: The Politics of Economic Growth in Postwar America
- by Robert M. Collins
- reviewed by William Keech on February 13, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Collins, E. J.T.
- The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume VII, 1850-1914
- by E. J.T. Collins (editor)
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on July 24, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Constable, Olivia Remie
- Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- by Olivia Remie Constable
- reviewed by Avner Greif on July 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Cook, Philip J.
- Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
- by Philip J. Cook
- reviewed by Mark Thornton on April 2, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Cooper, Brian
- Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet and the Population Question in England, 1798-1859
- by Brian Cooper
- reviewed by Evelyn L. Forget on January 11, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Cornwall, John
- Capitalist Development in the Twentieth Century: An Evolutionary-Keynesian Approach
- by John Cornwall and Wendy Cornwall
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on August 5, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Cornwall, Wendy
- Capitalist Development in the Twentieth Century: An Evolutionary-Keynesian Approach
- by John Cornwall and Wendy Cornwall
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on August 5, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Cortés Conde, Roberto
- The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
- by Roberto Cortés Conde
- reviewed by André Martínez Fritscher on July 3, 2009
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Cortes-Conde, Roberto
- Transferring Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World: Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in the 17th through the 19th Centuries
- by Michael D. Bordo and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Benjamin Chabot on May 27, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, Volume 2: The Long Twentieth Century
- by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, John Coatsworth and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on April 11, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Costa, Dora L.
- The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880-1990
- by Dora L. Costa
- reviewed by Brian Gratton on December 15, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from the Past
- by Dora L. Costa (editor)
- reviewed by John E. Murray on January 5, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War
- by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn
- reviewed by Marianne Wanamaker on September 8, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Costanza, Robert
- Sustainability or Collapse? An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth
- by Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich and Will Steffen (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on October 26, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Costeloe, Michael P.
- Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888
- by Michael P. Costeloe
- reviewed by Carlos Marichal on September 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Cottrell, Philip L.
- East Meets West: Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire
- by Philip L. Cottrell, Monica Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser (editors)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on December 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Couch, Jim
- The Political Economy of the New Deal
- by Jim Couch and William F. Shughart II
- reviewed by Price V. Fishback on June 21, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Coulson, Andrew J.
- Market Education: The Unknown History
- by Andrew J. Coulson
- reviewed by Martin West on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Cowen, David J.
- The Origins and Economic Impact of the First Bank of the United States, 1791-1797
- by David J. Cowen
- reviewed by Edwin J. Perkins on May 22, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich
- by Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
- reviewed by Gerald Gunderson on July 28, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Cox, Howard
- The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945
- by Howard Cox
- reviewed by Geoffrey Tweedale on March 1, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Coyle, Diane
- The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters
- by Diane Coyle
- reviewed by John A. MacDonald on September 21, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Craig, Lee A.
- The European Macroeconomy: Growth, Integration and Cycles 1500-1913
- by Lee A. Craig and Douglas Fisher
- reviewed by Stephen N. Broadberry on October 31, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States
- by Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and Jack W. Wilson
- reviewed by Price Fishback on October 10, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Cronin, Bernard
- Technology, Industrial Conflict and the Development of Technical Education in Nineteenth-Century England
- by Bernard Cronin
- reviewed by Michael Sanderson on July 19, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Crouzet, François
- A History of the European Economy, 1000-2000
- by François Crouzet
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Liebowitz on May 9, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Crowley, Jocelyn Elise
- The Politics of Child Support in America
- by Jocelyn Elise Crowley
- reviewed by Stephen T. Ziliak on March 24, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Crumley, Carole L.
- The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic
- by Alf Hornborg and Carole L. Crumley (editors)
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Cuff, Timothy
- The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania
- by Timothy Cuff
- reviewed by Lee A. Craig on November 14, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Cunfer, Geoff
- On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment
- by Geoff Cunfer
- reviewed by Matthew T. Gregg on April 24, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Cunningham, Robert M. Jr.
- The Blues: A History of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System
- by Robert Cunningham III and Robert M. Jr. Cunningham
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on June 22, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Cunningham III, Robert
- The Blues: A History of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System
- by Robert Cunningham III and Robert M. Jr. Cunningham
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on June 22, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Cutler, Jonathan
- Labor's Time: Shorter Hours, the UAW, and the Struggle for American Unionism
- by Jonathan Cutler
- reviewed by Lawrence W. Boyd on April 22, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Dale, Richard
- The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble
- by Richard Dale
- reviewed by Larry Neal on March 4, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dalzell, Frederick
- Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
- by Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell and Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Michael Landry on June 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Daniel, Clete
- Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States
- by Clete Daniel
- reviewed by Lawrence Richards on June 21, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Daniels, Roger
- Debating American Immigration, 1882 - Present
- by Roger Daniels and Otis L. Graham
- reviewed by Barry R. Chiswick on October 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Dardi, Marco
- The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall
- by Tiziano Raffaelli, Giacomo Becattini and Marco Dardi (editors)
- reviewed by David Andrews on September 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Darity Jr., William A.
- Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States since 1945
- by William A. Darity Jr. and Samuel L. Myers Jr.
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on February 15, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Daunton, Martin
- Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799-1914
- by Martin Daunton
- reviewed by Hugh Pemberton on March 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979
- by Martin Daunton
- reviewed by Hugh Pemberton on March 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Davenport, Stewart
- Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians and Market Capitalism, 1815-1860
- by Stewart Davenport
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on September 24, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- David, Paul A.
- The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
- by Paul A. David and Mark P. Thomas (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on June 25, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Davids, Karel
- The Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership: Technology, Economy, and Culture in the Netherlands, 1350–1800
- by Karel Davids
- reviewed by William TeBrake on March 5, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Davies, R. W.
- Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev
- by R. W. Davies
- reviewed by Paul R. Gregory on April 26, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Davis, Lance E.
- In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906
- by Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman and Karen Gleiter
- reviewed by Donald G. Paterson on August 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1865-1914
- by Lance E. Davis and Robert E. Gallman
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on May 7, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Davis, Tracy C.
- The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914
- by Tracy C. Davis
- reviewed by Pam Pilbeam on July 25, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Davis, John B.
- A Companion to the History of Economic Thought
- by Warren J. Samuels, Jeff F. Biddle and John B. Davis (editors)
- reviewed by Mauro Boianovsky on December 5, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Davis, Timothy
- Ricardo's Macroeconomics: Money, Trade Cycles, and Growth
- by Timothy Davis
- reviewed by James C.W. Ahiakpor on September 22, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Davis, Lance E.
- Institutional Change and American Economic Growth
- by Lance E. Davis and Douglass C. North
- reviewed by Cynthia Taft Morris on November 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dawidoff, Nicholas
- The Fly Swatter: How My Grandfather Made His Way in the World
- by Nicholas Dawidoff
- reviewed by Carl Mosk on September 17, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dawson, Virginia P.
- Lincoln Electric: A History
- by Virginia P. Dawson
- reviewed by Daniel Nelson on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Dawson, Andrew
- Lives of the Philadelphia Engineers: Capital, Class and Revolution, 1830-1890
- by Andrew Dawson
- reviewed by Ken Fones-Wolf on August 24, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Day, Benjamin
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
- by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness (editors)
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 16, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Daynes, Byron D.
- The New Deal and Public Policy
- by Byron D. Daynes, William D. Pederson and Michael P. Riccards
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on April 5, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- de Haan, Jakob
- The History of the Bundesbank: Lessons for the European Central Bank
- by Jakob de Haan (editor)
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on August 22, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- de Jong, Herman J.
- Catching up Twice: The Nature of Dutch Industrial Growth during the Twentieth Century in a Comparative Perspective
- by Herman J. de Jong
- reviewed by Hein A.M. Klemann on May 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- De Marchi, Neil
- Economic Engagements with Art
- by Neil De Marchi and Craufurd D.W. Goodwin (editors)
- reviewed by Manuel Santos-Redondo on January 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- De Munck, Bert
- Learning on the Shop Floor: Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship
- by Bert De Munck, Steven L. Kaplan and Hugo Soly (editors)
- reviewed by Paul Ryan on September 20, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T)
- de Pablo, Juan Carlos
- La economía argentina en la segunda mitad del siglo XX
- by Juan Carlos de Pablo
- reviewed by Kurt Schuler on November 28, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- De Rosa, Luigi
- International Banking and Financial Systems: Evolution and Stability
- by Luigi De Rosa (editor)
- reviewed by David A. Zalewski on March 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- de Vries, Jan
- The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750
- by Jan de Vries
- reviewed by George Grantham on October 3, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present
- by Jan de Vries
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on May 27, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dean, Darron
- Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750
- by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
- reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Deane, Phyllis
- British Economic Growth, 1688-1959: Trends and Structure
- by Phyllis Deane and W. A. Cole
- reviewed by Knick Harley on September 18, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- DeFeo, Sarah
- 1896: The Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
- by Rebecca Edwards and Sarah DeFeo
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Degen, Robert A.
- The Triumph of Capitalism
- by Robert A. Degen
- reviewed by Joseph M. Santos on August 26, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- della Paolera, Gerardo
- Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935
- by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor
- reviewed by Peter Temin on May 2, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- A New Economic History of Argentina
- by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by David Rock on July 22, 2004
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- A New Economic History of Argentina
- by Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph S. Tulchin on February 17, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Derry, Margaret E.
- Horses in Society: A Story of Animal Breeding and Marketing Culture, 1800-1920
- by Margaret E. Derry
- reviewed by Mansel G. Blackford on September 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Military and War (O)
- DeVault, Ileen A.
- United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism
- by Ileen A. DeVault
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on March 8, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Devine, T.M.
- The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700
- by T.M. Devine, C.H. Lee and G.C. Peden (editors)
- reviewed by Christopher A Whatley on August 5, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Devroey, Jean-Pierre
- Économie rurale et société dans l'Europe franque (VI-IX siècles)
- by Jean-Pierre Devroey
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 4, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Puissants et misérables: Système social et monde paysan dans l'Europe des Francs (VI-IX siècles)
- by Jean-Pierre Devroey
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 4, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Diamond, Jared
- Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- by Jared Diamond
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on May 28, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Dick, Bernard F.
- Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood
- by Bernard F. Dick
- reviewed by Jonathan Snyder on October 19, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Dick, Howard W.
- Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000
- by Howard W. Dick
- reviewed by Heather Sutherland on October 21, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Dietl, Helmut
- Capital Markets and Corporate Governance in Japan, Germany and the United States: Organizational Response to Market Inefficiencies
- by Helmut Dietl
- reviewed by Hideaki Miyajima on October 19, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dighe, Ranjit S.
- The Historian's Wizard of Oz: Reading L. Frank Baum's Classic as a Political and Monetary Allegory
- by Ranjit S. Dighe (editor)
- reviewed by Timothy E. Sullivan on January 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- DiLorenzo, Thomas J.
- The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
- by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
- reviewed by Gerald Gunderson on September 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Dilworth, Richardson
- The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy
- by Richardson Dilworth
- reviewed by Ed Duggan on January 4, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Dimand, Robert
- The Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought
- by Robert Dimand and Chris Nyland (editors)
- reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on August 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dimand, Robert W.
- Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
- by Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos (editors)
- reviewed by Franck Jovanovic on May 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Dimson, Elroy
- Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
- by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
- reviewed by John A. James on August 28, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dinan, John J.
- The American State Constitutional Tradition
- by John J. Dinan
- reviewed by John J. Wallis on May 9, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dinhobl, Gunter
- Across the Borders: Financing the World's Railways in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Ralf Roth and Gunter Dinhobl (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on September 22, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Dixin, Xu
- Chinese Capitalism, 1522-1840
- by Xu Dixin and Wu Chengming
- reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on August 24, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Dome, Takuo
- The Political Economy of Public Finance in Britain, 1767-1873
- by Takuo Dome
- reviewed by Anthony Brewer on October 21, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Donahue, Brian
- The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord
- by Brian Donahue
- reviewed by Winifred Barr Rothenberg on December 23, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Donkin, R. A.
- Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices up to the Arrival of Europeans
- by R. A. Donkin
- reviewed by Gerrit Knaap on July 21, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
- Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Donohue, Kathleen G.
- Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Idea of the Consumer
- by Kathleen G. Donohue
- reviewed by Larry G. Gerber on June 8, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Donovan, Arthur
- The Abandoned Ocean: A History of United States Maritime Policy
- by Andrew Gibson and Arthur Donovan
- reviewed by Gordon Boyce on September 11, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Dorey, Peter
- British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964
- by Peter Dorey
- reviewed by Jim Phillips on October 6, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Dormois, Jean-Pierre
- The French Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Jean-Pierre Dormois
- reviewed by Marc Flandreau on July 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Dostaler, Gilles
- Keynes and His Battles
- by Gilles Dostaler
- reviewed by M. G. Hayes on August 23, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dougherty, Keith L.
- Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation
- by Keith L. Dougherty
- reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on April 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Dowd, Kevin
- Money and the Nation State: The Financial Revolution, Government and the World Monetary System
- by Kevin Dowd and Richard H. Timberlake Jr. (editors)
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on November 18, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dowie, Mark
- American Foundations: An Investigative History
- by Mark Dowie
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on July 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Income and Wealth (Q), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Downey, Gregory J.
- Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology and Geography, 1850-1950
- by Gregory J. Downey
- reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on November 4, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Downey, Tom
- Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790-1860
- by Tom Downey
- reviewed by Lawrence A. Peskin on January 25, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Drabble, John H.
- An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-1990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth
- by John H. Drabble
- reviewed by Charles Hirschman on July 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Drescher, Seymour
- A Historical Guide to World Slavery
- by Seymour Drescher and Stanley L. Engerman
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 28, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
- by Seymour Drescher
- reviewed by David M. Levy on November 6, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Drukker, J.W.
- De Revolutie die in Haar Eigen Staart Beet: Hoe de Economische Geschiedenis onze ideeën over Economische Groei veranderde
- by J.W. Drukker
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on September 5, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dryburgh, Paul R.
- The English Wool Market, c. 1230-1327
- by Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks and Paul R. Dryburgh
- reviewed by James M. Murray on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dublin, Thomas
- The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century
- by Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht
- reviewed by William Boal on April 20, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Dubofsky, Melvyn
- Hard Work: The Making of Labor History
- by Melvyn Dubofsky
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on June 15, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Duckenfield, Mark
- The Monetary History of Gold: A Documentary History, 1660-1999
- by Mark Duckenfield
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on December 14, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dudley, Leonard
- Information Revolutions in the History of the West
- by Leonard Dudley
- reviewed by Eric Jones on December 16, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 17th Century (5), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dunaway, Wilma
- Slavery in the American Mountain South
- by Wilma Dunaway
- reviewed by Jenny B. Wahl on October 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Dunn Jr., Walter S.
- The New Imperial Economy: The British Army and the New American Frontier, 1764-1768
- by Walter S. Dunn Jr.
- reviewed by John Shy on June 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Dutton, Paul V.
- Differential Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France
- by Paul V. Dutton
- reviewed by John Murray on July 12, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Duus, Masayo Umezawa
- The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920
- by Masayo Umezawa Duus
- reviewed by Edward D. Beechert on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Dwyer, John B.
- To Wire the World: Perry M. Collins and the North Pacific Telegraph Expedition
- by John B. Dwyer
- reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on January 14, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Dye, Alan B.
- Cuban Sugar in the Age of Mass Production: Technology and the Economics of the Sugar Central, 1899-1929
- by Alan B. Dye
- reviewed by Richard Salvucci on September 6, 1999
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Dyer, Christopher
- Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850-1520
- by Christopher Dyer
- reviewed by James Masschaele on September 9, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Dyer, Davis
- Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
- by Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell and Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Michael Landry on June 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Dyer, Christopher
- An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in the Later Middle Ages
- by Christopher Dyer
- reviewed by Joseph P. Huffman on December 13, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dyson, Kenneth
- Elusive Union: The Process of Economic and Monetary Union in Europe
- by Kenneth Dyson
- reviewed by Elaine Fuller on March 26, 1995
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Eakin, Marshall C.
- Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- by Marshall C. Eakin
- reviewed by Gail D. Triner on August 23, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Earle, Timothy
- Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies
- by Timothy Earle
- reviewed by Michael W. Graves on June 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), 16th Century (4), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Earle, Carville
- The American Way: A Geographical History of Crisis and Recovery
- by Carville Earle
- reviewed by Sukkoo Kim on September 12, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K)
- Easterlin, Richard A.
- Growth Triumphant: The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective
- by Richard A. Easterlin
- reviewed by Dora L. Costa on August 23, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography
- by Richard A. Easterlin
- reviewed by Lee A. Craig on November 30, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Eckes, Alfred E. Jr.
- Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776
- by Alfred E. Jr. Eckes
- reviewed by Bruce A. Khula on November 2, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Eckes Jr., Alfred E.
- Revisiting U.S. Trade Policy: Decisions in Perspective
- by Alfred E. Eckes Jr.
- reviewed by James Gerber on December 5, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Globalization and the American Century
- by Alfred E. Eckes Jr. and Thomas W. Zeiler
- reviewed by Wyatt Wells on March 1, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Edgell, Stephen
- Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought
- by Stephen Edgell
- reviewed by Donald Stabile on January 24, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Edling, Max M.
- A Revolution in Favor of Government: Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State
- by Max M. Edling
- reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on May 25, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Edwards, Rebecca
- 1896: The Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
- by Rebecca Edwards and Sarah DeFeo
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Edwards, Sebastian
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Egnal, Marc
- Divergent Paths: How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth
- by Marc Egnal
- reviewed by Leonard Carlson on August 18, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- New World Economies: The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada
- by Marc Egnal
- reviewed by Allan Kulikoff on August 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Eichengreen, Barry J.
- Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System
- by Barry J. Eichengreen
- reviewed by George Selgin on October 6, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Eichengreen, Barry
- Capital Flows and Crises
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on August 27, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Financial Crises and What to Do about Them
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on September 8, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies
- by Barry Eichengreen and Ricardo Hausmann (editors)
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on November 21, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Eichengreen, Barry J.
- Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods
- by Barry J. Eichengreen
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on March 21, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Eichengreen, Barry
- The European Economy since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Stephen Broadberry on May 23, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Eifler, Mark A.
- Gold Rush Capitalists: Greed and Growth in Sacramento
- by Mark A. Eifler
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 30, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Einaudi, Luca
- Money and Politics: European Monetary Unification and the International Gold Standard (1865-1873)
- by Luca Einaudi
- reviewed by Benjamin J. Cohen on January 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Einhorn, Robin
- American Taxation, American Slavery
- by Robin Einhorn
- reviewed by Jenny Wahl on August 9, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Einzig, Paul
- The History of Foreign Exchange
- by Paul Einzig
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on January 20, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ekelund Jr., Robert B.
- Secret Origins of Modern Microeconomics: Dupuit and the Engineers
- by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. and Robert F. Hebert
- reviewed by Marcel Boumans on July 13, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War
- by Mark Thornton and Robert B. Ekelund Jr.
- reviewed by David G. Surdam on April 14, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Marketplace of Christianity
- by Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Robert F. Hébert and Robert D. Tollison
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 29, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Elb, Martin M.
- Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of John H.A. Munro
- by Lawrin Armstrong, Ivana Elbl and Martin M. Elb (editors)
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on September 5, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Elbl, Ivana
- Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of John H.A. Munro
- by Lawrin Armstrong, Ivana Elbl and Martin M. Elb (editors)
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on September 5, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Ellmanand, Michael
- The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insiders' History
- by Michael Ellmanand and Vladimir Kontorovich (editors)
- reviewed by Perry L. Patterson on July 25, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Eloranta, Jari
- East-West Trade and the Cold War
- by Jari Eloranta and Jari Ojala (editors)
- reviewed by Martin C. Spechler on November 4, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Road to Prosperity: An Economic History of Finland
- by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta and Jukka Jalava (editors)
- reviewed by Lars Fredrik Andersson on June 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Eltis, David
- The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
- by David Eltis
- reviewed by Jan Hogendorn on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
- by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Coerced and Free Migrations: Global Perspectives
- by David Eltis (editor)
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on December 31, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Slavery in the Development of the Americas
- by David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on June 24, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Ely Jr., James W.
- Railroads and American Law
- by James W. Ely Jr.
- reviewed by Harvey G. Hudspeth on July 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Emmer, P.C.
- A Deus ex Machina Revisited: Atlantic Colonial Trade and European Economic Development
- by P.C. Emmer, O. Pétré-Grenouilleau and J.V. Roitman (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 3, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Endres, Anthony M.
- International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950
- by Anthony M. Endres and Grant A. Fleming
- reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on December 19, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Engelbourg, Saul
- John Stewart Kennedy: The Man Who Found the Money
- by Saul Engelbourg and Leonard Bushkoff
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 25, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Engene, Jan Oskar
- Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends since 1950
- by Jan Oskar Engene
- reviewed by S. Brock Blomberg on June 29, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Engerman, Stanley L.
- A Historical Guide to World Slavery
- by Seymour Drescher and Stanley L. Engerman
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 28, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume III: The Twentieth Century
- by Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman (editors)
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on March 28, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Terms of Labor: Slavery, Serfdom, and Free Labor
- by Stanley L. Engerman (editor)
- reviewed by Jonathan B. Pritchett on September 10, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
- by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Land Rights, Ethno-Nationality and Sovereignty in History
- by Stanley L. Engerman and Jacob Metzer (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Wishart on February 26, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery
- by Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman
- reviewed by Thomas Weiss on November 16, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Enthoven, Victor
- Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817
- by Johannes Postma and Victor Enthoven (editors)
- reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on June 28, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Epstein, S. R.
- Freedom and Growth: The Rise of States and Markets in Europe, 1300-1750
- by S. R. Epstein
- reviewed by Karl Gunnar Persson on February 15, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800
- by S. R. Epstein and Maarten Prak (editors)
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 17, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Erie, Steven P.
- Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
- by Steven P. Erie
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on December 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Erker, Paul
- Competition and Growth: A Contemporary History of the Continental AG
- by Paul Erker
- reviewed by Mansel G. Blackford on April 13, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Esquivel, Gerardo
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Evensky, Jerry
- Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture
- by Jerry Evensky
- reviewed by Sasan Fayazmanesh on January 10, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Faires, Nora
- Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region, 1650-1990
- by John J. Bukowczyk, Nora Faires, David R. Smith and Randy William Widdis
- reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on January 20, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Faue, Elizabeth
- Writing the Wrongs: Eva Valesh and the Rise of Labor Journalism
- by Elizabeth Faue
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on October 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Fearon, Peter
- Kansas in the Great Depression: Work Relief, the Dole and Rehabilitation
- by Peter Fearon
- reviewed by Todd Sorensen on November 5, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Federico, Giovanni
- An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830-1930
- by Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Philip Scranton on December 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- European Industrial Policy: The Twentieth-Century Experience
- by James Foreman-Peck and Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Francesca Fauri on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- The Growth of the Italian Economy 1820-1960
- by Jon Cohen and Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Brian A'Hearn on September 27, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000
- by Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Bruce Gardner on March 14, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Fehrenbacher, Don E.
- The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
- by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Ward M. McAfee
- reviewed by Donald F. Schaefer on April 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Feinstein, Charles H.
- Making History Count: A Primer in Quantitative Methods for Historians
- by Charles H. Feinstein and Mark Thomas
- reviewed by Walter D. Kamphoefner on March 5, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Feldenkirchen, Wilfried
- Werner von Siemens: Inventor and International Entrepreneur
- by Wilfried Feldenkirchen
- reviewed by Wilfried Feldenkirchen on November 29, 1994
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Ferguson, David J.
- The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
- by Thomas E. Hall and David J. Ferguson
- reviewed by Elmus Wicker on August 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ferguson, Niall
- The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
- by Niall Ferguson
- reviewed by Niv Horesh on July 31, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Fernández, Susan J.
- Encumbered Cuba: Capital Markets and Revolt, 1878-1895
- by Susan J. Fernández
- reviewed by Linda K. Salvucci on June 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ferrie, Joseph P.
- Yankeys Now: Immigrants in the Antebellum U.S.,1840-1860
- by Joseph P. Ferrie
- reviewed by Richard H. Steckel on August 4, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South 1865-1965
- by Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie
- reviewed by Craig Heinicke on December 7, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Fetherling, Douglas
- The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
- by Douglas Fetherling
- reviewed by Ralph Mann on May 19, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Fetter, Henry D.
- Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball, 1903-2003
- by Henry D. Fetter
- reviewed by Michael J. Haupert on May 5, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Field, Alexander J.
- Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
- by Alexander J. Field
- reviewed by Rick Szostak on June 13, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Findlay, Ronald
- Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
- by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
- reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History
- by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)
- reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
- by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O’Rourke
- reviewed by Şevket Pamuk on August 19, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Fine, Lisa M.
- The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.
- by Lisa M. Fine
- reviewed by Lawrence W. Boyd Jr. on August 12, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Finegold, Kenneth
- State and Party in America's New Deal
- by Kenneth Finegold and Theda Skocpol
- reviewed by Garry Young on March 18, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Finkelstein, Andrea
- Harmony and the Balance: An Intellectual History of Seventeenth-Century English Economic Thought
- by Andrea Finkelstein
- reviewed by Edward J. Harpham on June 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Finn, Margot C.
- The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740-1914
- by Margot C. Finn
- reviewed by Laura Ugolini on April 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Fischer, David Hackett
- The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
- by David Hackett Fischer
- reviewed by John H. Munro on February 24, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Fishback, Price
- A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
- by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Fishback et al, Price
- Government and the American Economy: A New History
- by Price Fishback et al (editor)
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on October 19, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Fisher, Glenn
- The Worst Tax? A History of the Property Tax in America
- by Glenn Fisher
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on June 4, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Fisher, Douglas
- The European Macroeconomy: Growth, Integration and Cycles 1500-1913
- by Lee A. Craig and Douglas Fisher
- reviewed by Stephen N. Broadberry on October 31, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Fishlow, Albert
- American Railroads and the Transformation of the Ante-bellum Economy
- by Albert Fishlow
- reviewed by John Majewski on September 25, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Fitzgerald, Robert
- Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 1862-1969
- by Robert Fitzgerald
- reviewed by John F. Wilson on August 21, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Fitzgerald, Deborah
- Every Farm a Factory: The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture
- by Deborah Fitzgerald
- reviewed by Bruce Gardner on June 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Flandreau, Marc
- International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy
- by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money Doctors: The Experience of Financial Advising, 1850-2000
- by Marc Flandreau (editor)
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on September 21, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Making of Global Finance, 1880-1913
- by Marc Flandreau and Frederic Zumer
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on February 1, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873
- by Marc Flandreau
- reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on December 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Fleischacker, Samuel
- On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Philosophical Companion
- by Samuel Fleischacker
- reviewed by Spencer J. Pack on July 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Fleming, Grant A.
- International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950
- by Anthony M. Endres and Grant A. Fleming
- reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on December 19, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Floud, Roderick
- Health and Welfare During the Industrial Revolution
- by Richard Steckel and Roderick Floud
- reviewed by Lee A. Craig on January 15, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Income and Wealth (Q)
- The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume III: Structural Change and Growth, 1939-2000
- by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Carreras on October 21, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Flynn, Dennis O.
- Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
- by Sally M. Miller, A. J. H. Latham and Dennis O. Flynn (editors)
- reviewed by Sumner La Croix on July 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Fogel, Robert William
- The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
- by Robert William Fogel
- reviewed by John Murray on April 9, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (e), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World
- by Robert William Fogel
- reviewed by Cormac Ó Gráda on October 19, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The Slavery Debates, 1952-1990: A Retrospective
- by Robert William Fogel
- reviewed by Leonard Carlson on February 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Fogel, Robert W.
- Railroads and American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History
- by Robert W. Fogel
- reviewed by Lance Davis on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Fogel, Robert William
- Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery
- by Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman
- reviewed by Thomas Weiss on November 16, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Fohlin, Caroline
- Finance Capitalism and Germany's Rise to Industrial Power
- by Caroline Fohlin
- reviewed by Carsten Burhop on September 14, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Foley, Duncan K.
- Adam's Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology
- by Duncan K. Foley
- reviewed by A. M. C. Waterman on November 21, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Fones-Wolf, Ken
- Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
- by Ken Fones-Wolf
- reviewed by Janet Irons on October 12, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Fontaine, Laurence
- L’économie morale, pauvreté, crédit et confiance dans l’Europe préindustrielle
- by Laurence Fontaine
- reviewed by Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur on January 12, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Foray, Dominique
- New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David
- by Cristiano Antonelli, Dominique Foray, Bronwyn H. Hall and W. Edward Steinmueller (editors)
- reviewed by James Bessen on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area:
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Force, Pierre
- Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science
- by Pierre Force
- reviewed by Gloria Vivenza on September 20, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Foreman-Peck, James
- Smith and Nephew in the Health Care Industry
- by James Foreman-Peck
- reviewed by Marvin Fischbaum on March 24, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- European Industrial Policy: The Twentieth-Century Experience
- by James Foreman-Peck and Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Francesca Fauri on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Formaini, Robert
- The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose: Economic Liberalism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
- by Mark Wynne, Harvey Rosenblum and Robert Formaini (editors)
- reviewed by Ranald Taylor and Robert Leeson on November 8, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Formisano, Ron
- The Great Lobster War
- by Ron Formisano
- reviewed by Debbie Mullin on March 25, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Forsyth, Douglas J.
- The Origins of National Financial Systems: Alexander Gerschenkron Reconsidered
- by Douglas J. Forsyth and Daniel Verdier (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on March 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Fouquet, Roger
- Heat, Power and Light: Revolutions in Energy Services
- by Roger Fouquet
- reviewed by Vaclav Smil on December 30, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Franch, John
- Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes
- by John Franch
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 2, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Francis, Mark
- Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life
- by Mark Francis
- reviewed by Sandra J. Peart on October 13, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Frank, Thomas
- The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism
- by Thomas Frank
- reviewed by David Cochran on February 11, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Frank, Zephyr L.
- Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
- by Zephyr L. Frank
- reviewed by Marshall C. Eakin on December 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q)
- Frank, Zephyr
- From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000
- by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal and Zephyr Frank (editors)
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on January 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Frankel, Jeffrey A.
- American Economic Policy in the 1990s
- by Jeffrey A. Frankel and Peter R. Orszag (editors)
- reviewed by William F. Shughart II on August 16, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Fraser, Monica Pohle
- East Meets West: Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire
- by Philip L. Cottrell, Monica Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser (editors)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on December 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Fraser, Iain L.
- East Meets West: Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire
- by Philip L. Cottrell, Monica Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser (editors)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on December 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Frazier, Tim
- Boss: Management Tips for Today from a Nineteenth Century Cattle Drive
- by Tim Frazier and Dana Frazier
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Frazier, Dana
- Boss: Management Tips for Today from a Nineteenth Century Cattle Drive
- by Tim Frazier and Dana Frazier
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Freeland, Robert F.
- The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970
- by Robert F. Freeland
- reviewed by Paul Robertson on March 28, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- French, Michael
- U.S. Economic History Since 1945
- by Michael French
- reviewed by Randy R. Grant on October 1, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Frey, Donald E.
- America’s Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics
- by Donald E. Frey
- reviewed by Samuel Gregg on September 24, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Freyer, Tony A.
- Antitrust and Global Capitalism, 1930-2004
- by Tony A. Freyer
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on October 10, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Friedman, Gerald
- State-Making and Labor Movements: France and the Unite dStates, 1876-1914
- by Gerald Friedman
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on February 20, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Friedman, Walter A.
- Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America
- by Walter A. Friedman
- reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on September 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Friedman, Milton
- A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
- by Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on January 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Friedman, Gerald
- Reigniting the Labor Movement: Restoring Means to Ends in a Democratic Labor Movement
- by Gerald Friedman
- reviewed by Hoyt N. Wheeler on August 28, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Frohman, Larry
- Poor Relief and Welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I
- by Larry Frohman
- reviewed by John E. Murray on April 16, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Frowen, Stephen
- Hayek: Economist and Social Philosopher, A Critical Retrospect
- by Stephen Frowen
- reviewed by Steven Horwitz on June 11, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Fruin, W. Mark
- Knowledge Works: Managing Intellectual Capital at Toshiba
- by W. Mark Fruin
- reviewed by Andrew Robertson on July 7, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Furlough, Ellen
- Consumers Against Capitalism? Consumer Cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840-1990
- by Ellen Furlough and Carl Strikwerda
- reviewed by Gerd-Rainer Horn on September 1, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gaddis, Vincent
- Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere: A Conceptual History, 1919-1933
- by Vincent Gaddis
- reviewed by Patrick D. Reagan on September 2, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gaggio, Dario
- In Gold We Trust: Social Capital and Economic Change in the Italian Jewelry Towns
- by Dario Gaggio
- reviewed by Hugo Ceron-Anaya on October 6, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Galambos, Louis
- Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
- by Louis Galambos and Jane E. Sewell
- reviewed by James H. Madison on November 18, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
- by Louis Galambos and Jane E. Sewell
- reviewed by Marvin Fischbaum on January 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
- by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
- reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Galenson, David W.
- Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art
- by David W. Galenson
- reviewed by Richard Agnello on May 31, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
- by David W. Galenson
- reviewed by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. on May 19, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Gallay, Alan
- The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717
- by Alan Gallay
- reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on April 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Gallman, Robert E.
- In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906
- by Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman and Karen Gleiter
- reviewed by Donald G. Paterson on August 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Gallman, F. Matthew
- Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855
- by F. Matthew Gallman
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on August 15, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Gallman, Robert E.
- The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume III: The Twentieth Century
- by Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman (editors)
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on March 28, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1865-1914
- by Lance E. Davis and Robert E. Gallman
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on May 7, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Gallup, John Luke
- Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
- by John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria and Eduardo Lora
- reviewed by Patrice Franko on January 13, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Gamber, Wendy
- The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860-1930
- by Wendy Gamber
- reviewed by Pamela Nickless on July 7, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Garb, Margaret
- City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919
- by Margaret Garb
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on May 1, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Garber, Peter M.
- Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias
- by Peter M. Garber
- reviewed by Charles P. Kindleberger on August 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gardella, Robert
- Contract and Property in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko and Robert Gardella (editors)
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gardner, Bruce L.
- American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost
- by Bruce L. Gardner
- reviewed by Julian M. Alston on June 27, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Gartner, Scott Sigmund
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Four: Economic Sectors
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Lee J. Alston on June 26, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume One: Population
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Trevon D. Logan on July 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Gauci, Perry
- The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720
- by Perry Gauci
- reviewed by Christian J. Koot on January 26, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gavin, Francis J.
- Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971
- by Francis J. Gavin
- reviewed by Harold James on January 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Gaviria, Alejandro
- Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
- by John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria and Eduardo Lora
- reviewed by Patrice Franko on January 13, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Gazeley, Ian
- Poverty in Britain, 1900-1965
- by Ian Gazeley
- reviewed by George R. Boyer on November 23, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Geanakoplos, John
- Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
- by Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos (editors)
- reviewed by Franck Jovanovic on May 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Geisst, Charles R.
- Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates
- by Charles R. Geisst
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on August 14, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Gelpi, Rosa-Maria
- The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices
- by Rosa-Maria Gelpi and François Julien-Labruyère
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 25, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Gerber, Larry G.
- The Irony of State Intervention: American Industrial Relations Policy in Comparative Perspective, 1914-1939
- by Larry G. Gerber
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on February 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Gerschenkron, Alexander
- Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays
- by Alexander Gerschenkron
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on February 14, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Ghazanfar, S.M.
- Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the Great Gap in European Economics
- by S.M. Ghazanfar (editor)
- reviewed by M. Umer Chapra on October 26, 2004
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Ghosh, Suman
- Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined
- by Suman Ghosh
- reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on August 5, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Gibson, Andrew
- The Abandoned Ocean: A History of United States Maritime Policy
- by Andrew Gibson and Arthur Donovan
- reviewed by Gordon Boyce on September 11, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Gibson, Bill
- Joan Robinson's Economics: A Centennial Celebration
- by Bill Gibson (editor)
- reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on November 13, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Gilbert, Erik
- Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970
- by Erik Gilbert
- reviewed by Abdul Sheriff on February 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Gillingham, John
- European Integration, 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy?
- by John Gillingham
- reviewed by Daniel Barbezat on April 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Giocoli, Nicola
- Modeling Rational Agents: From Interwar Economics to Early Modern Game Theory
- by Nicola Giocoli
- reviewed by Esther-Mirjam Sent on December 19, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Glaeser, Edward L.
- Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
- by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin (editors)
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on August 2, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Glaisyer, Natasha
- The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720
- by Natasha Glaisyer
- reviewed by David Hussey on July 5, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Glasner, David
- Business Cycles and Depressions: An Encyclopedia
- by David Glasner
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on September 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Gleiter , Karen
- In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906
- by Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman and Karen Gleiter
- reviewed by Donald G. Paterson on August 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Glickman, Lawrence B.
- A Living Wage
- by Lawrence B. Glickman
- reviewed by Richard Schneirov on July 3, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Glickstein, Jonathan A.
- American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition, and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
- by Jonathan A. Glickstein
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on December 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Go, Tian Kang
- American Commercial Banks in Corporate Finance, 1929-1941: A Study in Banking Concentration
- by Tian Kang Go
- reviewed by Paul B. Trescott on April 25, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Godley, Andrew
- Business History and Business Culture
- by Andrew Godley and Oliver M. Westall
- reviewed by Ernest Teagarden on March 31, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London, 1880-1914: Enterprise and Culture
- by Andrew Godley
- reviewed by Carmel U. Chiswick on June 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Goldgar, Anne
- Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
- by Anne Goldgar
- reviewed by Larry Neal on August 3, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Goldin, Claudia
- The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin and Eugene N. White
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on September 23, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
- by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin (editors)
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on August 2, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Race between Education and Technology
- by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
- reviewed by Peter H. Lindert on November 29, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Goldstein, Malcolm
- Landscape with Figures: A History of Art Dealing in the United States
- by Malcolm Goldstein
- reviewed by David W. Galenson on February 27, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Goldstein, Judith L.
- The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
- by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on January 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Gomes, Leonard
- The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review
- by Leonard Gomes
- reviewed by Lawrence Officer on August 14, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Goodwin, Craufurd D.W.
- Economic Engagements with Art
- by Neil De Marchi and Craufurd D.W. Goodwin (editors)
- reviewed by Manuel Santos-Redondo on January 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Gordon, Peter
- The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society
- by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Lester on November 26, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Gorman, Hugh S.
- Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
- by Hugh S. Gorman
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 17, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Gottesman, Aron
- Paul Samuelson: On Being an Economist
- by Michael Szenberg, Aron Gottesman and Lall Ramrattan
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 5, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Gottschang, Thomas R.
- Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
- by Thomas R. Gottschang and Diana Lary
- reviewed by Tim Wright on November 30, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Gourvish, Terry
- Japanese Success? British Failure? Comparisons in Business Performance since 1945
- by Etsuo Abe and Terry Gourvish (editors)
- reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 19, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business and Politics in Europe. 1900-1970: Essays in Honour of Alice Teichova
- by Terry Gourvish (editor)
- reviewed by Maurice Kirby on October 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Graham, Otis L.
- Debating American Immigration, 1882 - Present
- by Roger Daniels and Otis L. Graham
- reviewed by Barry R. Chiswick on October 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Grant, Michael Johnson
- Down and Out on the Family Farm: Rural Rehabilitation in the Great Plains, 1929-1945
- by Michael Johnson Grant
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on February 16, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Grant, H. Roger
- Rails through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad
- by H. Roger Grant
- reviewed by Bill Beck on April 6, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Grant, Oliver
- Migration and Inequality in Germany, 1870-1913
- by Oliver Grant
- reviewed by Simone A. Wegge on April 21, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Grassby, Richard
- The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution
- by Richard Grassby
- reviewed by Richard F. Teichgraeber on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740
- by Richard Grassby
- reviewed by Stephen Caunce on June 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Graumlich, Lisa J.
- Sustainability or Collapse? An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth
- by Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich and Will Steffen (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on October 26, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Gray, Michael P.
- The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
- by Michael P. Gray
- reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Green, E.H.H.
- The Strange Survival of Liberal England: Political Leaders, Moral Values and the Reception of Economic Debate
- by E.H.H. Green and D.M. Tanner (editors)
- reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on April 17, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Greene, Jack P.
- Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society
- by Jack P. Greene, Rosemary Brana-Shute and Randy J. Sparks (editors)
- reviewed by David Ryden on April 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Greenfeld, Liah
- The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth
- by Liah Greenfeld
- reviewed by Deepak Lal on February 17, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Greenlees, Janet
- Female Labour Power: Women Workers' Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780-1860
- by Janet Greenlees
- reviewed by Pamela J. Nickless on June 28, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Greenspan, Alan
- The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
- by Alan Greenspan
- reviewed by Alexander J. Field on December 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Gregg, Samuel
- Christian Theology and Market Economics
- by Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (editors)
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 8, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Gregor, Neil
- Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich
- by Neil Gregor
- reviewed by Alfred C. Mierzejewski on May 20, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Gregory, Paul R.
- The Political Economy of Stalinism: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives
- by Paul R. Gregory
- reviewed by Mark Harrison on July 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Economics of Forced Labor: The Soviet Gulag
- by Paul R. Gregory and Valery Lazarev (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Harrison on July 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Greif, Avner
- Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
- by Avner Greif
- reviewed by Philip T. Hoffman on August 7, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Griffin, Colin
- The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
- by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)
- reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Grimmer-Solem, Erik
- The Rise of Historical Economics and Social Reform in Germany, 1864-1894
- by Erik Grimmer-Solem
- reviewed by Nicholas W. Balabkins on September 28, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Grin, Gilles
- The Battle of the Single European Market: Achievements and Economic Thought, 1945-2000
- by Gilles Grin
- reviewed by John Gillingham on July 19, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Groenewegen, Peter
- A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism
- by Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
- reviewed by David Andrews on January 9, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Grossman, Peter Z.
- How Cartels Endure and How They Fail: Studies of Industrial Collusion
- by Peter Z. Grossman (editor)
- reviewed by Richard Sicotte on January 25, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Gruenwald, Kim M.
- River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850
- by Kim M. Gruenwald
- reviewed by Diane Lindstrom on January 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Gudmestad, Robert H.
- A Troublesome Commerce: The Transformation of the Interstate Slave Trade
- by Robert H. Gudmestad
- reviewed by Jonathan Pritchett on July 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Guidi, Marco E.L.
- Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)
- by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E.L. Guidi (editors)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on September 29, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Guillen, Mauro F.
- Building a Global Bank: The Transformation of Banco Santander
- by Mauro F. Guillen and Adrian Tschoegl
- reviewed by Joseph M. Santos on January 22, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Guinnane, Timothy W.
- The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
- by Timothy W. Guinnane
- reviewed by Henry A. Gemery on August 11, 1998
- Geographic area:
- Time period: 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Guinnane, Timothy
- History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change
- by Timothy Guinnane, William Sundstrom and Warren Whatley (editors)
- reviewed by Lance Davis on April 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Haber, Stephen
- Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America: Essays in Policy, History, and Political Economy
- by Stephen Haber (editor)
- reviewed by Anne Hanley on April 18, 2001
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth
- by Jeffrey L. Bortz and Stephen Haber (editors)
- reviewed by Philip Keefer on March 15, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929
- by Stephen Haber, Armando Razo and Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on May 21, 2004
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Political Institutions and Financial Development
- by Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (editors)
- reviewed by Claudia Rei on July 2, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hadden, Sally E.
- Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas
- by Sally E. Hadden
- reviewed by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on July 22, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Hafer, R. W.
- The Federal Reserve System: An Encyclopedia
- by R. W. Hafer
- reviewed by Daniel Giedeman on June 9, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Haines, Michael R.
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Four: Economic Sectors
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Lee J. Alston on June 26, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume One: Population
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Trevon D. Logan on July 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Hak, Gordon
- Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913
- by Gordon Hak
- reviewed by William Marr on November 29, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Haley, Evan W.
- Baetica Felix: People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus
- by Evan W. Haley
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Hall, Thomas E.
- The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
- by Thomas E. Hall and David J. Ferguson
- reviewed by Elmus Wicker on August 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Rotten Fruits of Economic Controls and the Rise from the Ashes, 1965-1989
- by Thomas E. Hall
- reviewed by J. Peter Ferderer on July 2, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Hall, Bronwyn H.
- New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David
- by Cristiano Antonelli, Dominique Foray, Bronwyn H. Hall and W. Edward Steinmueller (editors)
- reviewed by James Bessen on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area:
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Hamashita, Takeshi
- The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
- by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita and Mark Selden
- reviewed by Debin Ma on February 15, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hamilton, Neil A.
- American Business Leaders
- by Neil A. Hamilton
- reviewed by K. Austin Kerr on July 14, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Hamilton, Earl J.
- American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650
- by Earl J. Hamilton
- reviewed by John Munro on January 15, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Hammack, David C.
- Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader
- by David C. Hammack
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on April 10, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hammond, Theresa A.
- A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921
- by Theresa A. Hammond
- reviewed by Dale L. Flesher on September 23, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Hammond, J. Daniel
- Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence, 1945-1957
- by J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond (editors)
- reviewed by Craig Freedman on September 27, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hammond, Claire H.
- Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence, 1945-1957
- by J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond (editors)
- reviewed by Craig Freedman on September 27, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Handley, Susannah
- Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution
- by Susannah Handley
- reviewed by Michael Palairet on November 9, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hanlan, James P.
- Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor
- by Robert E. Weir and James P. Hanlan (editors)
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on December 2, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hanley, Susan B.
- Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture
- by Susan B. Hanley
- reviewed by Gail Honda on July 16, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hanley, Anne G.
- Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920
- by Anne G. Hanley
- reviewed by Gail D. Triner on March 9, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hann, Andrew
- Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750
- by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
- reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Hanna, Nelly
- Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean
- by Nelly Hanna (editor)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on August 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hannah, Leslie
- Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
- by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah
- reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hansen, Ejvind Damsgaard
- European Economic History: From Mercantilism to Maastricht and Beyond
- by Ejvind Damsgaard Hansen
- reviewed by Jaime Reis on September 26, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Hansen, Per H.
- European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945
- by Christopher Kobrak and Per H. Hansen (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Hanson, Philip
- The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR from 1945
- by Philip Hanson
- reviewed by Vladimir Kontorovich on October 17, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Hapke, Laura
- Labor’s Canvas: American Working-Class History and the WPA Art of the 1930s
- by Laura Hapke
- reviewed by Cameron M. Weber on May 13, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hardwick, M. Jeffrey
- Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream
- by M. Jeffrey Hardwick
- reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on April 2, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Harlaftis, Gelina
- Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)
- reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Harp, Stephen L.
- Marketing Michelin: Advertising and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century France
- by Stephen L. Harp
- reviewed by Esther Redmount on September 16, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Harper, Ian R.
- Christian Theology and Market Economics
- by Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (editors)
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 8, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Harris, Howell John
- Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940
- by Howell John Harris
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on October 12, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Harris, Ron
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Rande W. Kostal on June 13, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Timothy Alborn on June 14, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Harris, J. William
- Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation
- by J. William Harris
- reviewed by Nancy Virts on April 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Harris, Douglas C.
- Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on January 15, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Harris, Bernard
- The Origins of the British Welfare State: Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945
- by Bernard Harris
- reviewed by Mary MacKinnon on February 16, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Harris, Douglas C.
- Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 22, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Harrison, Mark
- The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison
- by Mark Harrison
- reviewed by Geofrey T. Mills on July 22, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- The Economics of World War I
- by Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 2, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Guns and Rubles: The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State
- by Mark Harrison (editor)
- reviewed by Steven Nafziger on December 15, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Hart, Michael
- A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization
- by Michael Hart
- reviewed by Bill Marr on August 13, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Hart, John Mason
- The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons
- by John Mason Hart
- reviewed by Edward Beatty on January 9, 2009
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hartford, William F.
- Where Is Our Responsibility? Unions and Economic Change in the New England Textile Industry, 1870-1960
- by William F. Hartford
- reviewed by Debbie Mullin on April 10, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Harvey, Charles
- Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK
- by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press
- reviewed by Hugo Cerón-Anaya on November 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Harwood Jr., Herbert H.
- Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
- by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on August 5, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Hatcher, John
- Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England's Economic Development
- by John Hatcher and Mark Bailey
- reviewed by Gary Richardson on March 17, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hatfield, April Lee
- Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century
- by April Lee Hatfield
- reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on September 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Hatton, Timothy J.
- The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact
- by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson
- reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on September 8, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance
- by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson
- reviewed by Drew Keeling on June 13, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
- by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Haulman, Clyde A.
- Virginia and the Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression and the Commonwealth
- by Clyde A. Haulman
- reviewed by James Karmel on June 25, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Haupert, Michael
- The Entertainment Industry
- by Michael Haupert
- reviewed by Gerben Bakker on April 26, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Hausmann, Ricardo
- Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies
- by Barry Eichengreen and Ricardo Hausmann (editors)
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on November 21, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hayami, Akira
- Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859
- by Akira Hayami, Osamu Saito and Ronald P. Toby (editors)
- reviewed by Carl Mosk on October 22, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hayek, F. A.
- The Road to Serfdom: Texts and Documents -- The Definitive Edition
- by F. A. Hayek
- reviewed by Steven Horwitz on June 11, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hayes Jr, Jack Irby
- South Carolina and the New Deal
- by Jack Irby Hayes Jr
- reviewed by Jim Couch on January 28, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Hebert, Robert F.
- Secret Origins of Modern Microeconomics: Dupuit and the Engineers
- by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. and Robert F. Hebert
- reviewed by Marcel Boumans on July 13, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Hébert, Robert F.
- The Marketplace of Christianity
- by Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Robert F. Hébert and Robert D. Tollison
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 29, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Heckscher, Eli F.
- Mercantilism
- by Eli F. Heckscher
- reviewed by John J. McCusker on December 4, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Heertje, Arnold
- Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism
- by Arnold Heertje
- reviewed by Mark W. Frank on August 23, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Heinrich, Thomas R.
- Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism
- by Thomas R. Heinrich
- reviewed by John K. Brown on August 12, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Heinzen, James W.
- Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the Transformation of Rural Russia, 1917-1929
- by James W. Heinzen
- reviewed by Stephen Wheatcroft on June 17, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Helleiner, Eric
- The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective
- by Eric Helleiner
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on September 26, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hellie, Richard
- The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725
- by Richard Hellie
- reviewed by Lindsey Hughes on January 19, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Helpman, Elhanan
- The Mystery of Economic Growth
- by Elhanan Helpman
- reviewed by George K. Davis on March 29, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Henderson, Willie
- Essays on the History of Economics
- by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Henley, David
- Smallholders and Stockbreeders: Histories of Foodcrop and Livestock Farming in Southeast Asia
- by Peter Boomgaard and David Henley (editors)
- reviewed by Frans D. Huijzendveld on September 14, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia
- by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (editors)
- reviewed by S. Nawiyanto on August 18, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hennock, E. P.
- The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared
- by E. P. Hennock
- reviewed by Bernard Harris on August 25, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Henriksson, Rolf G.H.
- Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History
- by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)
- reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Herrigel, Gary
- Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power
- by Gary Herrigel
- reviewed by Ronald A. Shearer on January 29, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Hessler, Julie
- A Social History of Soviet Trade: Trade Policy, Retail Practices, and Consumption, 1917-53
- by Julie Hessler
- reviewed by Valery Lazarev on January 12, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hetzel, Robert L.
- The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History
- by Robert L. Hetzel
- reviewed by Gary Richardson on December 3, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Heywood, Anthony
- Modernising Lenin's Russia: Economic Reconstruction, Foreign Trade, and the Railways, 1917-1924
- by Anthony Heywood
- reviewed by Oliver Hayward on September 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Higgens-Evenson, R. Rudy
- The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929
- by R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on November 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Higgs, Robert
- Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy
- by Robert Higgs
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on July 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- High, Steven
- Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984
- by Steven High
- reviewed by Robert M. Schwab on September 25, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hikino, Takashi
- The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
- by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
- reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Hill, Jeff
- The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
- by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)
- reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hill, Daniel Delis
- Advertising to the American Woman, 1900-1999
- by Daniel Delis Hill
- reviewed by Bryan Wuthrich on August 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Hill, Peter J.
- The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier
- by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill
- reviewed by Frank D. Lewis on January 6, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hilton, Matthew
- Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement
- by Matthew Hilton
- reviewed by Lawrence Black on September 17, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Hindman, Hugh D.
- Child Labor: An American History
- by Hugh D. Hindman
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on July 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hinds, Manuel
- Money, Markets, and Sovereignty
- by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds
- reviewed by George Selgin on November 4, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hodgson, Geoffrey M.
- Evolution and Institutions: On Evolutionary Economics and the Evolution of Economics
- by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- reviewed by Anne Mayhew on September 26, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science
- by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- reviewed by Julian Reiss on December 24, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Evolution of Institutional Economics: Agency, Structure and Darwinism in American Institutionalism
- by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- reviewed by Sherry Davis Kasper on January 20, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx: Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes
- by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- reviewed by Gary Mongiovi on March 24, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hoerder, Dirk
- Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium
- by Dirk Hoerder
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on April 21, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Hoffman, Ronald
- Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782
- by Ronald Hoffman
- reviewed by Evan Haefeli on January 19, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hoffman, Philip T.
- Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870
- by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
- reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 11, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hoffman, Beatrix
- The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America
- by Beatrix Hoffman
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on July 10, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Hoffman, Philip T.
- Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
- by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Financial Markets
- by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on July 30, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hoffmann, Susan
- Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation of Financial Institutions
- by Susan Hoffmann
- reviewed by Michael R. McAvoy on June 3, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hofman, André
- The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century
- by André Hofman
- reviewed by Noel Maurer on October 13, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Hoig, Stan
- The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade
- by Stan Hoig
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 8, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Holcombe, Randall G.
- From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government
- by Randall G. Holcombe
- reviewed by John Dinan on May 21, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Holl, Richard E.
- From Boardroom to the War Room: America's Corporate Liberals and FDR's Preparedness Program
- by Richard E. Holl
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on November 7, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- Hollander, Samuel
- Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism
- by Samuel Hollander
- reviewed by Maria de Fátima Brandão on December 16, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Holley, Donald
- The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration, and How They Shaped the Modern South
- by Donald Holley
- reviewed by Craig Heinicke on March 26, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Holmgren, Beth
- Rewriting Capitalism: Literature and the Market in Late Tsarist Russia and the Kingdom of Poland
- by Beth Holmgren
- reviewed by Robert E. Blobaum on June 23, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Holt, Sharon Ann
- Making Freedom Pay: North Carolina Freedpeople Working for Themselves, 1864-1900
- by Sharon Ann Holt
- reviewed by Nancy Virts on May 21, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Holtfrerich, Carl-Ludwig
- The Emergence of Modern Central Banking from 1918 to the Present
- by Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Jaime Reis and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Toma on July 13, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy
- by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Holton, Woody
- Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia
- by Woody Holton
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on February 15, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Honeyman, Katrina
- Child Workers in England, 1780-1820: Parish Apprentices and the Making of the Early Industrial Labour Force
- by Katrina Honeyman
- reviewed by Pamela Sharpe on October 6, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hont, Istvan
- Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective
- by Istvan Hont
- reviewed by Stephen Meardon on October 17, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Hood, Adrienne D.
- The Weaver's Craft: Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania
- by Adrienne D. Hood
- reviewed by Kris Inwood on July 1, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Hoover, Kenneth R.
- Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek, and the Creation of Contemporary Politics
- by Kenneth R. Hoover
- reviewed by Steven Horwitz on April 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hoover, Dwight W.
- A Good Day's Work: An Iowa Farm in the Great Depression
- by Dwight W. Hoover
- reviewed by Alan G. Bogue on October 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Hopcroft, Rosemary L.
- Regions, Institutions and Agrarian Change in European History
- by Rosemary L. Hopcroft
- reviewed by George Grantham on September 13, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hopkins, Bruce R.
- Four Books on Philanthropy
- by Bruce R. Hopkins, Jody Blazek, D. Benson Tesdahl, Lester M. Salamon and Judith Sealander
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on May 5, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Horesh, Niv
- Shanghai's Bund and Beyond: British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937
- by Niv Horesh
- reviewed by Richard C. K. Burdekin on October 29, 2009
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Horn, Jeff
- The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization and in the Age of Revolution
- by Jeff Horn
- reviewed by Noel D. Johnson on May 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Industrial Revolution: Milestones in Business History
- by Jeff Horn
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on January 21, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Hornborg, Alf
- The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic
- by Alf Hornborg and Carole L. Crumley (editors)
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Horwitz, Morton J.
- The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
- by Morton J. Horwitz
- reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on April 12, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Howard, Vicki
- Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition
- by Vicki Howard
- reviewed by Janice M. Traflet on February 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Howe, Anthony
- Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays
- by Anthony Howe and Simon Morgan (editors)
- reviewed by Leonard P. Liggio on July 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Howe, Daniel Walker
- What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
- by Daniel Walker Howe
- reviewed by Jenny Wahl on September 22, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Howell, Chris
- Trade Unionism and the State: The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000
- by Chris Howell
- reviewed by James W. Stitt on January 8, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Huberman, Michael
- Escape from the Market: Negotiating Work in Lancashire
- by Michael Huberman
- reviewed by Susan Wolcott on December 1, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hudnut-Beumler, James
- In Pursuit of the Almighty's Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism
- by James Hudnut-Beumler
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on June 22, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Hudson, Pat
- Living Economic and Social History
- by Pat Hudson (editor)
- reviewed by Simon Ville on March 15, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Huener, Jonathan
- Business and Industry in Nazi Germany
- by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Hughes, Thomas
- L'électricité en réseaux: Networks of Power
- by Thomas Hughes
- reviewed by John Neufeld on June 22, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Hull, Gary
- The Abolition of Antitrust
- by Gary Hull (editor)
- reviewed by John Howard Brown on October 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hunnicutt, Benjamin Kline
- Kellogg's Six-Hour Day
- by Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on September 11, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Hunter, Janet E.
- The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000
- by Janet E. Hunter and S. Sugiyama (editors)
- reviewed by John Wilson on February 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Hurtado, Albert L.
- John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier
- by Albert L. Hurtado
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on September 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Huston, James L.
- Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War
- by James L. Huston
- reviewed by Jenny B. Wahl on March 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Huzel, James P.
- The Popularization of Malthus in Early Nineteenth-Century England: Martineau, Cobbett and the Pauper Press
- by James P. Huzel
- reviewed by David M. Levy on March 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Hyde, Charles K.
- Copper for America: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s
- by Charles K. Hyde
- reviewed by Roger Burt on August 11, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Ilic, Melanie
- Stalin's Terror Revisited
- by Melanie Ilic (editor)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on January 4, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Inikori, Joseph E.
- Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development
- by Joseph E. Inikori
- reviewed by Kevin H. O'Rourke on October 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Inkster, Ian
- The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
- by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)
- reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H.
- Public Enterprise Revisited: A Closer Look at the 1954-79 UK Labour Productivity Record
- by Chrisafis H. Iordanoglou
- reviewed by Stephen N. Broadberry on May 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Irons, Janet
- Testing the New Deal: The General Textile Strike of 1934 in the American South
- by Janet Irons
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on April 30, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Irwin, Douglas
- Against the Tide
- by Douglas Irwin
- reviewed by J. Bradford De Long on January 6, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Isenberg, Andrew C.
- The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920
- by Andrew C. Isenberg
- reviewed by Richard DePolt on June 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Isett, Christopher Mills
- State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862
- by Christopher Mills Isett
- reviewed by Peer Vries on August 10, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jacobs, Meg
- Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
- by Meg Jacobs
- reviewed by Robert Collins on July 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jacobs, James B.
- Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
- by James B. Jacobs
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jacobson, Charles David
- Ties That Bind: Economic and Political Dilemmas of Urban Utility Networks, 1800-1990
- by Charles David Jacobson
- reviewed by Hugh Gorman on December 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Jacoby, Sanford M.
- Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal
- by Sanford M. Jacoby
- reviewed by Edward Berkowitz on February 28, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jacoby, Daniel
- Laboring for Freedom: A New Look at the History of Labor in America
- by Daniel Jacoby
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on November 16, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Jacoby, Sanford M.
- Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal
- by Sanford M. Jacoby
- reviewed by Michael Huberman on March 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jakle, John A.
- The Gas Station in America
- by John A. Jakle and Kieth A. Sculle
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on May 16, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Jalava, Jukka
- The Road to Prosperity: An Economic History of Finland
- by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta and Jukka Jalava (editors)
- reviewed by Lars Fredrik Andersson on June 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- James, Harold
- The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression
- by Harold James
- reviewed by Tim Hatton on January 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy
- by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Europe Reborn: A History, 1914-2000
- by Harold James
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on April 23, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Janssens, Paul
- European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites: Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development, 15th-18th Centuries
- by Paul Janssens and Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla (editors)
- reviewed by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal on March 20, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Jardine, Lisa
- Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
- by Lisa Jardine
- reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on July 7, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ji, Zhaojin
- A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
- by Zhaojin Ji
- reviewed by Catherine Schenk on October 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Johansen, Bruce E.
- The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History
- by Bruce E. Johansen
- reviewed by David M. Wishart on July 19, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- John, Richard R.
- Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
- by Richard R. John
- reviewed by Mary K. McGuire on August 27, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Johnson, Walter
- Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
- by Walter Johnson
- reviewed by Robert Wolff on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
- by Walter Johnson
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on June 15, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Johnson, David
- World War II and the Scramble for Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1948
- by David Johnson
- reviewed by Laird Jones on December 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Johnson, Russell L.
- Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City
- by Russell L. Johnson
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Johnson, Jeffrey Allan
- German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
- by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
- reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Johnson, Paul
- The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume III: Structural Change and Growth, 1939-2000
- by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Carreras on October 21, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Johnson, Kirk D.
- Essays on the History of Economics
- by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Johnson, Marianne
- Essays on the History of Economics
- by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Johnston, Russell
- Selling Themselves: The Emergence of Canadian Advertising
- by Russell Johnston
- reviewed by George Emery on February 23, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Jones, Geoffrey
- The Evolution of International Business: An Introduction
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Graham D. Taylor on July 10, 1996
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on August 22, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Jones, Eric L.
- The Record of Global Economic Development
- by Eric L. Jones
- reviewed by Morris Altman on March 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, Geoffrey
- Business History around the World
- by Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones (editors)
- reviewed by William H. Becker on January 13, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Jones, Eric L.
- Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture
- by Eric L. Jones
- reviewed by Avner Greif on July 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, David W.
- Mass Motorization and Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis
- by David W. Jones
- reviewed by James A. Dunn Jr. on December 24, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Jonung, Lars
- Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
- by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
- reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions
- by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Jordan, Louis
- John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage
- by Louis Jordan
- reviewed by Ron Michener on February 4, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Joseph, Richard J.
- The Origins of the American Income Tax: The Revenue Act of 1894 and Its Aftermath
- by Richard J. Joseph
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on September 28, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Josling, Timothy E.
- The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
- by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on January 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Julien-Labruyère, François
- The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices
- by Rosa-Maria Gelpi and François Julien-Labruyère
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 25, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Kähkönen, Satu
- A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies
- by Mancur Olson and Satu Kähkönen (editors)
- reviewed by John Adams on March 7, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Kahn, Matthew E.
- Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War
- by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn
- reviewed by Marianne Wanamaker on September 8, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kanigel, Robert
- The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
- by Robert Kanigel
- reviewed by Hindy Lauer Schachter on November 10, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Kano, Hiroyoshi
- Indonesian Exports, Peasant Agriculture and the World Economy, 1850-2000: Economic Structures in a Southeast Asian State
- by Hiroyoshi Kano
- reviewed by Pierre van der Eng on November 5, 2009
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Kantor, Shawn Everett
- Politics and Property Rights: The Closing of the Open Range in the Postbellum South
- by Shawn Everett Kantor
- reviewed by Dennis Halcoussis on August 13, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Kantor, Shawn
- A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
- by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Kaplan, Edward S.
- Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922
- by Edward S. Kaplan and Thomas W. Ryley
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- American Trade Policy, 1923-1995
- by Edward S. Kaplan
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Bank of the United States and the American Economy
- by Edward S. Kaplan
- reviewed by Clair E. Morris on September 20, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Kaplan, Herbert H.
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years, 1806-1816
- by Herbert H. Kaplan
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- Kaplan, Steven L.
- Learning on the Shop Floor: Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship
- by Bert De Munck, Steven L. Kaplan and Hugo Soly (editors)
- reviewed by Paul Ryan on September 20, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Karlinsky, Nahum
- California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939
- by Nahum Karlinsky
- reviewed by Paul Rhode on November 14, 2006
- Geographic area: Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kasper, Sherryl Davis
- The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory: A Case Study of the Pioneers
- by Sherryl Davis Kasper
- reviewed by Roger W. Garrison on April 22, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Kasuya, Makoto
- Coping with Crisis: International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period
- by Makoto Kasuya (editor)
- reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on December 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Kates, Steven
- Two Hundred Years of Say's Law: Essays on Economic Theory's Most Controversial Principle
- by Steven Kates (editor)
- reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on November 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Katz, Lawrence F.
- The Race between Education and Technology
- by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
- reviewed by Peter H. Lindert on November 29, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Kauffman, Kyle D.
- Advances in Agricultural Economic History, Vol.1, New Frontiers in Agricultural History
- by Kyle D. Kauffman (editor)
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Kaufman, Jason
- For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity
- by Jason Kaufman
- reviewed by David T. Beito on February 18, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kawakatsu, Heita
- Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
- by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu (editors)
- reviewed by Peter Perdue on March 29, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Kelly, Patrick J.
- Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans' Welfare State 1860-1900
- by Patrick J. Kelly
- reviewed by Dora L. Costa on January 21, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Kemp, Kathryn W.
- God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
- by Kathryn W. Kemp
- reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on January 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Kennedy, Margaret A.
- The Whiskey Trade of the Northwestern Plains: A Multidisciplinary Study
- by Margaret A. Kennedy
- reviewed by Steven D. Swearingin on July 10, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kenzer, Robert C.
- Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success in North Carolina, 1865-1915
- by Robert C. Kenzer
- reviewed by John Sibley Butler on April 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kerr, K. Austin
- BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995
- by K. Austin Kerr and Mansel G. Blackford
- reviewed by Kenneth L. Simons on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Kerridge, Eric
- Usury, Interest and the Reformation
- by Eric Kerridge
- reviewed by Norman Jones on December 29, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kersten, Andrew Edmund
- Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46
- by Andrew Edmund Kersten
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 19, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kessler-Harris, Alice
- In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
- by Alice Kessler-Harris
- reviewed by Joyce P. Jacobsen on June 26, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Khan, B. Zorina
- The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920
- by B. Zorina Khan
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 30, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Khurana, Rakesh
- From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
- by Rakesh Khurana
- reviewed by Donald R. Stabile on November 12, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Kim, Eum Mee
- Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korea, 1960-1990
- by Eum Mee Kim
- reviewed by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini on December 2, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Kindleberger, Charles P.
- Essays in History: Financial, Economic, Personal
- by Charles P. Kindleberger
- reviewed by David Glasner on March 8, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- King, Steven
- Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution
- by Steven King and Geoffrey Timmins
- reviewed by Katrina Honeyman on September 21, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective
- by Steven King
- reviewed by Stephen Ziliak on October 24, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- King, J.E.
- A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
- by J.E. King (editor)
- reviewed by Steven Kates on March 17, 2008
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Kinney, Thomas A.
- The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
- by Thomas A. Kinney
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on August 1, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Kirshner, Jonathan
- Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War
- by Jonathan Kirshner
- reviewed by Richard C.K. Burdekin on April 27, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- Klausen, Jytte
- War and Welfare: Europe and the United States, 1945 to the Present
- by Jytte Klausen
- reviewed by David Coates on September 5, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Klein, Maury
- The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
- by Maury Klein
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 29, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Klein, Herbert S.
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
- by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Klein, Maury
- Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929
- by Maury Klein
- reviewed by Robert Zevin on February 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Klein, Jennifer
- For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
- by Jennifer Klein
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on August 26, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Klein, Herbert S.
- Slavery and the Economy of Sao Paolo, 1750-1850
- by Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by James Oakes on May 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Klein, Maury
- The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
- by Maury Klein
- reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on December 12, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Kleinberg, S. J.
- Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939
- by S. J. Kleinberg
- reviewed by Carolyn M. Moehling on June 7, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Kliman, Andrew
- Reclaiming Marx’s Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency
- by Andrew Kliman
- reviewed by David Kristjanson-Gural on September 23, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Knaap, Gerrit
- Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar
- by Gerrit Knaap and Heather Sutherland
- reviewed by Om Prakash on October 31, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Knoedler, Janet T.
- Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism
- by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch and Dell P. Champlin (editors)
- reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on November 7, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Knoop, Todd A.
- Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles
- by Todd A. Knoop
- reviewed by David Glasner on October 12, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Knowles, Anne Kelly
- Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier
- by Anne Kelly Knowles
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on March 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Kobrak, Christopher
- European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945
- by Christopher Kobrak and Per H. Hansen (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present
- by Christopher Kobrak
- reviewed by Richard Tilly on April 30, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Koistinen, Paul A.C.
- Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945
- by Paul A.C. Koistinen
- reviewed by Christopher Tassava on January 7, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Komlos, John
- The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
- by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
- reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Kontorovich, Vladimir
- The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insiders' History
- by Michael Ellmanand and Vladimir Kontorovich (editors)
- reviewed by Perry L. Patterson on July 25, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Kotilaine, J. T.
- Russia's Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World
- by J. T. Kotilaine
- reviewed by Valéry Lazarev on April 28, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Kotsonis, Yanni
- Making Peasants Backward: Managing Populations in Russian Agricultural Cooperatives, 1861-1914
- by Yanni Kotsonis
- reviewed by Oliver Hayward on May 12, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Krainz, Thomas A.
- Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West
- by Thomas A. Krainz
- reviewed by Dawn Saunders on April 12, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Krieckhaus, Jonathan
- Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery
- by Jonathan Krieckhaus
- reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on October 4, 2006
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Kulikoff, Allan
- From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers
- by Allan Kulikoff
- reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on September 7, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kuran, Timur
- Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism
- by Timur Kuran
- reviewed by Frederic L. Pryor on August 23, 2004
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Kuznets, Simon
- Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread
- by Simon Kuznets
- reviewed by Richard A. Easterlin on October 29, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Kwolek-Folland, Angel
- Incorporating Women: A History of Women and Business in the United States
- by Angel Kwolek-Folland
- reviewed by Mary A. Yeager on April 1, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Lachmann, Richard
- Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe
- by Richard Lachmann
- reviewed by Eric Jones on January 2, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy
- The Peasants of Languedoc
- by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
- reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on December 12, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe
- Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities
- by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on August 30, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Laidler, David
- Fabricating the Keynesian Revolution: Studies of the Inter-war Literature on Money, the Cycle, and Unemployment
- by David Laidler
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Macroeconomics in Retrospect: The Selected Essays of David Laidler
- by David Laidler
- reviewed by John H. Wood on February 10, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Laiou, Angeliki E.
- The Byzantine Economy
- by Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson
- reviewed by Timothy E. Gregory on October 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Laird, Pamela Walker
- Advertising Progress: American Business and the Rise of Consumer Marketing
- by Pamela Walker Laird
- reviewed by Jonathan Silva on December 3, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Pull: Networking and Success since Benjamin Franklin
- by Pamela Walker Laird
- reviewed by Laura J. Owen on July 18, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Lakwete, Angela
- Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America
- by Angela Lakwete
- reviewed by William H. Phillips on April 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lal, Deepak
- Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-run Economic Performance
- by Deepak Lal
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on December 21, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order
- by Deepak Lal
- reviewed by Jack A. Goldstone on February 24, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lamoreaux, Naomi R.
- Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries
- by Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Daniel M. G. Raff and Peter Temin
- reviewed by Henry A. Gemery on February 15, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Financing Innovation in the United States: 1870 to the Present
- by Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Charles W. Calomiris on July 17, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Lanaro, Paola
- At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland, 1400-1800
- by Paola Lanaro (editor)
- reviewed by on July 23, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Landers, Jane G.
- Colonial Plantations and Economy in Florida
- by Jane G. Landers (editor)
- reviewed by Russell R. Menard on March 19, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Landes, David S.
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Are Some So Rich and Others So Poor
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by J. Bradford De Long on April 6, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by Peter Temin on February 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on April 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lane, Penelope
- Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
- by Penelope Lane, Neil Raven and K. D. M. Snell (editors)
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on March 2, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Langdon, John
- Mills in the Medieval Economy: England, 1300-1540
- by John Langdon
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on January 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Langlois, Richard N.
- The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler and the New Economy
- by Richard N. Langlois
- reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 6, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Larson, John Lauritz
- Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States
- by John Lauritz Larson
- reviewed by John Majewski on July 23, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age
- by John Lauritz Larson
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on June 14, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Lary, Diana
- Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria
- by Thomas R. Gottschang and Diana Lary
- reviewed by Tim Wright on November 30, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Latham, A. J. H.
- Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
- by Sally M. Miller, A. J. H. Latham and Dennis O. Flynn (editors)
- reviewed by Sumner La Croix on July 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Latham, A.J.H.
- Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
- by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu (editors)
- reviewed by Peter Perdue on March 29, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lauck, Jon
- American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980
- by Jon Lauck
- reviewed by Bruce Gardner on June 12, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980
- by Jon Lauck
- reviewed by Saker Woeste on July 5, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Laurent, John
- Henry George's Legacy in Economic Thought
- by John Laurent (editor)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on May 12, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Lazarev, Valery
- The Economics of Forced Labor: The Soviet Gulag
- by Paul R. Gregory and Valery Lazarev (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Harrison on July 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Le Breton-Miller, Isabel
- Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses
- by Danny Miller and Isabel Le Breton-Miller
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on August 8, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Lebergott, Stanley
- Manpower in Economic Growth: The American Record since 1800
- by Stanley Lebergott
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 27, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Lecuyer, Christophe
- Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970
- by Christophe Lecuyer
- reviewed by Glenn Bugos on February 5, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lederman, Daniel
- The Political Economy of Protection: Theory and the Chilean Experience
- by Daniel Lederman
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on January 28, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
- by Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lee, C.H.
- The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700
- by T.M. Devine, C.H. Lee and G.C. Peden (editors)
- reviewed by Christopher A Whatley on August 5, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lees, Lynn Hollen
- The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948
- by Lynn Hollen Lees
- reviewed by George R. Boyer on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Leeson, Robert
- Ideology and the International Economy: The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods
- by Robert Leeson
- reviewed by Peter B. Kenen on August 2, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Keynes, Chicago and Friedman
- by Robert Leeson
- reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on February 2, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Leeson, Peter T.
- The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
- by Peter T. Leeson
- reviewed by Daniel K. Benjamin on October 3, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Legarda, Benito J.
- After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
- by Benito J. Legarda
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 2, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Leidenberger, Georg
- Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars
- by Georg Leidenberger
- reviewed by David J. St. Clair on October 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Leiken, Steven
- The Practical Utopians: American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age
- by Steven Leiken
- reviewed by Ken Fones-Wolf on March 30, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- LePatner, Barry B.
- Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry
- by Barry B. LePatner
- reviewed by Richard Vedder on September 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Lescent-Giles, Isabelle
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Lesger, Clé
- The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange: Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c. 1550-1630
- by Clé Lesger
- reviewed by Larry Neal on January 12, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Levenstein, Margaret
- Accounting for Growth: Information Systems and the Creation of the Large Corporation
- by Margaret Levenstein
- reviewed by Paul Miranti on September 28, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Levinson, Marc
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- by Marc Levinson
- reviewed by William Sjostrom on April 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- by Marc Levinson
- reviewed by William Sjostrom on April 4, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Levy, David M.
- How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
- by David M. Levy
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on December 20, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The "Vanity of the Philosopher": From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics
- by Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 2, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Lewin, Peter
- The Economics of QWERTY: History, Theory, and Policy -- Essays by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
- by Peter Lewin (editor)
- reviewed by Richard J. Sullivan on March 28, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lewis, Sinclair
- If I Were Boss, The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis
- by Sinclair Lewis
- reviewed by Peter Baida on December 7, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Lewis, David W.
- Airline Executives and Federal Regulation: Case Studies in American Enterprise from the Airmail Era to the Dawn of the Jet Age
- by David W. Lewis
- reviewed by Scott E. Tarry on October 26, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Lewis, Frank D.
- Slavery in the Development of the Americas
- by David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on June 24, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Li, Lillian M.
- Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s
- by Lillian M. Li
- reviewed by Pierre-Étienne Will on May 7, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Libecap, Gary D.
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer
- by Gary D. Libecap
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on March 1, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Income and Wealth (Q), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Licht, Walter
- The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century
- by Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht
- reviewed by William Boal on April 20, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Lichtenstein, Nelson
- State of the Union: A Century of American Labor
- by Nelson Lichtenstein
- reviewed by Walter Licht on September 13, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Nelson Lichtenstein (editor)
- reviewed by J. David Hoeveler on August 30, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Liebhold, Peter
- Who's In Charge? Workers and Managers in the United States
- by Peter Liebhold and Harry Rubenstein
- reviewed by Nelson Lichtenstein on March 6, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Liebowitz, Stan J.
- Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
- by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
- reviewed by Bill Goffe on July 24, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lindahl, Mats
- Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
- by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
- reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Lindberg, Michael
- Anglo-American Shipbuilding in World War II: A Geographical Perspective
- by Michael Lindberg and Daniel Todd
- reviewed by Christopher Tassava on November 7, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Linder, Marc
- Of Cabbages and Kings County: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn
- by Marc Linder and Lawrence S. Zacharias
- reviewed by David B. Danbom on August 31, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Lindert, Peter H.
- Shifting Ground: The Changing Agricultural Soils of China and Indonesia
- by Peter H. Lindert
- reviewed by D. Gale Johnson on June 1, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: The Story
- by Peter H. Lindert
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on April 28, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: Further Evidence
- by Peter H. Lindert
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 18, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Lindgren, Hakan
- Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History
- by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)
- reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Lindner, Stephan H.
- Inside IG Farben: Hoechst during the Third Reich
- by Stephan H. Lindner
- reviewed by Jonas Scherner on January 7, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Lipartito, Kenneth
- Investing for Middle America: John Elliot Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Advisors
- by Kenneth Lipartito and Carol Heher Peters
- reviewed by Douglas Steeples on February 19, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Lipset, Seymour Martin
- It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
- by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
- reviewed by Eric Rauchway on April 13, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Lipsey, Richard G.
- Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth
- by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Lis, Catharina
- Craft Guilds in the Early Modern Low Countries: Work, Power, and Representation
- by Maarten Prak, Catharina Lis, Jan Lucassen and Hugo Soly (editors)
- reviewed by Gary Richardson on October 24, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- List, Regina
- Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector
- by Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List and S. Stefan Toepler
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on March 27, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Litan, Robert E.
- Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
- by William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan and Carl J. Schramm
- reviewed by William R. Keech on May 7, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Lockwood, Jeffrey A.
- Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
- by Jeffrey A. Lockwood
- reviewed by Anthony J. Amato on March 11, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Lomax, Michael E
- Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary
- by Michael E Lomax
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Lombard, Denys
- Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea
- by Denys Lombard and Jean Aubin
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 7, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- London, Paul A.
- The Competition Solution: The Bipartisan Secret behind American Prosperity
- by Paul A. London
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on September 21, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Lora, Eduardo
- Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
- by John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria and Eduardo Lora
- reviewed by Patrice Franko on January 13, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Lorenz, Edward C.
- Defining Global Justice: The History of U.S. International Labor Standards Policy
- by Edward C. Lorenz
- reviewed by Mark Perlman on March 14, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Lubetkin, M. John
- Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
- by M. John Lubetkin
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on July 24, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Lucassen, Jan
- Craft Guilds in the Early Modern Low Countries: Work, Power, and Representation
- by Maarten Prak, Catharina Lis, Jan Lucassen and Hugo Soly (editors)
- reviewed by Gary Richardson on October 24, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ludden, David
- An Agrarian History of South Asia
- by David Ludden
- reviewed by Marcia J. Frost on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lufrano, Richard John
- Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China
- by Richard John Lufrano
- reviewed by Kwan Man Bun on October 18, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Lummel, Peter
- Food and the City in Europe since 1800
- by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Perren on February 27, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Luna, Francisco Vidal
- Slavery and the Economy of Sao Paolo, 1750-1850
- by Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by James Oakes on May 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Lundahl, Mats
- Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History
- by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)
- reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Lusztig, Michael
- The Limits of Protectionism: Building Coalitions for Free Trade
- by Michael Lusztig
- reviewed by Anthony Patrick O'Brien on December 3, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Luu, Lien Bich
- Immigrants and the Industries of London, 1500-1700
- by Lien Bich Luu
- reviewed by Patrick Wallis on December 27, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Lykogiannis, Anthanasios
- Britain and the Greek Economic Crisis, 1944-1947: From Liberation to the Truman Doctrine
- by Anthanasios Lykogiannis
- reviewed by Gail Makinen on June 13, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Lyons, Thomas P.
- China Maritime Customs and China's Trade Statistics, 1859-1948
- by Thomas P. Lyons
- reviewed by Tim Wright on July 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Lyons, John S.
- Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians
- by John S. Lyons, Louis P. Cain and Samuel H. Williamson (editors)
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on August 29, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Maas, Ineke
- HISCO: Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations
- by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas and Andrew Miles
- reviewed by Hamish James on August 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Maas, Harro
- William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics
- by Harro Maas
- reviewed by Michael V. White on November 27, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- MacAvoy, Paul W.
- The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation
- by Paul W. MacAvoy
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on July 30, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Macdonald, James
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- MacDougall, Philip
- Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The Industrial Transformation
- by Philip MacDougall (editor)
- reviewed by Ian Buxton on October 30, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Macesich, George
- Money and Monetary Regimes: Struggle for Monetary Supremacy
- by George Macesich
- reviewed by Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. on May 17, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- MacLachlan, Ian
- Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain
- by Ian MacLachlan
- reviewed by Daniel V. Gordon on May 24, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Maclean, Mairi
- Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK
- by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press
- reviewed by Hugo Cerón-Anaya on November 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- MacLeod, Christine
- Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914
- by Christine MacLeod
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Macunovich, Diane J.
- Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
- by Diane J. Macunovich
- reviewed by Randall J. Olsen on May 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Maddison, Angus
- Monitoring the World Economy: 1820-1992
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by John R. Hanson on February 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by Thomas R. Gottschang on July 3, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by Elise S. Brezis on November 26, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century
- by Angus Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W.F. Shepherd (editors)
- reviewed by Kelly Olds on May 28, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Maddox, Robert Franklin
- The War within World War II: The United States and International Cartels
- by Robert Franklin Maddox
- reviewed by Daniel Barbezat on May 21, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Madsen, Axel
- John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
- by Axel Madsen
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 10, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Magat, Richard
- Unlikely Partners: Philanthropic Foundations and the Labor Movement
- by Richard Magat
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on December 16, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Magee, Gary Bryan
- Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry: Labour, Capital, and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914
- by Gary Bryan Magee
- reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 17, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Magnum, Garth L.
- The Rise, Fall, and Replacement of Industrywide Bargaining in the Basic Steel Industry
- by Garth L. Magnum and R. Scott McNabb
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on March 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Magnusson, Lars
- The State, Regulation and the Economy: An Historical Perspective
- by Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on July 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Tradition of Free Trade
- by Lars Magnusson
- reviewed by William K. Hutchinson on February 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mahoney, James
- Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences
- by James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer (editors)
- reviewed by Bertrand M. Roehner on March 19, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Main, Gloria L.
- Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England
- by Gloria L. Main
- reviewed by Daniel Scott Smith on December 10, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Maines, Rachel
- Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk
- by Rachel Maines
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on August 31, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Majewski, John
- A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia, 1800-1860
- by John Majewski
- reviewed by Thomas Weiss on December 8, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Malone, Laurence J.
- Opening the West: Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860
- by Laurence J. Malone
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on October 23, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Maloney, William F.
- Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
- by Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Malsberger, John W.
- The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
- by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Mancini, Matthew J.
- One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928
- by Matthew J. Mancini
- reviewed by Garland Brinkley on October 29, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mandell, Nikki
- The Corporation as Family: The Gendering of Corporate Welfare, 1890-1930
- by Nikki Mandell
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mann, Bruce H.
- Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence
- by Bruce H. Mann
- reviewed by David T. Flynn on February 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Manning, Joseph G.
- The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
- by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
- reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Marchand, Roland
- Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business
- by Roland Marchand
- reviewed by Elizabeth Fones-Wolf on January 20, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Marglin, Stephen A.
- The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
- by Stephen A. Marglin
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 31, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Margo, Robert A.
- Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
- by Robert A. Margo
- reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Income and Wealth (Q), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- by Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
- reviewed by Susan B. Carter on July 1, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Margolis, Stephen E.
- Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
- by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
- reviewed by Bill Goffe on July 24, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Marichal, Carlos
- From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000
- by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal and Zephyr Frank (editors)
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on January 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810
- by Carlos Marichal
- reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on May 1, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- Markham, Jerry W.
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on June 6, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Kenneth Weiher on December 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Marks, Gary
- It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
- by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
- reviewed by Eric Rauchway on April 13, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Markwell, Donald
- John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
- by Donald Markwell
- reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on February 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Marnot, Bruno
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Márquez, Graciela
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Marsh, Peter T.
- Bargaining on Europe: Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892
- by Peter T. Marsh
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on February 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Marsh, Paul
- Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
- by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
- reviewed by John A. James on August 28, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Marshall, Richard K.
- The Local Merchants of Prato: Small Entrepreneurs in the Late Medieval Economy
- by Richard K. Marshall
- reviewed by Russell Ives Court on November 22, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Marshall, James N.
- The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
- by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Martin, John
- The Development of Modern Agriculture: British Farming since 1931
- by John Martin
- reviewed by Peter Dewey on November 7, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Martin, Jonathan D.
- Divided Mastery: Slave Hiring in the American South
- by Jonathan D. Martin
- reviewed by Jonathan B. Pritchett on September 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Martínez, Alberte
- La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
- by Alberte Martínez, Carlos Piñeiro and Carlos Velasco
- reviewed by Jesús Mirás-Araujo on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Mason, David L.
- From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995
- by David L. Mason
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on January 26, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Masschaele, James
- Peasants, Merchants, and Markets: Inland Trade in Medieval England, 1150-1350
- by James Masschaele
- reviewed by Gregory Clark on April 1, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mathews, John A.
- Dragon Multinational: A New Model for Global Growth
- by John A. Mathews
- reviewed by Stephen A. Kolenda on July 21, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Matis, Herbert
- Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-Century Europe
- by Alice Teichova, Herbert Matis and Jaroslav Pátek (editors)
- reviewed by Laura N. Stanciu Haar on March 12, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nation, State, and the Economy in History
- by Alice Teichova and Herbert Matis (editors)
- reviewed by Joerg Baten on April 23, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Matson, Cathy
- The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions
- by Cathy Matson (editor)
- reviewed by David B. Ryden on January 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Matthews, Jeffrey J.
- Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era
- by Jeffrey J. Matthews
- reviewed by Thomas D. Westerman on June 14, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mattingly, David J.
- Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World
- by David J. Mattingly and John Salmon (editors)
- reviewed by Darel Engen on February 4, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Matusow, Allen J.
- Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes
- by Allen J. Matusow
- reviewed by David Stebenne on August 24, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Maurer, Noel
- The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932
- by Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Enrique Cárdenas on September 11, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929
- by Stephen Haber, Armando Razo and Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on May 21, 2004
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- May, Robert E.
- Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America
- by Robert E. May
- reviewed by Ben Wynne on February 25, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Mayer, Thomas
- Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States: The Federal Reserve and the Failure of Macroeconomic Policy, 1965-79
- by Thomas Mayer
- reviewed by Stephen J. Perez on January 26, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Maynes, Mary Jo
- Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills: Placing Girls in European History, 1750-1960
- by Mary Jo Maynes, Birgitte Soland and Christina Benninghaus
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on May 24, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- McAfee, Ward M.
- The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
- by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Ward M. McAfee
- reviewed by Donald F. Schaefer on April 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz
- The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe
- reviewed by Willem Floor on April 23, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)
- reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCann, James C.
- Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000
- by James C. McCann
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on October 4, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- McCants, Anne E. C.
- Civic Charity in a Golden Age: Orphan Care in Early Modern Amsterdam
- by Anne E. C. McCants
- reviewed by Bronwyn Croxson on May 12, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCarthy, Dennis M.P.
- International Economic Integration in Historical Perspective
- by Dennis M.P. McCarthy
- reviewed by John R. Hanson II on June 11, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCarty, Nolan
- Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches
- by Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Income and Wealth (Q)
- McClelland, Peter D.
- Sowing Modernity: America's First Agricultural Revolution
- by Peter D. McClelland
- reviewed by Mary Eschelbach Hansen on February 28, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- McClenahan Jr., William M.
- The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000
- by William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan Jr.
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Bean on July 1, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McCloskey, Deirdre N.
- The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
- by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
- reviewed by Philip R.P. Coelho on June 10, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- McConnell, Anita
- Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
- by Anita McConnell
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on August 7, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- McCormick, Michael
- Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce, AD 300-900
- by Michael McCormick
- reviewed by David Griffiths on July 16, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McCraw, Thomas K.
- American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked
- by Thomas K. McCraw
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
- by Thomas K. McCraw
- reviewed by Richard N. Langlois on November 14, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCurdy, Charles W.
- The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
- by Charles W. McCurdy
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on September 4, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McCusker, John J.
- How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Commodity Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
- by John J. McCusker
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 6, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- McDonald, John
- Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086
- by John McDonald
- reviewed by Maristella Botticini on March 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's _My Years with General Motors_
- by John McDonald
- reviewed by David L. Mason on August 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- McGillivray, Fiona
- International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
- by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
- reviewed by John V.C. Nye on July 23, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McGovern, James R.
- And a Time for Hope: Americans in the Great Depression
- by James R. McGovern
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 1, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- McGuire, Robert A.
- To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution
- by Robert A. McGuire
- reviewed by Keith T. Poole on January 12, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McGuire, John
- Evolution of the World Economy, Precious Metals and India
- by John McGuire, Patrick Bertola and Peter Reeves (editors)
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on May 4, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McIntosh, Robert
- Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines
- by Robert McIntosh
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on December 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- McKenna, Marian C.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Constitutional War: The Court Packing Crisis of 1937
- by Marian C. McKenna
- reviewed by Harvey G. Hudspeth on May 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McLean, Iain
- International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
- by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
- reviewed by John V.C. Nye on July 23, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McMillin, James A.
- The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810
- by James A. McMillin
- reviewed by Philip Misevich on August 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McNabb, R. Scott
- The Rise, Fall, and Replacement of Industrywide Bargaining in the Basic Steel Industry
- by Garth L. Magnum and R. Scott McNabb
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on March 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- McNamara, Peter
- Political Economy and Statesmanship: Smith, Hamilton, and the Foundation of the Commercial Republic
- by Peter McNamara
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on May 14, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- McTavish, Jan R.
- Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America
- by Jan R. McTavish
- reviewed by Marc Law on May 12, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Meadows, Andrew
- Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
- by Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Schaps on April 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Medema, Steven
- Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction of Disciplinary Memory
- by Steven Medema and Warren Samuels (editors)
- reviewed by Roger Frantz on October 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Melling, Joseph
- Managing the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Politics, and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain
- by Joseph Melling and Alan Booth (editors)
- reviewed by Mike Richardson on August 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Melosi, Martin V.
- The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present
- by Martin V. Melosi
- reviewed by James B. McSwain on May 16, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Meltzer, Allan H.
- A History of the Federal Reserve, Vol. I: 1913-51
- by Allan H. Meltzer
- reviewed by John H. Wood on June 25, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Menard, Russell R.
- Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados
- by Russell R. Menard
- reviewed by David Eltis on November 10, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Messer-Kruse, Timothy
- Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931
- by Timothy Messer-Kruse
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on October 28, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Metzer, Jacob
- Land Rights, Ethno-Nationality and Sovereignty in History
- by Stanley L. Engerman and Jacob Metzer (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Wishart on February 26, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Metzler, Mark
- Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan
- by Mark Metzler
- reviewed by Eugene N. White on January 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- Meyer, David R.
- The Roots of American Industrialization
- by David R. Meyer
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on November 13, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Networked Machinists: High-Technology Industries in Antebellum America
- by David R. Meyer
- reviewed by Ross Thomson on June 18, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Michie, Ranald C.
- The London Stock Exchange: A History
- by Ranald C. Michie
- reviewed by Larry Neal on August 10, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Middleton, Roger
- The British Economy since 1945: Engaging with the Debate
- by Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Economic Policy under the Conservatives, 1951-64: A Guide to Documents in the National Archives of the UK
- by Astrid Ringe, Neil Rollings and Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on June 18, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Mihm, Stephen
- A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
- by Stephen Mihm
- reviewed by Jane Knodell on January 23, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Miles, Andrew
- HISCO: Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations
- by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas and Andrew Miles
- reviewed by Hamish James on August 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Miller, Sally M.
- Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
- by Sally M. Miller, A. J. H. Latham and Dennis O. Flynn (editors)
- reviewed by Sumner La Croix on July 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Miller, Karen S.
- The Voice of Business: Hill & Knowlton and Postwar Public Relations
- by Karen S. Miller
- reviewed by Pamela W. Laird on September 9, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Miller, Judith A.
- Mastering the Market: The State and the Grain Trade in Northern France, 1700-1860
- by Judith A. Miller
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Liebowitz on January 13, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Miller, Danny
- Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses
- by Danny Miller and Isabel Le Breton-Miller
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on August 8, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Miller, Worth Robert
- Populism
- by Worth Robert Miller
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Miller, Marla R.
- The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
- by Marla R. Miller
- reviewed by Gloria L. Main on May 11, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Millward, Robert
- Private and Public Enterprises in Europe: Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, 1830-1990
- by Robert Millward
- reviewed by Pier Angelo Toninelli on February 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Milward, Bob
- Globalisation? Internationalisation and Monopoly Capitalism: Historical Processes and Capitalist Dynamism
- by Bob Milward
- reviewed by Paul Benneworth on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Minchin, Timothy
- Hiring the Black Worker: The Racial Integration of the Southern Textile Industry, 1960-1980
- by Timothy Minchin
- reviewed by Thomas Lyons on June 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Minchin, Timothy J.
- Fighting against the Odds: A History of Southern Labor since World War II
- by Timothy J. Minchin
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on August 10, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Minoglou, Ioanna Pepelasis
- Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)
- reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Miranti, Paul J.
- A History of Corporate Finance
- by Jonathan B. Baskin and Paul J. Miranti
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on July 20, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Mirowski, Philip
- The Effortless Economy of Science?
- by Philip Mirowski
- reviewed by Lawrence Boland on February 1, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mitch, David
- Origins of the Modern Career
- by David Mitch, John Brown and Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 13, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mitchell, Daniel J. B.
- Pensions, Politics, and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society
- by Daniel J. B. Mitchell
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on January 7, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Mitchell, Lawrence E.
- The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry
- by Lawrence E. Mitchell
- reviewed by J. Peter Ferderer on June 5, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Mizen, Paul
- Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, Volume Two
- by Paul Mizen (editor)
- reviewed by Lars Jonung on March 10, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Moe, Espen
- Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000
- by Espen Moe
- reviewed by Peter T. Leeson on July 25, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Mohowski, Robert E.
- The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
- by Robert E. Mohowski
- reviewed by H. Roger Grant on November 12, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Mohun, Arwen
- Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940
- by Arwen Mohun
- reviewed by Jeffrey M. Hornstein on November 14, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Mokyr, Joel
- The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
- by Joel Mokyr
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
- by Joel Mokyr
- reviewed by William F. Shughart II on March 15, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- by Joel Mokyr (editor)
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on April 20, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Molà, Luca
- The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice
- by Luca Molà
- reviewed by Giovanni Federico on September 25, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Möller, Astrid
- Naukratis: Trade in Archaic Greece
- by Astrid Möller
- reviewed by David Tandy on February 13, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mom, Gijs
- The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age
- by Gijs Mom
- reviewed by Staffan Hultén on March 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Monod, David
- Store Wars: Shopkeepers and the Culture of Mass Marketing, 1890-1939
- by David Monod
- reviewed by David A. Horowitz on September 8, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Montes, Leonidas
- Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassessment of Some Central Components of His Thought
- by Leonidas Montes
- reviewed by Peter McNamara on September 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- New Voices on Adam Smith
- by Leonidas Montes and Eric Schliesser (editors)
- reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young on March 6, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mora-Torres, Juan
- The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910
- by Juan Mora-Torres
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on June 25, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Moreno, Paul D.
- From Direct Action to Affirmative Action: Fair Employment Law and Policy in America, 1933-1972
- by Paul D. Moreno
- reviewed by Charles A. Shanor on May 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Moreno, Julio
- Yankee Don't Go Home! Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture, and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920-1950
- by Julio Moreno
- reviewed by William Schell Jr. on September 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Moreno, Paul A.
- Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History
- by Paul A. Moreno
- reviewed by Vernon M. Briggs Jr. on May 14, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Morgan, Kenneth
- Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800
- by Kenneth Morgan
- reviewed by David Eltis on October 10, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Morgan, Chad
- Planters' Progress: Modernizing Confederate Georgia
- by Chad Morgan
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Morgan, Simon
- Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays
- by Anthony Howe and Simon Morgan (editors)
- reviewed by Leonard P. Liggio on July 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Morley, Neville
- Trade in Classical Antiquity
- by Neville Morley
- reviewed by Peter Temin on June 29, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Morris, Ian
- The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
- by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
- reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World
- by Walter Scheidel, Ian Morris and Richard P. Saller (editors)
- reviewed by Peter Temin on May 11, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Morrison-Low, A. D.
- Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution
- by A. D. Morrison-Low
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Morrisson, Cécile
- The Byzantine Economy
- by Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson
- reviewed by Timothy E. Gregory on October 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Morse, Kathryn
- The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush
- by Kathryn Morse
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on December 30, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Moses, Jonathon W.
- Norwegian Catch-Up: Development and Globalization before World War II
- by Jonathon W. Moses
- reviewed by Ola Honningdal Grytten on October 14, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mosk, Carl
- Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan
- by Carl Mosk
- reviewed by Mitsuhiko Kimura on October 31, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth
- by Carl Mosk
- reviewed by Mark Metzler on January 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Moure, Kenneth
- The Gold Standard Illusion: France, the Bank of France, and the International Gold Standard, 1914-1939
- by Kenneth Moure
- reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on January 21, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Mowery, David C.
- Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries
- by David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (editors)
- reviewed by Paul L. Robertson on January 16, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole Act
- by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat and Arvids A. Ziedonis
- reviewed by Roberto Mazzoleni on November 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Mueller, Milton L.
- Universal Service: Competition, Interconnection and Monopoly in the Making of the American Telephone System
- by Milton L. Mueller
- reviewed by Jeff Kraft on February 12, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Mueller, Bernardo
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Muir, Diana
- Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England
- by Diana Muir
- reviewed by Jane Knodell on May 24, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Mukherjee, Aditya
- Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the
- by Aditya Mukherjee
- reviewed by Tirthankar Roy on January 5, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Muldrew, Craig
- The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England
- by Craig Muldrew
- reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on August 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mulhearn, Chris
- The Euro: Its Origins, Development and Prospects
- by Chris Mulhearn and Howard R Vane
- reviewed by Jerry Mushin on January 26, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Müller, Leos
- Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce: The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815
- by Leos Müller
- reviewed by Yrjö Kaukiainen on February 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Muller, Jerry Z.
- The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought
- by Jerry Z. Muller
- reviewed by Bruce Caldwell on April 26, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mulligan, Jr., William H.
- The Shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1850-1880: The Family during the Transition from Hand to Machine Labor
- by William H. Mulligan, Jr.
- reviewed by Christiane Diehl Taylor on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Munro, J. Forbes
- Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
- by J. Forbes Munro
- reviewed by Nicholas J. White on October 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Munsell, F. Darrell
- From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America
- by F. Darrell Munsell
- reviewed by Ethan Doetsch on June 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Munson, Richard
- From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity
- by Richard Munson
- reviewed by David B. Sicilia on January 20, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Murmann, Johann Peter
- Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions
- by Johann Peter Murmann
- reviewed by Brent Goldfarb on September 17, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Murray, James M.
- Bruges: Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
- by James M. Murray
- reviewed by Erin Jordan on April 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Murray, John E.
- Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds
- by John E. Murray
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on February 4, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mustafa, Sam A.
- Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans in Connection, 1776-1835
- by Sam A. Mustafa
- reviewed by Simone A. Wegge on October 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Myers Jr., Samuel L.
- Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States since 1945
- by William A. Darity Jr. and Samuel L. Myers Jr.
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on February 15, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nash, Gerald D.
- The Federal Landscape: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century West
- by Gerald D. Nash
- reviewed by Peter J. Hill on January 21, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Nau, Heino H.
- The Historicity of Economics: Continuities and Discontinuities of Historical Thought in 19th and 20th Century Economics
- by Heino H. Nau and Bertram Schefold (editors)
- reviewed by Roberto Romani on April 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Nautz, Jürgen
- Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions
- by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Navrud, Ståle
- Valuing Cultural Heritage: Applying Environmental Valuation Techniques to Historic Buildings, Monuments and Artifacts
- by Ståle Navrud and Richard C. Ready (editors)
- reviewed by John C. Whitehead on January 10, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Neal, Frank
- Black '47: Britain and the Famine Irish
- by Frank Neal
- reviewed by Ron Weir on March 10, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Nelson, Daniel
- Farm and Factory: Workers in the Midwest, 1880-1990
- by Daniel Nelson
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Nelson, Richard R.
- Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries
- by David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (editors)
- reviewed by Paul L. Robertson on January 16, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Nelson, Robert H.
- Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
- by Robert H. Nelson
- reviewed by Robert D. Tollison on April 15, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Nelson, Richard R.
- Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole Act
- by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat and Arvids A. Ziedonis
- reviewed by Roberto Mazzoleni on November 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Nelson, Jonathan K.
- The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art
- by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
- reviewed by Bernadine Barnes on February 21, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ness, Immanuel
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
- by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness (editors)
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 16, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Newfield, Christopher
- Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
- by Christopher Newfield
- reviewed by Henry J. Bruton on April 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nicosia, Francis R.
- Business and Industry in Nazi Germany
- by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Noll, Mark A.
- God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860
- by Mark A. Noll (editor)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on January 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nordin, Dennis S.
- From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture
- by Dennis S. Nordin and Roy V. Scott
- reviewed by David Danbom on February 15, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- North, Douglass C.
- Understanding the Process of Economic Change
- by Douglass C. North
- reviewed by Alexander J. Field on February 15, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History
- by Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on December 21, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Institutional Change and American Economic Growth
- by Lance E. Davis and Douglass C. North
- reviewed by Cynthia Taft Morris on November 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Political Institutions and Financial Development
- by Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (editors)
- reviewed by Claudia Rei on July 2, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
- by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 24, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Northrup, Cynthia Clark
- Encyclopedia of Tariffs and Trade in U.S. History
- by Cynthia Clark Northrup and Elaine C. Prange Turney (editors)
- reviewed by Stephen Meardon on January 6, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Norton, Peter D.
- Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
- by Peter D. Norton
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on August 5, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Norwood, Stephen H.
- Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America
- by Stephen H. Norwood
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Novkov, Julie
- Constituting Workers, Protecting Women: Gender, Law, and Labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal Years
- by Julie Novkov
- reviewed by David Bernstein on June 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nye, David E.
- Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies
- by David E. Nye
- reviewed by Martin V. Melosi on August 5, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Technology Matters: Questions to Live With
- by David E. Nye
- reviewed by Rick Szostak on June 23, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Nye, John V.C.
- War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900
- by John V.C. Nye
- reviewed by Gordon Bannerman on October 15, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Nyland, Chris
- The Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought
- by Robert Dimand and Chris Nyland (editors)
- reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on August 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Ó Gráda, Cormac
- When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of the Last European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
- by Cormac Ó Gráda, Richard Paping and Eric Vanhaute (editors)
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on November 29, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- O'Brien, D. P.
- The Classical Economists Revisited
- by D. P. O'Brien
- reviewed by Elisabeth Allgoewer on March 1, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
- by D. P. O'Brien
- reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- O'Hearn, Denis
- The Atlantic Economy: Britain, the US and Ireland
- by Denis O'Hearn
- reviewed by Jane Gray on February 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- O'Neill, Karen M.
- Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
- by Karen M. O'Neill
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
- by Karen M. O'Neill
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- O'Rourke, Kevin H.
- Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy
- by Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
- reviewed by Marvin McInnis on August 4, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
- by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- O'Toole, James M.
- Records of American Business
- by James M. O'Toole
- reviewed by Randall C. Jimerson on May 11, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- O'Toole, Patricia
- Money and Morals in America: A History
- by Patricia O'Toole
- reviewed by Donald Frey on January 25, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Obstfeld, Maurice
- Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth
- by Maurice Obstfeld and Alan M. Taylor
- reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on December 14, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Ocampo, José Antonio
- An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
- by Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo and Rosemary Thorp (editors)
- reviewed by Edward Beatty on February 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Ocko, Jonathan K.
- Contract and Property in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko and Robert Gardella (editors)
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Odaka, Konosuke
- Small Firms, Large Concerns: The Development of Small Business in Comparative Perspective
- by Konosuke Odaka and Minoru Sawai
- reviewed by Zoltan J. Acs on October 11, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Oddy, Derek J.
- Food and the City in Europe since 1800
- by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Perren on February 27, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Ofek, Haim
- Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution
- by Haim Ofek
- reviewed by João Ricardo Faria on May 30, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: Prehistoric (1)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Offer, Avner
- The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
- by Avner Offer
- reviewed by John F. Helliwell on January 18, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Officer, Lawrence H.
- Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History
- by Lawrence H. Officer
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on November 27, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior
- by Lawrence H. Officer
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ogilvy, James A.
- Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow
- by James A. Ogilvy
- reviewed by Allen L. Bures on August 21, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ogura, Shinji
- Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
- by Shinji Ogura
- reviewed by James Mak on March 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Ojala, Jari
- East-West Trade and the Cold War
- by Jari Eloranta and Jari Ojala (editors)
- reviewed by Martin C. Spechler on November 4, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Road to Prosperity: An Economic History of Finland
- by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta and Jukka Jalava (editors)
- reviewed by Lars Fredrik Andersson on June 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Okazaki, Tetsuji
- The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
- by Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (editors)
- reviewed by Jennifer Frankl on August 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Okuno-Fujiwara, Masahiro
- The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
- by Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (editors)
- reviewed by Jennifer Frankl on August 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Oldroyd, David
- Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780
- by David Oldroyd
- reviewed by James Jaffe on April 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Olegario, Rowena
- Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
- by Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell and Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Michael Landry on June 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business
- by Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on July 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Oliver, Michael J.
- Exchange Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on November 24, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Trade Unions and the Economy: 1870-2000
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
- reviewed by Sharon Otoo on August 8, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft
- by Michael J. Oliver (editor)
- reviewed by Ruggero Ranieri on January 28, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century
- by Michael J. Oliver and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on June 8, 2008
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