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Haber, Stephen

Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America: Essays in Policy, History, and Political Economy

by Stephen Haber (editor)

reviewed by Anne Hanley on April 18, 2001

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth

by Jeffrey L. Bortz and Stephen Haber (editors)

reviewed by Philip Keefer on March 15, 2003

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929

by Stephen Haber, Armando Razo and Noel Maurer

reviewed by Gary Libecap on May 21, 2004

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Political Institutions and Financial Development

by Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (editors)

reviewed by Claudia Rei on July 2, 2008

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hadden, Sally E.

Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas

by Sally E. Hadden

reviewed by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on July 22, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)

Hafer, R. W.

The Federal Reserve System: An Encyclopedia

by R. W. Hafer

reviewed by Daniel Giedeman on June 9, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Haines, Michael R.

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Four: Economic Sectors

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Lee J. Alston on June 26, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume One: Population

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Trevon D. Logan on July 17, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)

reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)

Hak, Gordon

Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913

by Gordon Hak

reviewed by William Marr on November 29, 2000

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

Haley, Evan W.

Baetica Felix: People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus

by Evan W. Haley

reviewed by George Grantham on July 27, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Ancient (2)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Hall, Thomas E.

The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies

by Thomas E. Hall and David J. Ferguson

reviewed by Elmus Wicker on August 20, 1998

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

The Rotten Fruits of Economic Controls and the Rise from the Ashes, 1965-1989

by Thomas E. Hall

reviewed by J. Peter Ferderer on July 2, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)

Hall, Bronwyn H.

New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David

by Cristiano Antonelli, Dominique Foray, Bronwyn H. Hall and W. Edward Steinmueller (editors)

reviewed by James Bessen on February 22, 2007

Geographic area:
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)

Hamashita, Takeshi

The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives

by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita and Mark Selden

reviewed by Debin Ma on February 15, 2005

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hamilton, Neil A.

American Business Leaders

by Neil A. Hamilton

reviewed by K. Austin Kerr on July 14, 1999

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Hamilton, Earl J.

American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650

by Earl J. Hamilton

reviewed by John Munro on January 15, 2007

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Hammack, David C.

Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader

by David C. Hammack

reviewed by Milton Goldin on April 10, 1999

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hammond, Theresa A.

A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921

by Theresa A. Hammond

reviewed by Dale L. Flesher on September 23, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Hammond, J. Daniel

Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence, 1945-1957

by J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond (editors)

reviewed by Craig Freedman on September 27, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hammond, Claire H.

Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence, 1945-1957

by J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond (editors)

reviewed by Craig Freedman on September 27, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Handley, Susannah

Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution

by Susannah Handley

reviewed by Michael Palairet on November 9, 2000

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hanlan, James P.

Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor

by Robert E. Weir and James P. Hanlan (editors)

reviewed by Gerald Friedman on December 2, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Hanley, Susan B.

Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture

by Susan B. Hanley

reviewed by Gail Honda on July 16, 1997

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hanley, Anne G.

Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920

by Anne G. Hanley

reviewed by Gail D. Triner on March 9, 2006

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hann, Andrew

Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750

by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann

reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Hanna, Nelly

Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean

by Nelly Hanna (editor)

reviewed by Metin Cosgel on August 8, 2003

Geographic area: Middle East (6)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hannah, Leslie

Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996

by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah

reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hansen, Ejvind Damsgaard

European Economic History: From Mercantilism to Maastricht and Beyond

by Ejvind Damsgaard Hansen

reviewed by Jaime Reis on September 26, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Hansen, Per H.

European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945

by Christopher Kobrak and Per H. Hansen (editors)

reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)

Hanson, Philip

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR from 1945

by Philip Hanson

reviewed by Vladimir Kontorovich on October 17, 2003

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Hapke, Laura

Labor’s Canvas: American Working-Class History and the WPA Art of the 1930s

by Laura Hapke

reviewed by Cameron M. Weber on May 13, 2009

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hardwick, M. Jeffrey

Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream

by M. Jeffrey Hardwick

reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on April 2, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Harlaftis, Gelina

Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History

by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)

reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

Harp, Stephen L.

Marketing Michelin: Advertising and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century France

by Stephen L. Harp

reviewed by Esther Redmount on September 16, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Harper, Ian R.

Christian Theology and Market Economics

by Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (editors)

reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 8, 2009

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)

Harris, Howell John

Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940

by Howell John Harris

reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on October 12, 2000

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)

Harris, Ron

Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844

by Ron Harris

reviewed by Rande W. Kostal on June 13, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844

by Ron Harris

reviewed by Timothy Alborn on June 14, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Harris, J. William

Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation

by J. William Harris

reviewed by Nancy Virts on April 18, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Harris, Douglas C.

Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia

by Douglas C. Harris

reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on January 15, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Harris, Bernard

The Origins of the British Welfare State: Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945

by Bernard Harris

reviewed by Mary MacKinnon on February 16, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Harris, Douglas C.

Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925

by Douglas C. Harris

reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 22, 2009

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)

Harrison, Mark

The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison

by Mark Harrison

reviewed by Geofrey T. Mills on July 22, 1999

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)

The Economics of World War I

by Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison (editors)

reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 2, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Guns and Rubles: The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State

by Mark Harrison (editor)

reviewed by Steven Nafziger on December 15, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Hart, Michael

A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization

by Michael Hart

reviewed by Bill Marr on August 13, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Hart, John Mason

The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons

by John Mason Hart

reviewed by Edward Beatty on January 9, 2009

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)

Hartford, William F.

Where Is Our Responsibility? Unions and Economic Change in the New England Textile Industry, 1870-1960

by William F. Hartford

reviewed by Debbie Mullin on April 10, 1997

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Harvey, Charles

Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK

by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press

reviewed by Hugo Cerón-Anaya on November 17, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Harwood Jr., Herbert H.

Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers

by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.

reviewed by Fred H. Smith on August 5, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)

Hatcher, John

Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England's Economic Development

by John Hatcher and Mark Bailey

reviewed by Gary Richardson on March 17, 2003

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hatfield, April Lee

Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century

by April Lee Hatfield

reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on September 19, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Hatton, Timothy J.

The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact

by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson

reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on September 8, 1998

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance

by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson

reviewed by Drew Keeling on June 13, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson

by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)

reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)

Haulman, Clyde A.

Virginia and the Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression and the Commonwealth

by Clyde A. Haulman

reviewed by James Karmel on June 25, 2009

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)

Haupert, Michael

The Entertainment Industry

by Michael Haupert

reviewed by Gerben Bakker on April 26, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Hausmann, Ricardo

Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies

by Barry Eichengreen and Ricardo Hausmann (editors)

reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on November 21, 2005

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hayami, Akira

Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859

by Akira Hayami, Osamu Saito and Ronald P. Toby (editors)

reviewed by Carl Mosk on October 22, 2004

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hayek, F. A.

The Road to Serfdom: Texts and Documents -- The Definitive Edition

by F. A. Hayek

reviewed by Steven Horwitz on June 11, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hayes Jr, Jack Irby

South Carolina and the New Deal

by Jack Irby Hayes Jr

reviewed by Jim Couch on January 28, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Hebert, Robert F.

Secret Origins of Modern Microeconomics: Dupuit and the Engineers

by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. and Robert F. Hebert

reviewed by Marcel Boumans on July 13, 1999

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)

Hébert, Robert F.

The Marketplace of Christianity

by Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Robert F. Hébert and Robert D. Tollison

reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 29, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Heckscher, Eli F.

Mercantilism

by Eli F. Heckscher

reviewed by John J. McCusker on December 4, 2000

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Heertje, Arnold

Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism

by Arnold Heertje

reviewed by Mark W. Frank on August 23, 2006

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)

Heinrich, Thomas R.

Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism

by Thomas R. Heinrich

reviewed by John K. Brown on August 12, 1997

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Heinzen, James W.

Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the Transformation of Rural Russia, 1917-1929

by James W. Heinzen

reviewed by Stephen Wheatcroft on June 17, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E)

Helleiner, Eric

The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective

by Eric Helleiner

reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on September 26, 2003

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hellie, Richard

The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725

by Richard Hellie

reviewed by Lindsey Hughes on January 19, 2000

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Helpman, Elhanan

The Mystery of Economic Growth

by Elhanan Helpman

reviewed by George K. Davis on March 29, 2005

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)

Henderson, Willie

Essays on the History of Economics

by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)

reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Henley, David

Smallholders and Stockbreeders: Histories of Foodcrop and Livestock Farming in Southeast Asia

by Peter Boomgaard and David Henley (editors)

reviewed by Frans D. Huijzendveld on September 14, 2005

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia

by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (editors)

reviewed by S. Nawiyanto on August 18, 2006

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hennock, E. P.

The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared

by E. P. Hennock

reviewed by Bernard Harris on August 25, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)

Henriksson, Rolf G.H.

Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History

by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)

reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Herndon, Ruth Wallis

Children Bound to Labor: The Pauper Apprentice System in Early America

by Ruth Wallis Herndon and John E. Murray (editors)

reviewed by Farley Grubb on December 29, 2009

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)

Herrigel, Gary

Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power

by Gary Herrigel

reviewed by Ronald A. Shearer on January 29, 1998

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Hertner, Peter

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)

Hessler, Julie

A Social History of Soviet Trade: Trade Policy, Retail Practices, and Consumption, 1917-53

by Julie Hessler

reviewed by Valery Lazarev on January 12, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hetzel, Robert L.

The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History

by Robert L. Hetzel

reviewed by Gary Richardson on December 3, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Heywood, Anthony

Modernising Lenin's Russia: Economic Reconstruction, Foreign Trade, and the Railways, 1917-1924

by Anthony Heywood

reviewed by Oliver Hayward on September 15, 2000

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Higgens-Evenson, R. Rudy

The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929

by R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson

reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on November 20, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Higgs, Robert

Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy

by Robert Higgs

reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on July 1, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)

High, Steven

Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984

by Steven High

reviewed by Robert M. Schwab on September 25, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)

Hikino, Takashi

The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution

by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)

reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870

by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)

reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hill, Daniel Delis

Advertising to the American Woman, 1900-1999

by Daniel Delis Hill

reviewed by Bryan Wuthrich on August 8, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B)

Hill, Peter J.

The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier

by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill

reviewed by Frank D. Lewis on January 6, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hilton, Matthew

Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement

by Matthew Hilton

reviewed by Lawrence Black on September 17, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)

Hindman, Hugh D.

Child Labor: An American History

by Hugh D. Hindman

reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on July 29, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Hinds, Manuel

Money, Markets, and Sovereignty

by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds

reviewed by George Selgin on November 4, 2009

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hodgson, Geoffrey M.

Evolution and Institutions: On Evolutionary Economics and the Evolution of Economics

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

reviewed by Anne Mayhew on September 26, 2000

Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

reviewed by Julian Reiss on December 24, 2002

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

The Evolution of Institutional Economics: Agency, Structure and Darwinism in American Institutionalism

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

reviewed by Sherry Davis Kasper on January 20, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx: Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

reviewed by Gary Mongiovi on March 24, 2008

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hoerder, Dirk

Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium

by Dirk Hoerder

reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on April 21, 2004

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

Hoffman, Ronald

Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782

by Ronald Hoffman

reviewed by Evan Haefeli on January 19, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hoffman, Philip T.

Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870

by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 11, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hoffman, Beatrix

The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America

by Beatrix Hoffman

reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on July 10, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Hoffman, Philip T.

Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development

by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)

reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)

Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Financial Markets

by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on July 30, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hoffmann, Susan

Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation of Financial Institutions

by Susan Hoffmann

reviewed by Michael R. McAvoy on June 3, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Hofman, André

The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century

by André Hofman

reviewed by Noel Maurer on October 13, 2000

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)

The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade

by Stan Hoig

reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 8, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)

Holcombe, Randall G.

From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government

by Randall G. Holcombe

reviewed by John Dinan on May 21, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Holl, Richard E.

From Boardroom to the War Room: America's Corporate Liberals and FDR's Preparedness Program

by Richard E. Holl

reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on November 7, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)

Hollander, Samuel

Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism

by Samuel Hollander

reviewed by Maria de Fátima Brandão on December 16, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Holley, Donald

The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration, and How They Shaped the Modern South

by Donald Holley

reviewed by Craig Heinicke on March 26, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Holmgren, Beth

Rewriting Capitalism: Literature and the Market in Late Tsarist Russia and the Kingdom of Poland

by Beth Holmgren

reviewed by Robert E. Blobaum on June 23, 1999

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Holt, Sharon Ann

Making Freedom Pay: North Carolina Freedpeople Working for Themselves, 1864-1900

by Sharon Ann Holt

reviewed by Nancy Virts on May 21, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Holtfrerich, Carl-Ludwig

The Emergence of Modern Central Banking from 1918 to the Present

by Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Jaime Reis and Gianni Toniolo (editors)

reviewed by Mark Toma on July 13, 2001

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy

by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)

reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Holton, Woody

Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia

by Woody Holton

reviewed by Robert E. Wright on February 15, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Honeyman, Katrina

Child Workers in England, 1780-1820: Parish Apprentices and the Making of the Early Industrial Labour Force

by Katrina Honeyman

reviewed by Pamela Sharpe on October 6, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)

Hont, Istvan

Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective

by Istvan Hont

reviewed by Stephen Meardon on October 17, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Hood, Adrienne D.

The Weaver's Craft: Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania

by Adrienne D. Hood

reviewed by Kris Inwood on July 1, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Hoover, Kenneth R.

Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek, and the Creation of Contemporary Politics

by Kenneth R. Hoover

reviewed by Steven Horwitz on April 12, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hoover, Dwight W.

A Good Day's Work: An Iowa Farm in the Great Depression

by Dwight W. Hoover

reviewed by Alan G. Bogue on October 24, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)

Hopcroft, Rosemary L.

Regions, Institutions and Agrarian Change in European History

by Rosemary L. Hopcroft

reviewed by George Grantham on September 13, 2000

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Markets and Institutions (W)

Hopkins, Bruce R.

Four Books on Philanthropy

by Bruce R. Hopkins, Jody Blazek, D. Benson Tesdahl, Lester M. Salamon and Judith Sealander

reviewed by Milton Goldin on May 5, 1998

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Horesh, Niv

Shanghai's Bund and Beyond: British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937

by Niv Horesh

reviewed by Richard C. K. Burdekin on October 29, 2009

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization and in the Age of Revolution

by Jeff Horn

reviewed by Noel D. Johnson on May 16, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Industrial Revolution: Milestones in Business History

by Jeff Horn

reviewed by Joyce Burnette on January 21, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Hornborg, Alf

The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic

by Alf Hornborg and Carole L. Crumley (editors)

reviewed by Eric Jones on March 9, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)

Horwitz, Morton J.

The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860

by Morton J. Horwitz

reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on April 12, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Howard, Vicki

Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition

by Vicki Howard

reviewed by Janice M. Traflet on February 1, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Howe, Anthony

Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays

by Anthony Howe and Simon Morgan (editors)

reviewed by Leonard P. Liggio on July 26, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Howe, Daniel Walker

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

by Daniel Walker Howe

reviewed by Jenny Wahl on September 22, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

Howell, Chris

Trade Unionism and the State: The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000

by Chris Howell

reviewed by James W. Stitt on January 8, 2009

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Huberman, Michael

Escape from the Market: Negotiating Work in Lancashire

by Michael Huberman

reviewed by Susan Wolcott on December 1, 1997

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Hudnut-Beumler, James

In Pursuit of the Almighty's Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism

by James Hudnut-Beumler

reviewed by Donald E. Frey on June 22, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Hudson, Pat

Living Economic and Social History

by Pat Hudson (editor)

reviewed by Simon Ville on March 15, 2002

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)

Huener, Jonathan

Business and Industry in Nazi Germany

by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener (editors)

reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)

Hughes, Thomas

L'électricité en réseaux: Networks of Power

by Thomas Hughes

reviewed by John Neufeld on June 22, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

The Abolition of Antitrust

by Gary Hull (editor)

reviewed by John Howard Brown on October 17, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hunnicutt, Benjamin Kline

Kellogg's Six-Hour Day

by Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt

reviewed by Robert Whaples on September 11, 1998

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Hunter, Janet E.

The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000

by Janet E. Hunter and S. Sugiyama (editors)

reviewed by John Wilson on February 7, 2003

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Hurtado, Albert L.

John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier

by Albert L. Hurtado

reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on September 13, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)

Huston, James L.

Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War

by James L. Huston

reviewed by Jenny B. Wahl on March 23, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)

Huzel, James P.

The Popularization of Malthus in Early Nineteenth-Century England: Martineau, Cobbett and the Pauper Press

by James P. Huzel

reviewed by David M. Levy on March 26, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Hyde, Charles K.

Copper for America: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

by Charles K. Hyde

reviewed by Roger Burt on August 11, 1999

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

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