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Ó Gráda, Cormac
When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of the Last European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
by Cormac Ó Gráda, Richard Paping and Eric Vanhaute (editors)
reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on November 29, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
O'Brien, D. P.
The Classical Economists Revisited
by D. P. O'Brien
reviewed by Elisabeth Allgoewer on March 1, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
by D. P. O'Brien
reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
O'Hearn, Denis
The Atlantic Economy: Britain, the US and Ireland
by Denis O'Hearn
reviewed by Jane Gray on February 24, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
O'Neill, Karen M.
Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
by Karen M. O'Neill
reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
  • 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
by Karen M. O'Neill
reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
  • 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
O'Rourke, Kevin H.
Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy
by Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
reviewed by Marvin McInnis on August 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
O'Toole, James M.
Records of American Business
by James M. O'Toole
reviewed by Randall C. Jimerson on May 11, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
O'Toole, Patricia
Money and Morals in America: A History
by Patricia O'Toole
reviewed by Donald Frey on January 25, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Obstfeld, Maurice
Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth
by Maurice Obstfeld and Alan M. Taylor
reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on December 14, 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Ocampo, José Antonio
An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
by Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo and Rosemary Thorp (editors)
reviewed by Edward Beatty on February 22, 2002
  • 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Ocko, Jonathan K.
Contract and Property in Early Modern China
by Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko and Robert Gardella (editors)
reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 30, 2004
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
Odaka, Konosuke
Small Firms, Large Concerns: The Development of Small Business in Comparative Perspective
by Konosuke Odaka and Minoru Sawai
reviewed by Zoltan J. Acs on October 11, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Oddy, Derek J.
Food and the City in Europe since 1800
by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (editors)
reviewed by Richard Perren on February 27, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
Ofek, Haim
Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution
by Haim Ofek
reviewed by João Ricardo Faria on May 30, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: Prehistoric (1)
  • Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Offer, Avner
The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
by Avner Offer
reviewed by John F. Helliwell on January 18, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
Officer, Lawrence H.
Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History
by Lawrence H. Officer
reviewed by Richard Sylla on November 27, 2007
  • 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior
by Lawrence H. Officer
reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on March 20, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing
by Lawrence H. Officer
reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on December 29, 2009
  • 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)
Ogilvy, James A.
Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow
by James A. Ogilvy
reviewed by Allen L. Bures on August 21, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Ogura, Shinji
Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
by Shinji Ogura
reviewed by James Mak on March 5, 2003
  • 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Ojala, Jari
East-West Trade and the Cold War
by Jari Eloranta and Jari Ojala (editors)
reviewed by Martin C. Spechler on November 4, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Road to Prosperity: An Economic History of Finland
by Jari Ojala, Jari Eloranta and Jukka Jalava (editors)
reviewed by Lars Fredrik Andersson on June 8, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Okazaki, Tetsuji
The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
by Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (editors)
reviewed by Jennifer Frankl on August 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Okuno-Fujiwara, Masahiro
The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
by Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (editors)
reviewed by Jennifer Frankl on August 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Oldroyd, David
Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780
by David Oldroyd
reviewed by James Jaffe on April 2, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
Olegario, Rowena
Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble
by Davis Dyer, Frederick Dalzell and Rowena Olegario
reviewed by Michael Landry on June 17, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business
by Rowena Olegario
reviewed by Brandon Dupont on July 15, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Oliver, Michael J.
Exchange Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century
by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on November 24, 1999
  • 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)
Trade Unions and the Economy: 1870-2000
by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
reviewed by Sharon Otoo on August 8, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft
by Michael J. Oliver (editor)
reviewed by Ruggero Ranieri on January 28, 2003
  • 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century
by Michael J. Oliver and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on June 8, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Olmstead, Alan L.
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Four: Economic Sectors
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Lee J. Alston on June 26, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume One: Population
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Trevon D. Logan on July 17, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Creating Abundance: Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development
by Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode
reviewed by Lee A. Craig on May 12, 2009
  • 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)
Olson, Mancur
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)
Onuf, Nicholas
Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War
by Nicholas Onuf and Peter Onuf
reviewed by Jane Flaherty on October 23, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Onuf, Peter
Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War
by Nicholas Onuf and Peter Onuf
reviewed by Jane Flaherty on October 23, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Orenic, Liesl Miller
On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
by Liesl Miller Orenic
reviewed by Lawrence W. Boyd Jr. on August 27, 2009
  • 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)
Orlove, Benjamin
The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
by Benjamin Orlove
reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on February 5, 1998
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Ormrod, David
The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770
by David Ormrod
reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on December 11, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Orszag, Peter R.
American Economic Policy in the 1990s
by Jeffrey A. Frankel and Peter R. Orszag (editors)
reviewed by William F. Shughart II on August 16, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Osborne, Eric W.
Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919
by Eric W. Osborne
reviewed by Jari Eloranta on July 22, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Osborne, Robin
Poverty in the Roman World
by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne (editors)
reviewed by Willem M. Jongman on July 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: Ancient (2)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Osseweijer, Manon
Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia
by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (editors)
reviewed by S. Nawiyanto on August 18, 2006
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
Osterhammel, Jürgen
Globalization: A Short History
by Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Petersson
reviewed by Kevin H. O'Rourke on May 15, 2006
  • 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: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Otteson, James R.
Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life
by James R. Otteson
reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young on April 28, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Ottosson, Jan
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)
Outram, Quentin
Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966
by Roy Church and Quentin Outram
reviewed by Judith Wale on August 23, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Overton, Mark
Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750
by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Owen, Thomas C.
Dilemmas of Russian Capitalism: Fedor Chizhov and Corporate Enterprise in the Railroad Age
by Thomas C. Owen
reviewed by Steven Nafziger on June 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
O’Rourke, Kevin H.
Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O’Rourke
reviewed by Åževket Pamuk on August 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

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