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- Rabushka, Alvin
- Taxation in Colonial America
- by Alvin Rabushka
- reviewed by Roger Hewett on August 27, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Raff, Daniel M. G.
- Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries
- by Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Daniel M. G. Raff and Peter Temin
- reviewed by Henry A. Gemery on February 15, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Raffaelli, Tiziano
- The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall
- by Tiziano Raffaelli, Giacomo Becattini and Marco Dardi (editors)
- reviewed by David Andrews on September 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Raffel, Marta Cotterell
- The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840
- by Marta Cotterell Raffel
- reviewed by Marla R. Miller on July 16, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Rahikainen, Marjatta
- Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
- by Marjatta Rahikainen
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on November 11, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Ramrattan, Lall
- Reflections of Eminent Economists
- by Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan (editors)
- reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 31, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Paul Samuelson: On Being an Economist
- by Michael Szenberg, Aron Gottesman and Lall Ramrattan
- reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 5, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Rasmuson, Elmer E.
- Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska
- by Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on July 19, 2004
- 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)
- Raven, Neil
- Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
- by Penelope Lane, Neil Raven and K. D. M. Snell (editors)
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on March 2, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Rawski, Thomas G.
- Economics and the Historian
- by Thomas G. Rawski
- reviewed by Lynne Kiesling on September 30, 1996
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Economics and the Historian
- by Thomas G. Rawski
- reviewed by Michael Dintenfass on September 30, 1996
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Razo, Armando
- 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)
- Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection during Mexico's Early Industrialization
- by Armando Razo
- reviewed by Aurora Gómez Galvarriato on September 30, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Razzell, Peter
- Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550-1850
- by Peter Razzell
- reviewed by Andrew Hinde on July 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Ready, Richard C.
- Valuing Cultural Heritage: Applying Environmental Valuation Techniques to Historic Buildings, Monuments and Artifacts
- by Ståle Navrud and Richard C. Ready (editors)
- reviewed by John C. Whitehead on January 10, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Reagan, Patrick D.
- Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890 - 1943
- by Patrick D. Reagan
- reviewed by Robert Cuff on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Designing a New America: the Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943
- by Patrick D. Reagan
- reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on February 21, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Reder, Melvin W.
- Economics: The Culture of a Controversial Science
- by Melvin W. Reder
- reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on March 31, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Redish, Angela
- Bimetallism: An Economic and Historical Analysis
- by Angela Redish
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on November 8, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Reed, Charles M.
- Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World
- by Charles M. Reed
- reviewed by Darel Tai Engen on July 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Reed, Christopher A.
- Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
- by Christopher A. Reed
- reviewed by Elisabeth Köll on December 7, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Reeves, Peter
- 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)
- Reis, Jaime
- Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933
- by Pablo Martin Acena and Jaime Reis
- reviewed by Angela Redish on September 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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)
- The Emergence of Modern Central Banking from 1918 to the Present
- by Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Jaime Reis and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Toma on July 13, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Reisman, David
- Schumpeter's Market: Enterprise and Evolution
- by David Reisman
- reviewed by Frederic Sautet on September 2, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Remer, Rosalind
- Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic
- by Rosalind Remer
- reviewed by Philip Scranton on December 19, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic
- by Rosalind Remer
- reviewed by Richard R. John on October 15, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Renshaw, Jean R.
- Kimono in the Boardroom: the Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers
- by Jean R. Renshaw
- reviewed by Christienne L. Hinz on September 19, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Resnick, Stephen A.
- Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR
- by Stephen A. Resnick and Richard D. Wolff
- reviewed by Mark Harrison on January 17, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- 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)
- Reti, Steven P.
- Silver and Gold: The Political Economy of International Monetary Conferences, 1867-1892
- by Steven P. Reti
- reviewed by John H. Wood on February 22, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Rhode, Paul W.
- The Global Economy in the 1990s: A Long-Run Perspective
- by Paul W. Rhode and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
- reviewed by Christopher Hanes on July 13, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Income and Wealth (Q)
- 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)
- Riccards, Michael P.
- The New Deal and Public Policy
- by Byron D. Daynes, William D. Pederson and Michael P. Riccards
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on April 5, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Richards, Leonard L.
- Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
- by Leonard L. Richards
- reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on October 14, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Richards, Lawrence
- Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture
- by Lawrence Richards
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on November 19, 2008
- 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)
- Richardson, Heather Cox
- The Greatest Nation on Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on January 19, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Richardson, Philip
- Economic Change in China, c. 1800-1950
- by Philip Richardson
- reviewed by Debin Ma on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- 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)
- Richardson, David
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
- by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
- reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Richter, Daniel K.
- Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
- by Daniel K. Richter
- reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on October 6, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Riley, James C.
- Sick, Not Dead: The Health of British Workingmen During the Mortality Decline
- by James C. Riley
- reviewed by J. C. Herbert Emery on July 9, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History
- by James C. Riley
- reviewed by Richard A. Easterlin on February 12, 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: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Poverty and Life Expectancy: The Jamaica Paradox
- by James C. Riley
- reviewed by Chulhee Lee on January 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Rilling, Donna J.
- Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Master Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850
- by Donna J. Rilling
- reviewed by James B. McSwain on July 17, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Ringe, Astrid
- 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)
- Ritschl, Albrecht
- Deutschlands Krise und Konjunktur, 1924-1934: Binnenkonjuktur, Auslandsverschuldung und Reparationsproblem zwischen Dawes-Plan und Transfersperre
- by Albrecht Ritschl
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on March 10, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Ritter, Gretchen
- Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America
- by Gretchen Ritter
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on October 14, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Robbins, Lionel
- A History of Economic Thought: The LSE Lectures
- by Lionel Robbins
- reviewed by Bradley W. Bateman on August 29, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Roberts, William H.
- Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
- by William H. Roberts
- reviewed by David Surdam on September 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Roberts, Phil
- A Penny for the Governor, A Dollar for Uncle Sam: Income Taxation in Washington
- by Phil Roberts
- reviewed by Terri A. Sexton on October 15, 2003
- 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)
- Robertson, David Brian
- Capital, Labor, and State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal
- by David Brian Robertson
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on January 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Robertson, Paul L.
- Economic Relations between Britain and Australasia, 1945-1970
- by John Singleton and Paul L. Robertson
- reviewed by Jonathan Pincus on January 16, 2004
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Robinson, James A.
- Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
- by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
- reviewed by Michael Munger on October 8, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Rocchi, Fernando
- Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930
- by Fernando Rocchi
- reviewed by Joel Horowitz on June 12, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Rockefeller, Edwin S.
- The Antitrust Religion
- by Edwin S. Rockefeller
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on September 21, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Rodrigue, John C.
- Reconstruction in the Cane Field: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes 1862-1880
- by John C. Rodrigue
- reviewed by Robert C. Kenzer on October 26, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Rodrik, Dani
- In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth
- by Dani Rodrik (editor)
- reviewed by Richard Pomfret on August 22, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth
- by Dani Rodrik
- reviewed by Alice Amsden on October 1, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Roehner, Bertrand M.
- Hidden Collective Factors in Speculative Trading: A Study in Analytical Economics
- by Bertrand M. Roehner
- reviewed by David A. Zalewski on February 21, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Patterns of Speculation: A Study in Observational Econophysics
- by Bertrand M. Roehner
- reviewed by Graeme D. Snooks on February 12, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Pattern and Repertoire in History
- by Bertrand M. Roehner and Tony Syme
- reviewed by John Nye on January 26, 2004
- 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Separatism and Integration: A Study in Analytical History
- by Bertrand M. Roehner
- reviewed by Enrico Spolaore on January 5, 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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Roitman, J.V.
- A Deus ex Machina Revisited: Atlantic Colonial Trade and European Economic Development
- by P.C. Emmer, O. Pétré-Grenouilleau and J.V. Roitman (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 3, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Rollings, Neil
- 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)
- Roncaglia, Alessandro
- The Wealth of Ideas: A History of Economic Thought
- by Alessandro Roncaglia
- reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on June 28, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Röschenthaler, Ute
- Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences
- by E. M. Chilver and Ute Röschenthaler (editors)
- reviewed by Ralph A. Austen on August 14, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Rose, Mark
- Cities of Heat and Light: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America
- by Mark Rose
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 21, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rose, Mary B.
- Firms, Networks and Business Values: The British and American Cotton Industries since 1750
- by Mary B. Rose
- reviewed by David Higgins on May 11, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rose, Jerome C.
- The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere
- by Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose (editors)
- reviewed by William J. Collins on May 13, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Rose, Mark H.
- The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely and Paul F. Barrett
- reviewed by William R. Childs on May 25, 2007
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rosen, Deborah A.
- Courts and Commerce: Gender, Law and the Market Economy in Colonial New York
- by Deborah A. Rosen
- reviewed by Anne M. Boylan on April 7, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rosen, Eliot A.
- Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery
- by Eliot A. Rosen
- reviewed by Elmus Wicker on June 19, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Rosenband, Leonard N.
- Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805
- by Leonard N. Rosenband
- reviewed by Michael Huberman on July 19, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Rosenbaum, David I.
- Market Dominance: How Firms Gain, Hold, or Lose It and the Impact on Economic Performance
- by David I. Rosenbaum (editor)
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on March 2, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rosenberg, Samuel
- American Economic Development since 1945: Growth, Decline and Rejuvenation
- by Samuel Rosenberg
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on April 11, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Rosenberg, Nathan
- Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology: Some American Perspectives
- by Nathan Rosenberg
- reviewed by Avi J. Cohen on August 11, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Rosenberg, Samuel
- American Economic Development Since 1945: Growth, Decline and Rejuvenation
- by Samuel Rosenberg
- reviewed by Gene Smiley on October 26, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Rosenbloom, Joshua L.
- Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets during Industrialization
- by Joshua L. Rosenbloom
- reviewed by Warren C. Whatley on October 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting
- by Joshua L. Rosenbloom (editor)
- reviewed by Mary Eschelbach Hansen on September 26, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rosenblum, Harvey
- The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose: Economic Liberalism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
- by Mark Wynne, Harvey Rosenblum and Robert Formaini (editors)
- reviewed by Ranald Taylor and Robert Leeson on November 8, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Rosenof, Theodore
- Economics in the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and Their Legacies, 1933-1993
- by Theodore Rosenof
- reviewed by Michael Perelman on February 17, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Rosenthal, Howard
- Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll-Call Voting
- by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal
- reviewed by Jac Heckelman on August 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent
- Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870
- by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
- reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 11, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
- by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Financial Markets
- by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on July 30, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rosenthal, Howard
- 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)
- Rossi, John Paul
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961
- by Samuel P. Black Jr. and John Paul Rossi
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on October 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Rostow, W. W.
- The Great Population Spike and After: Reflections on the 21st Century
- by W. W. Rostow
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on June 8, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Concept and Controversy: Sixty Years of Taking Ideas to Market
- by W. W. Rostow
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on July 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Roth, Ralf
- Across the Borders: Financing the World's Railways in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Ralf Roth and Gunter Dinhobl (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on September 22, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rothschild, Emma
- Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- by Emma Rothschild
- reviewed by Glenn Hueckel on September 16, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Rottenberg, Dan
- The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance
- by Dan Rottenberg
- reviewed by Daniel A. Schiffman on January 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Rovner, Eduardo Saenz
- La conexión cubana: Narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución
- by Eduardo Saenz Rovner
- reviewed by William McGreevey on August 22, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rowbotham, Judith
- The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
- by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)
- reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Roy, William G.
- Socializing Capital: The Rise of the Large Industrial Corporation in America
- by William G. Roy
- reviewed by Margaret Levenstein on August 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Roy, Tirthankar
- Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
- by Tirthankar Roy
- reviewed by Susan Wolcott on February 20, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- The Economic History of India 1857-1947
- by Tirthankar Roy
- reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on March 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Rubenstein, Harry
- Who's In Charge? Workers and Managers in the United States
- by Peter Liebhold and Harry Rubenstein
- reviewed by Nelson Lichtenstein on March 6, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Rubenstein, James M.
- Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Automotive Industry
- by James M. Rubenstein
- reviewed by Thomas Winpenny on February 25, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Ruddiman, William F.
- Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate
- by William F. Ruddiman
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 21, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Rueschemeyer, Dietrich
- 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)
- Rusnock, Andrea A.
- Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France
- by Andrea A. Rusnock
- reviewed by Bernard Harris on May 10, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Rutherford, Donald
- The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists
- by Donald Rutherford (editor)
- reviewed by Richard A. Kleer on April 27, 2005
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Ruttan, Vernon W.
- Is War Necessary for Economic Growth? Military Procurement and Technology Development
- by Vernon W. Ruttan
- reviewed by Robert Higgs on June 21, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Military and War (O)
- Ryley, Thomas W.
- Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922
- by Edward S. Kaplan and Thomas W. Ryley
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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