Book Reviews - By Author (J)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Jacobs, Meg
- Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
- by Meg Jacobs
- reviewed by Robert Collins on July 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jacobs, James B.
- Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
- by James B. Jacobs
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jacobson, Charles David
- Ties That Bind: Economic and Political Dilemmas of Urban Utility Networks, 1800-1990
- by Charles David Jacobson
- reviewed by Hugh Gorman on December 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Jacoby, Sanford M.
- Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal
- by Sanford M. Jacoby
- reviewed by Edward Berkowitz on February 28, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jacoby, Daniel
- Laboring for Freedom: A New Look at the History of Labor in America
- by Daniel Jacoby
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on November 16, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Jacoby, Sanford M.
- Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal
- by Sanford M. Jacoby
- reviewed by Michael Huberman on March 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jakle, John A.
- The Gas Station in America
- by John A. Jakle and Kieth A. Sculle
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on May 16, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Jalava, Jukka
- The Road to Prosperity: An Economic History of Finland
- by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta and Jukka Jalava (editors)
- reviewed by Lars Fredrik Andersson on June 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- James, Harold
- The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression
- by Harold James
- reviewed by Tim Hatton on January 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy
- by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Europe Reborn: A History, 1914-2000
- by Harold James
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on April 23, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Janssens, Paul
- European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites: Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development, 15th-18th Centuries
- by Paul Janssens and Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla (editors)
- reviewed by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal on March 20, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Jardine, Lisa
- Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
- by Lisa Jardine
- reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on July 7, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ji, Zhaojin
- A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
- by Zhaojin Ji
- reviewed by Catherine Schenk on October 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Johansen, Bruce E.
- The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History
- by Bruce E. Johansen
- reviewed by David M. Wishart on July 19, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- John, Richard R.
- Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
- by Richard R. John
- reviewed by Mary K. McGuire on August 27, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Johnson, Walter
- Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
- by Walter Johnson
- reviewed by Robert Wolff on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
- by Walter Johnson
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on June 15, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Johnson, David
- World War II and the Scramble for Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1948
- by David Johnson
- reviewed by Laird Jones on December 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Johnson, Russell L.
- Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City
- by Russell L. Johnson
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Johnson, Jeffrey Allan
- German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
- by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
- reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Johnson, Paul
- The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume III: Structural Change and Growth, 1939-2000
- by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Carreras on October 21, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Johnson, Kirk D.
- Essays on the History of Economics
- by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Johnson, Marianne
- Essays on the History of Economics
- by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
- reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Johnston, Russell
- Selling Themselves: The Emergence of Canadian Advertising
- by Russell Johnston
- reviewed by George Emery on February 23, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Jones, Geoffrey
- The Evolution of International Business: An Introduction
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Graham D. Taylor on July 10, 1996
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on August 22, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Jones, Eric L.
- The Record of Global Economic Development
- by Eric L. Jones
- reviewed by Morris Altman on March 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, Geoffrey
- Business History around the World
- by Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones (editors)
- reviewed by William H. Becker on January 13, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Jones, Eric L.
- Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture
- by Eric L. Jones
- reviewed by Avner Greif on July 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, David W.
- Mass Motorization and Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis
- by David W. Jones
- reviewed by James A. Dunn Jr. on December 24, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Jonung, Lars
- Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
- by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
- reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions
- by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Jordan, Louis
- John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage
- by Louis Jordan
- reviewed by Ron Michener on February 4, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Joseph, Richard J.
- The Origins of the American Income Tax: The Revenue Act of 1894 and Its Aftermath
- by Richard J. Joseph
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on September 28, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Josling, Timothy E.
- The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
- by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on January 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Julien-Labruyère, François
- The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices
- by Rosa-Maria Gelpi and François Julien-Labruyère
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 25, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
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