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Kähkönen, Satu
A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies
by Mancur Olson and Satu Kähkönen (editors)
reviewed by John Adams on March 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Markets and Institutions (W)
Kahn, Matthew E.
Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War
by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn
reviewed by Marianne Wanamaker on September 8, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Military and War (O), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kanigel, Robert
The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
by Robert Kanigel
reviewed by Hindy Lauer Schachter on November 10, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Kano, Hiroyoshi
Indonesian Exports, Peasant Agriculture and the World Economy, 1850-2000: Economic Structures in a Southeast Asian State
by Hiroyoshi Kano
reviewed by Pierre van der Eng on November 5, 2009
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Kantor, Shawn Everett
Politics and Property Rights: The Closing of the Open Range in the Postbellum South
by Shawn Everett Kantor
reviewed by Dennis Halcoussis on August 13, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Kantor, Shawn
A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor
reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
Kaplan, Edward S.
Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922
by Edward S. Kaplan and Thomas W. Ryley
reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
American Trade Policy, 1923-1995
by Edward S. Kaplan
reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Bank of the United States and the American Economy
by Edward S. Kaplan
reviewed by Clair E. Morris on September 20, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Kaplan, Herbert H.
Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years, 1806-1816
by Herbert H. Kaplan
reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 16, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
Kaplan, Steven L.
Learning on the Shop Floor: Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship
by Bert De Munck, Steven L. Kaplan and Hugo Soly (editors)
reviewed by Paul Ryan on September 20, 2008
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T)
Karlinsky, Nahum
California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939
by Nahum Karlinsky
reviewed by Paul Rhode on November 14, 2006
  • Geographic area: Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kasper, Sherryl Davis
The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory: A Case Study of the Pioneers
by Sherryl Davis Kasper
reviewed by Roger W. Garrison on April 22, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Kasuya, Makoto
Coping with Crisis: International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period
by Makoto Kasuya (editor)
reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on December 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Kates, Steven
Two Hundred Years of Say's Law: Essays on Economic Theory's Most Controversial Principle
by Steven Kates (editor)
reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on November 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Katz, Lawrence F.
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
reviewed by Peter H. Lindert on November 29, 2008
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Labor and Employment History (T)
Kauffman, Kyle D.
Advances in Agricultural Economic History, Vol.1, New Frontiers in Agricultural History
by Kyle D. Kauffman (editor)
reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Kaufman, Jason
For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity
by Jason Kaufman
reviewed by David T. Beito on February 18, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kawakatsu, Heita
Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu (editors)
reviewed by Peter Perdue on March 29, 2002
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Kelly, Patrick J.
Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans' Welfare State 1860-1900
by Patrick J. Kelly
reviewed by Dora L. Costa on January 21, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Kemp, Kathryn W.
God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
by Kathryn W. Kemp
reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on January 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Kennedy, Margaret A.
The Whiskey Trade of the Northwestern Plains: A Multidisciplinary Study
by Margaret A. Kennedy
reviewed by Steven D. Swearingin on July 10, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kenzer, Robert C.
Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success in North Carolina, 1865-1915
by Robert C. Kenzer
reviewed by John Sibley Butler on April 20, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kerr, K. Austin
BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995
by K. Austin Kerr and Mansel G. Blackford
reviewed by Kenneth L. Simons on December 16, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Kerridge, Eric
Usury, Interest and the Reformation
by Eric Kerridge
reviewed by Norman Jones on December 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kersten, Andrew Edmund
Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46
by Andrew Edmund Kersten
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 19, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kessler-Harris, Alice
In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
by Alice Kessler-Harris
reviewed by Joyce P. Jacobsen on June 26, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Khan, B. Zorina
The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920
by B. Zorina Khan
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 30, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)
Khurana, Rakesh
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
by Rakesh Khurana
reviewed by Donald R. Stabile on November 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Education and Human Resource Development (G)
Kim, Eum Mee
Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korea, 1960-1990
by Eum Mee Kim
reviewed by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini on December 2, 1997
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
Kindleberger, Charles P.
Essays in History: Financial, Economic, Personal
by Charles P. Kindleberger
reviewed by David Glasner on March 8, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
King, Steven
Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution
by Steven King and Geoffrey Timmins
reviewed by Katrina Honeyman on September 21, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective
by Steven King
reviewed by Stephen Ziliak on October 24, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Military and War (O), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
King, J.E.
A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
by J.E. King (editor)
reviewed by Steven Kates on March 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Kinney, Thomas A.
The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
by Thomas A. Kinney
reviewed by Tom Dicke on August 1, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Kirshner, Jonathan
Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War
by Jonathan Kirshner
reviewed by Richard C.K. Burdekin on April 27, 2008
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
Klausen, Jytte
War and Welfare: Europe and the United States, 1945 to the Present
by Jytte Klausen
reviewed by David Coates on September 5, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
Klein, Maury
The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
by Maury Klein
reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 29, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Klein, Herbert S.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Klein, Maury
Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929
by Maury Klein
reviewed by Robert Zevin on February 8, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Klein, Jennifer
For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
by Jennifer Klein
reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on August 26, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
Klein, Herbert S.
Slavery and the Economy of Sao Paolo, 1750-1850
by Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein
reviewed by James Oakes on May 3, 2006
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Klein, Maury
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
by Maury Klein
reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on December 12, 2008
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Kleinberg, S. J.
Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939
by S. J. Kleinberg
reviewed by Carolyn M. Moehling on June 7, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T)
Kliman, Andrew
Reclaiming Marx’s Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency
by Andrew Kliman
reviewed by David Kristjanson-Gural on September 23, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Knaap, Gerrit
Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar
by Gerrit Knaap and Heather Sutherland
reviewed by Om Prakash on October 31, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Knoedler, Janet T.
Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism
by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch and Dell P. Champlin (editors)
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on November 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Knoop, Todd A.
Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles
by Todd A. Knoop
reviewed by David Glasner on October 12, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Knowles, Anne Kelly
Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier
by Anne Kelly Knowles
reviewed by Metin Cosgel on March 27, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
Kobrak, Christopher
European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945
by Christopher Kobrak and Per H. Hansen (editors)
reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present
by Christopher Kobrak
reviewed by Richard Tilly on April 30, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Koistinen, Paul A.C.
Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945
by Paul A.C. Koistinen
reviewed by Christopher Tassava on January 7, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
Komlos, John
The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Kontorovich, Vladimir
The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insiders' History
by Michael Ellmanand and Vladimir Kontorovich (editors)
reviewed by Perry L. Patterson on July 25, 2001
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
Kotilaine, J. T.
Russia's Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World
by J. T. Kotilaine
reviewed by Valéry Lazarev on April 28, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Kotsonis, Yanni
Making Peasants Backward: Managing Populations in Russian Agricultural Cooperatives, 1861-1914
by Yanni Kotsonis
reviewed by Oliver Hayward on May 12, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Krainz, Thomas A.
Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West
by Thomas A. Krainz
reviewed by Dawn Saunders on April 12, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Krieckhaus, Jonathan
Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery
by Jonathan Krieckhaus
reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on October 4, 2006
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Kulikoff, Allan
From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers
by Allan Kulikoff
reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on September 7, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Kuran, Timur
Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism
by Timur Kuran
reviewed by Frederic L. Pryor on August 23, 2004
  • Geographic area: Middle East (6)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Kuznets, Simon
Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread
by Simon Kuznets
reviewed by Richard A. Easterlin on October 29, 2001
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Kwolek-Folland, Angel
Incorporating Women: A History of Women and Business in the United States
by Angel Kwolek-Folland
reviewed by Mary A. Yeager on April 1, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

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