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- Maas, Ineke
- HISCO: Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations
- by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas and Andrew Miles
- reviewed by Hamish James on August 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Maas, Harro
- William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics
- by Harro Maas
- reviewed by Michael V. White on November 27, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- MacAvoy, Paul W.
- The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation
- by Paul W. MacAvoy
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on July 30, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Macdonald, James
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- 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), Military and War (O)
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- 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), Military and War (O)
- MacDougall, Philip
- Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The Industrial Transformation
- by Philip MacDougall (editor)
- reviewed by Ian Buxton on October 30, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Macesich, George
- Money and Monetary Regimes: Struggle for Monetary Supremacy
- by George Macesich
- reviewed by Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. on May 17, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- MacLachlan, Ian
- Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain
- by Ian MacLachlan
- reviewed by Daniel V. Gordon on May 24, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Maclean, Mairi
- 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)
- MacLeod, Christine
- Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914
- by Christine MacLeod
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Macunovich, Diane J.
- Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
- by Diane J. Macunovich
- reviewed by Randall J. Olsen on May 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Maddison, Angus
- Monitoring the World Economy: 1820-1992
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by John R. Hanson on February 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by Thomas R. Gottschang on July 3, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective
- by Angus Maddison
- reviewed by Elise S. Brezis on November 26, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century
- by Angus Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W.F. Shepherd (editors)
- reviewed by Kelly Olds on May 28, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: 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)
- Maddox, Robert Franklin
- The War within World War II: The United States and International Cartels
- by Robert Franklin Maddox
- reviewed by Daniel Barbezat on May 21, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Madsen, Axel
- John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
- by Axel Madsen
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 10, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Magat, Richard
- Unlikely Partners: Philanthropic Foundations and the Labor Movement
- by Richard Magat
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on December 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)
- Magee, Gary Bryan
- Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry: Labour, Capital, and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914
- by Gary Bryan Magee
- reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 17, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Magnum, Garth L.
- The Rise, Fall, and Replacement of Industrywide Bargaining in the Basic Steel Industry
- by Garth L. Magnum and R. Scott McNabb
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on March 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Magnusson, Lars
- The State, Regulation and the Economy: An Historical Perspective
- by Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on July 3, 2002
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Tradition of Free Trade
- by Lars Magnusson
- reviewed by William K. Hutchinson on February 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mahoney, James
- Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences
- by James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer (editors)
- reviewed by Bertrand M. Roehner on March 19, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Main, Gloria L.
- Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England
- by Gloria L. Main
- reviewed by Daniel Scott Smith on December 10, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Maines, Rachel
- Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk
- by Rachel Maines
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on August 31, 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), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Majewski, John
- A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia, 1800-1860
- by John Majewski
- reviewed by Thomas Weiss on December 8, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Malone, Laurence J.
- Opening the West: Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860
- by Laurence J. Malone
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on October 23, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Maloney, William F.
- Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
- by Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on February 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Malsberger, John W.
- The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
- by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
- 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Mancini, Matthew J.
- One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928
- by Matthew J. Mancini
- reviewed by Garland Brinkley on October 29, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mandell, Nikki
- The Corporation as Family: The Gendering of Corporate Welfare, 1890-1930
- by Nikki Mandell
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mann, Bruce H.
- Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence
- by Bruce H. Mann
- reviewed by David T. Flynn on February 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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)
- Manning, Joseph G.
- The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
- by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
- reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Marchand, Roland
- Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business
- by Roland Marchand
- reviewed by Elizabeth Fones-Wolf on January 20, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Marglin, Stephen A.
- The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
- by Stephen A. Marglin
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 31, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Margo, Robert A.
- Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
- by Robert A. Margo
- reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Income and Wealth (Q), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- by Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
- reviewed by Susan B. Carter on July 1, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Margolis, Stephen E.
- Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
- by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
- reviewed by Bill Goffe on July 24, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Marichal, Carlos
- From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000
- by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal and Zephyr Frank (editors)
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on January 26, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810
- by Carlos Marichal
- reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on May 1, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- Markham, Jerry W.
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on June 6, 2002
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Kenneth Weiher on December 11, 2002
- 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)
- Marks, Gary
- It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
- by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
- reviewed by Eric Rauchway on April 13, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Markwell, Donald
- John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
- by Donald Markwell
- reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on February 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Marnot, Bruno
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Márquez, Graciela
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Marsh, Peter T.
- Bargaining on Europe: Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892
- by Peter T. Marsh
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on February 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Marsh, Paul
- Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
- by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
- reviewed by John A. James on August 28, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Marshall, Richard K.
- The Local Merchants of Prato: Small Entrepreneurs in the Late Medieval Economy
- by Richard K. Marshall
- reviewed by Russell Ives Court on November 22, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Marshall, James N.
- The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
- by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
- 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Martin, John
- The Development of Modern Agriculture: British Farming since 1931
- by John Martin
- reviewed by Peter Dewey on November 7, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Martin, Jonathan D.
- Divided Mastery: Slave Hiring in the American South
- by Jonathan D. Martin
- reviewed by Jonathan B. Pritchett on September 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Martínez, Alberte
- La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
- by Alberte Martínez, Carlos Piñeiro and Carlos Velasco
- reviewed by Jesús Mirás-Araujo on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Mason, David L.
- From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995
- by David L. Mason
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on January 26, 2005
- 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Masschaele, James
- Peasants, Merchants, and Markets: Inland Trade in Medieval England, 1150-1350
- by James Masschaele
- reviewed by Gregory Clark on April 1, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mathews, John A.
- Dragon Multinational: A New Model for Global Growth
- by John A. Mathews
- reviewed by Stephen A. Kolenda on July 21, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Matis, Herbert
- Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-Century Europe
- by Alice Teichova, Herbert Matis and Jaroslav Pátek (editors)
- reviewed by Laura N. Stanciu Haar on March 12, 2002
- 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nation, State, and the Economy in History
- by Alice Teichova and Herbert Matis (editors)
- reviewed by Joerg Baten on April 23, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Matson, Cathy
- The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions
- by Cathy Matson (editor)
- reviewed by David B. Ryden on January 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Matthews, Jeffrey J.
- Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era
- by Jeffrey J. Matthews
- reviewed by Thomas D. Westerman on June 14, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mattingly, David J.
- Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World
- by David J. Mattingly and John Salmon (editors)
- reviewed by Darel Engen on February 4, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Matusow, Allen J.
- Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes
- by Allen J. Matusow
- reviewed by David Stebenne on August 24, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Maurer, Noel
- The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932
- by Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Enrique Cárdenas on September 11, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- May, Robert E.
- Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America
- by Robert E. May
- reviewed by Ben Wynne on February 25, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Mayer, Thomas
- Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States: The Federal Reserve and the Failure of Macroeconomic Policy, 1965-79
- by Thomas Mayer
- reviewed by Stephen J. Perez on January 26, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Maynes, Mary Jo
- Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills: Placing Girls in European History, 1750-1960
- by Mary Jo Maynes, Birgitte Soland and Christina Benninghaus
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on May 24, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- McAfee, Ward M.
- The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
- by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Ward M. McAfee
- reviewed by Donald F. Schaefer on April 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz
- The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe
- reviewed by Willem Floor on April 23, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- McCann, James C.
- Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000
- by James C. McCann
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on October 4, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- McCants, Anne E. C.
- Civic Charity in a Golden Age: Orphan Care in Early Modern Amsterdam
- by Anne E. C. McCants
- reviewed by Bronwyn Croxson on May 12, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCarthy, Dennis M.P.
- International Economic Integration in Historical Perspective
- by Dennis M.P. McCarthy
- reviewed by John R. Hanson II on June 11, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCarty, Nolan
- Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches
- by Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Income and Wealth (Q)
- McClelland, Peter D.
- Sowing Modernity: America's First Agricultural Revolution
- by Peter D. McClelland
- reviewed by Mary Eschelbach Hansen on February 28, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- McClenahan Jr., William M.
- The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000
- by William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan Jr.
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Bean on July 1, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McCloskey, Deirdre N.
- The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
- by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
- reviewed by Philip R.P. Coelho on June 10, 2008
- 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)
- McConnell, Anita
- Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
- by Anita McConnell
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on August 7, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- McCormick, Michael
- Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce, AD 300-900
- by Michael McCormick
- reviewed by David Griffiths on July 16, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McCraw, Thomas K.
- American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked
- by Thomas K. McCraw
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
- by Thomas K. McCraw
- reviewed by Richard N. Langlois on November 14, 2007
- 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), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- McCurdy, Charles W.
- The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
- by Charles W. McCurdy
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on September 4, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McCusker, John J.
- How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Commodity Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
- by John J. McCusker
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 6, 2002
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- McDonald, John
- Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086
- by John McDonald
- reviewed by Maristella Botticini on March 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's _My Years with General Motors_
- by John McDonald
- reviewed by David L. Mason on August 9, 2002
- 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)
- McGillivray, Fiona
- International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
- by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
- reviewed by John V.C. Nye on July 23, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McGovern, James R.
- And a Time for Hope: Americans in the Great Depression
- by James R. McGovern
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 1, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- McGuire, Robert A.
- To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution
- by Robert A. McGuire
- reviewed by Keith T. Poole on January 12, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McGuire, John
- Evolution of the World Economy, Precious Metals and India
- by John McGuire, Patrick Bertola and Peter Reeves (editors)
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on May 4, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McIntosh, Robert
- Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines
- by Robert McIntosh
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on December 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- McKenna, Marian C.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Constitutional War: The Court Packing Crisis of 1937
- by Marian C. McKenna
- reviewed by Harvey G. Hudspeth on May 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- McLean, Iain
- International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
- by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
- reviewed by John V.C. Nye on July 23, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McMillin, James A.
- The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810
- by James A. McMillin
- reviewed by Philip Misevich on August 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- McNabb, R. Scott
- The Rise, Fall, and Replacement of Industrywide Bargaining in the Basic Steel Industry
- by Garth L. Magnum and R. Scott McNabb
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on March 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- McNamara, Peter
- Political Economy and Statesmanship: Smith, Hamilton, and the Foundation of the Commercial Republic
- by Peter McNamara
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on May 14, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- McTavish, Jan R.
- Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America
- by Jan R. McTavish
- reviewed by Marc Law on May 12, 2008
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Meadows, Andrew
- Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
- by Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Schaps on April 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Medema, Steven
- Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction of Disciplinary Memory
- by Steven Medema and Warren Samuels (editors)
- reviewed by Roger Frantz on October 4, 2002
- 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)
- Melling, Joseph
- Managing the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Politics, and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain
- by Joseph Melling and Alan Booth (editors)
- reviewed by Mike Richardson on August 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Melosi, Martin V.
- The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present
- by Martin V. Melosi
- reviewed by James B. McSwain on May 16, 2002
- 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), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Meltzer, Allan H.
- A History of the Federal Reserve, Vol. I: 1913-51
- by Allan H. Meltzer
- reviewed by John H. Wood on June 25, 2003
- 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)
- Menard, Russell R.
- Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados
- by Russell R. Menard
- reviewed by David Eltis on November 10, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Messer-Kruse, Timothy
- Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931
- by Timothy Messer-Kruse
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on October 28, 2005
- 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)
- Metzer, Jacob
- Land Rights, Ethno-Nationality and Sovereignty in History
- by Stanley L. Engerman and Jacob Metzer (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Wishart on February 26, 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Metzler, Mark
- Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan
- by Mark Metzler
- reviewed by Eugene N. White on January 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- Meyer, David R.
- The Roots of American Industrialization
- by David R. Meyer
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on November 13, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Networked Machinists: High-Technology Industries in Antebellum America
- by David R. Meyer
- reviewed by Ross Thomson on June 18, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Michie, Ranald C.
- The London Stock Exchange: A History
- by Ranald C. Michie
- reviewed by Larry Neal on August 10, 2000
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Middleton, Roger
- The British Economy since 1945: Engaging with the Debate
- by Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Economic Policy under the Conservatives, 1951-64: A Guide to Documents in the National Archives of the UK
- by Astrid Ringe, Neil Rollings and Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on June 18, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Mihm, Stephen
- A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
- by Stephen Mihm
- reviewed by Jane Knodell on January 23, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Miles, Andrew
- HISCO: Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations
- by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas and Andrew Miles
- reviewed by Hamish James on August 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Miller, Sally M.
- Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
- by Sally M. Miller, A. J. H. Latham and Dennis O. Flynn (editors)
- reviewed by Sumner La Croix on July 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Miller, Karen S.
- The Voice of Business: Hill & Knowlton and Postwar Public Relations
- by Karen S. Miller
- reviewed by Pamela W. Laird on September 9, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Miller, Judith A.
- Mastering the Market: The State and the Grain Trade in Northern France, 1700-1860
- by Judith A. Miller
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Liebowitz on January 13, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Miller, Danny
- Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses
- by Danny Miller and Isabel Le Breton-Miller
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on August 8, 2005
- 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)
- Miller, Worth Robert
- Populism
- by Worth Robert Miller
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Miller, Marla R.
- The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
- by Marla R. Miller
- reviewed by Gloria L. Main on May 11, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Millward, Robert
- Private and Public Enterprises in Europe: Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, 1830-1990
- by Robert Millward
- reviewed by Pier Angelo Toninelli on February 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Milward, Bob
- Globalisation? Internationalisation and Monopoly Capitalism: Historical Processes and Capitalist Dynamism
- by Bob Milward
- reviewed by Paul Benneworth on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Minchin, Timothy
- Hiring the Black Worker: The Racial Integration of the Southern Textile Industry, 1960-1980
- by Timothy Minchin
- reviewed by Thomas Lyons on June 18, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Minchin, Timothy J.
- Fighting against the Odds: A History of Southern Labor since World War II
- by Timothy J. Minchin
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on August 10, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Minoglou, Ioanna Pepelasis
- 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)
- Miranti, Paul J.
- A History of Corporate Finance
- by Jonathan B. Baskin and Paul J. Miranti
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on July 20, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Mirowski, Philip
- The Effortless Economy of Science?
- by Philip Mirowski
- reviewed by Lawrence Boland on February 1, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mitch, David
- Origins of the Modern Career
- by David Mitch, John Brown and Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
- reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 13, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mitchell, Daniel J. B.
- Pensions, Politics, and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society
- by Daniel J. B. Mitchell
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on January 7, 2002
- 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)
- Mitchell, Lawrence E.
- The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry
- by Lawrence E. Mitchell
- reviewed by J. Peter Ferderer on June 5, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Mizen, Paul
- Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, Volume Two
- by Paul Mizen (editor)
- reviewed by Lars Jonung on March 10, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Moe, Espen
- Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000
- by Espen Moe
- reviewed by Peter T. Leeson on July 25, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Mohowski, Robert E.
- The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
- by Robert E. Mohowski
- reviewed by H. Roger Grant on November 12, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Mohun, Arwen
- Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940
- by Arwen Mohun
- reviewed by Jeffrey M. Hornstein on November 14, 2000
- 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: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Mokyr, Joel
- The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
- by Joel Mokyr
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
- by Joel Mokyr
- reviewed by William F. Shughart II on March 15, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- by Joel Mokyr (editor)
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on April 20, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Molà, Luca
- The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice
- by Luca Molà
- reviewed by Giovanni Federico on September 25, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Möller, Astrid
- Naukratis: Trade in Archaic Greece
- by Astrid Möller
- reviewed by David Tandy on February 13, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mom, Gijs
- The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age
- by Gijs Mom
- reviewed by Staffan Hultén on March 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Monod, David
- Store Wars: Shopkeepers and the Culture of Mass Marketing, 1890-1939
- by David Monod
- reviewed by David A. Horowitz on September 8, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Montes, Leonidas
- Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassessment of Some Central Components of His Thought
- by Leonidas Montes
- reviewed by Peter McNamara on September 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- New Voices on Adam Smith
- by Leonidas Montes and Eric Schliesser (editors)
- reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young on March 6, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mora-Torres, Juan
- The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910
- by Juan Mora-Torres
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on June 25, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Moreno, Paul D.
- From Direct Action to Affirmative Action: Fair Employment Law and Policy in America, 1933-1972
- by Paul D. Moreno
- reviewed by Charles A. Shanor on May 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Moreno, Julio
- Yankee Don't Go Home! Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture, and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920-1950
- by Julio Moreno
- reviewed by William Schell Jr. on September 7, 2004
- 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: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Moreno, Paul A.
- Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History
- by Paul A. Moreno
- reviewed by Vernon M. Briggs Jr. on May 14, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Morgan, Kenneth
- Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800
- by Kenneth Morgan
- reviewed by David Eltis on October 10, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Morgan, Chad
- Planters' Progress: Modernizing Confederate Georgia
- by Chad Morgan
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Morgan, Simon
- 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)
- Morley, Neville
- Trade in Classical Antiquity
- by Neville Morley
- reviewed by Peter Temin on June 29, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Morris, Ian
- The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
- by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
- reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World
- by Walter Scheidel, Ian Morris and Richard P. Saller (editors)
- reviewed by Peter Temin on May 11, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Morrison-Low, A. D.
- Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution
- by A. D. Morrison-Low
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Morrisson, Cécile
- The Byzantine Economy
- by Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson
- reviewed by Timothy E. Gregory on October 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Morse, Kathryn
- The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush
- by Kathryn Morse
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on December 30, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Moses, Jonathon W.
- Norwegian Catch-Up: Development and Globalization before World War II
- by Jonathon W. Moses
- reviewed by Ola Honningdal Grytten on October 14, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Mosk, Carl
- Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan
- by Carl Mosk
- reviewed by Mitsuhiko Kimura on October 31, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth
- by Carl Mosk
- reviewed by Mark Metzler on January 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Moure, Kenneth
- The Gold Standard Illusion: France, the Bank of France, and the International Gold Standard, 1914-1939
- by Kenneth Moure
- reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on January 21, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Mowery, David C.
- Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries
- by David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (editors)
- reviewed by Paul L. Robertson on January 16, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole Act
- by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat and Arvids A. Ziedonis
- reviewed by Roberto Mazzoleni on November 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Mueller, Milton L.
- Universal Service: Competition, Interconnection and Monopoly in the Making of the American Telephone System
- by Milton L. Mueller
- reviewed by Jeff Kraft on February 12, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Mueller, Bernardo
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Muir, Diana
- Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England
- by Diana Muir
- reviewed by Jane Knodell on May 24, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Mukherjee, Aditya
- Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the
- by Aditya Mukherjee
- reviewed by Tirthankar Roy on January 5, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Muldrew, Craig
- The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England
- by Craig Muldrew
- reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on August 2, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mulhearn, Chris
- The Euro: Its Origins, Development and Prospects
- by Chris Mulhearn and Howard R Vane
- reviewed by Jerry Mushin on January 26, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Müller, Leos
- Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce: The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815
- by Leos Müller
- reviewed by Yrjö Kaukiainen on February 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Muller, Jerry Z.
- The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought
- by Jerry Z. Muller
- reviewed by Bruce Caldwell on April 26, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Mulligan, Jr., William H.
- The Shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1850-1880: The Family during the Transition from Hand to Machine Labor
- by William H. Mulligan, Jr.
- reviewed by Christiane Diehl Taylor on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Munro, J. Forbes
- Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
- by J. Forbes Munro
- reviewed by Nicholas J. White on October 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Munsell, F. Darrell
- From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America
- by F. Darrell Munsell
- reviewed by Ethan Doetsch on June 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Munson, Richard
- From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity
- by Richard Munson
- reviewed by David B. Sicilia on January 20, 2008
- 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Murmann, Johann Peter
- Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions
- by Johann Peter Murmann
- reviewed by Brent Goldfarb on September 17, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Murray, James M.
- Bruges: Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
- by James M. Murray
- reviewed by Erin Jordan on April 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Murray, John E.
- Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds
- by John E. Murray
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on February 4, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Mustafa, Sam A.
- Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans in Connection, 1776-1835
- by Sam A. Mustafa
- reviewed by Simone A. Wegge on October 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Myers Jr., Samuel L.
- Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States since 1945
- by William A. Darity Jr. and Samuel L. Myers Jr.
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on February 15, 2000
- 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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