Book Reviews - By Author (V)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Vaggi, Gianni
- A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism
- by Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
- reviewed by David Andrews on January 9, 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Vale, Lawrence J.
- The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
- by Lawrence J. Vale and Thomas J. Campanella (editors)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on November 2, 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: Military and War (O), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- van den Berg, Richard
- At the Origins of Mathematical Economics: The Economics of A. N. Isnard (1748-1803)
- by Richard van den Berg (editor)
- reviewed by Theodore M. Porter on June 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- van der Linden, F. Robert
- Airlines and Air Mail: The Post Office and the Birth of the Commercial Aviation Industry
- by F. Robert van der Linden
- reviewed by Karen Dunn-Haley on May 28, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- van der Linden, Marcel
- Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates since 1917
- by Marcel van der Linden
- reviewed by Martin Kragh on October 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), 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), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- van Hook, James C.
- Rebuilding Germany: The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945-1957
- by James C. van Hook
- reviewed by Jonas Scherner on April 29, 2005
- 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)
- van Leeuwen, Marco H. D.
- The Logic of Charity: Amsterdam, 1800-1850
- by Marco H. D. van Leeuwen
- reviewed by George R. Boyer on December 7, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- van Leeuwen, Marco H.D.
- 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)
- 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)
- van Riel, Arthur
- The Strictures of Inheritance: The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century
- by Jan Luiten van Zanden and Arthur van Riel
- reviewed by Stephen Broadberry on October 1, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 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)
- van Tielhof, Milja
- The 'Mother of All Trades': The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
- by Milja van Tielhof
- reviewed by Regina Grafe on August 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- van Tuyll, Hubert
- Castles, Battles and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History
- by Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll
- reviewed by Peter Howlett on February 3, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Military and War (O)
- van Zanden, Jan Luiten
- The Strictures of Inheritance: The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century
- by Jan Luiten van Zanden and Arthur van Riel
- reviewed by Stephen Broadberry on October 1, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 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)
- Vane, Howard R
- 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)
- Vanhaute, Eric
- 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)
- Vatter, Harold G.
- The Rise of Big Government in the United States
- by John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on January 13, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Vaubel, Roland
- Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations
- by Peter Bernholz and Roland Vaubel (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on April 5, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)
- Vaught, David
- Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920
- by David Vaught
- reviewed by Kerry Odell on April 20, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Velasco, Carlos
- 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)
- Velde, Francois R.
- The Big Problem of Small Change
- by Thomas J. Sargent and Francois R. Velde
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on July 15, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Verdier, Daniel
- Moving Money: Banking and Finance in the Industrializing World
- by Daniel Verdier
- reviewed by Scott A. Redenius on October 7, 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)
- The Origins of National Financial Systems: Alexander Gerschenkron Reconsidered
- by Douglas J. Forsyth and Daniel Verdier (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on March 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Verdon, Nicola
- Rural Women Workers in Nineteenth-Century England: Gender, Work and Wages
- by Nicola Verdon
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on January 25, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Verhulst, Adriaan E.
- The Carolingian Economy
- by Adriaan E. Verhulst
- reviewed by Paolo Squatriti on May 20, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Vermeij, Geerat J.
- Nature: An Economic History
- by Geerat J. Vermeij
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on April 8, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Vernon, James
- Hunger: A Modern History
- by James Vernon
- reviewed by Timothy Cuff on August 18, 2008
- 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Vernus, Pierre
- Art, luxe et industrie: Bianchini Férier, un siècle de soieries lyonnaises
- by Pierre Vernus
- reviewed by George J. Sheridan Jr. on February 23, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Vietor, Richard H. K.
- How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
- by Richard H. K. Vietor
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on August 17, 2007
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Vittas, Dimitri
- Reforming Financial Systems: Historical Implications for Policy
- by Gerald Jr. Caprio and Dimitri Vittas
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on December 4, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Vivenza, Gloria
- Adam Smith and the Classics: The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought
- by Gloria Vivenza
- reviewed by Leonidas Montes on March 19, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Volanto, Keith J.
- Texas, Cotton, and the New Deal
- by Keith J. Volanto
- reviewed by Ryan Johnson on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- von Hippel, Wolfgang
- German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
- by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
- reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- von Reden, Sitta
- The Ancient Economy
- by Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden (editors)
- reviewed by Morris Silver on January 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Voth, Hans-Joachim
- Time and Work in England 1750-1830
- by Hans-Joachim Voth
- reviewed by Jane Humphries on February 4, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
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