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Zacharias, Lawrence S.
Of Cabbages and Kings County: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn
by Marc Linder and Lawrence S. Zacharias
reviewed by David B. Danbom on August 31, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Zamagni, Vera
The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 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), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Zeckhauser, Richard J.
The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art
by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
reviewed by Bernadine Barnes on February 21, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Zeiger, Susan
In Uncle Sam's Service: Women Workers with the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919
by Susan Zeiger
reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 4, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Zeiler, Thomas W.
Free Trade Free World: The Advent of GATT
by Thomas W. Zeiler
reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on June 16, 1999
  • Geographic area:
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Globalization and the American Century
by Alfred E. Eckes Jr. and Thomas W. Zeiler
reviewed by Wyatt Wells on March 1, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Zeitlin, Jonathan
World of Possibilities: Flexibility and Mass Production in Western Industrialization
by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin
reviewed by James A. Jaffe on March 16, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
Zelin, Madeleine
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)
The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China
by Madeleine Zelin
reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 5, 2006
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Zelizer, Julian E.
Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975
by Julian E. Zelizer
reviewed by Dennis J. Ventry on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Ziedonis, Arvids A.
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)
Ziliak, Stephen T.
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)
Zimmerman, David
Panic! Markets, Crises, and Crowds in American Fiction
by David Zimmerman
reviewed by Scott Dalrymple on October 26, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Zimring, Carl A.
Cash for Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America
by Carl A. Zimring
reviewed by Scott A. Beaulier on April 29, 2008
  • 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: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
Zipf, Karin L.
Labor of Innocents: Forced Apprenticeship in North Carolina, 1715-1919
by Karin L. Zipf
reviewed by T. Stephen Whitman on September 30, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Zumer, Frederic
The Making of Global Finance, 1880-1913
by Marc Flandreau and Frederic Zumer
reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on February 1, 2005
  • 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)
Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina
Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption 1939-1955
by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
reviewed by John Singleton on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Zweynert, Joachim
Economics in Russia: Studies in Intellectual History
by Vincent Barnett and Joachim Zweynert (editors)
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on May 22, 2009
  • 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)

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