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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)

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