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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)

Feldman, Gerald D.

Finance and Modernization: A Transnational and Transcontinental Perspective for the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

by Gerald D. Feldman and Peter Hertner (editors)

reviewed by Jeffrey Fear on January 11, 2010

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
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)

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)

Fischel, William A.

Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts

by William A. Fischel

reviewed by Claudia Goldin on January 26, 2010

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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

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)

Forstater, Mathew

Keynes and Macroeconomics after 70 Years: Critical Assessments of The General Theory

by L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater (editors)

reviewed by John B. Davis on January 21, 2010

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)

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