Book Reviews - By Reviewer (A)
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
- A'Hearn, Brian
- The Growth of the Italian Economy 1820-1960
- by Jon Cohen and Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Brian A'Hearn on September 27, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Aaronson, Susan Ariel
- 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)
- American Trade Policy, 1923-1995
- by Edward S. Kaplan
- 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)
- Losing Control? Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization
- by Saskia Sassen
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 31, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- Reluctant Partners: A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000
- by Andrew Brown
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on September 16, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
- by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg
- reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on January 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Abrahamson, Eric John
- Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric
- by Stephen B. Adams and Orville R. Butler
- reviewed by Eric John Abrahamson on February 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Acs, Zoltan J.
- 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)
- Adams, John
- European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India
- by Om Prakash
- reviewed by John Adams on February 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- 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)
- Adams, Sean Patrick
- Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat
- by John E. Clark Jr.
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on May 26, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- 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)
- Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia
- by Andrew M. Schocket
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 19, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Adamson, Michael R.
- To Provide for the General Welfare: A History of the Federal Spending Power
- by Theodore Sky
- reviewed by Michael R. Adamson on January 14, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Adkins, Brian
- Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company, 1925-1985
- by Robert J. Jr. Weems
- reviewed by Brian Adkins on December 17, 1997
- 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)
- Aerts, Erik
- Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- by Richard W. Unger
- reviewed by Erik Aerts on January 11, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Afton, Bethanie
- The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
- by Jeremy Burchardt
- reviewed by Bethanie Afton on August 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Agnello, Richard
- Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art
- by David W. Galenson
- reviewed by Richard Agnello on May 31, 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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ahiakpor, James C.W.
- Ricardo's Macroeconomics: Money, Trade Cycles, and Growth
- by Timothy Davis
- reviewed by James C.W. Ahiakpor on September 22, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Aimaq, Jasmine
- Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire
- by Peter N. Stearns
- reviewed by Jasmine Aimaq on January 1, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Alborn, Timothy
- A History of the Modern Fact: Problems of Knowledge in the Sciences of Wealth and Society
- by Mary Poovey
- reviewed by Timothy Alborn on September 13, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Timothy Alborn on June 14, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- 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)
- Aldrich, Mark
- Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science
- by Christopher Sellers
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on March 12, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
- by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law
- by John Witt
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on June 11, 2004
- 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)
- 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)
- Alexander, Nicholas
- A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing
- by John Benson and Laura Ugolini (editors)
- reviewed by Nicholas Alexander on May 14, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Allen, Michael
- Troubled Waters: Steamboats, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821-1860
- by Paul F. Paskoff
- reviewed by Michael Allen on August 4, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Allen, Samuel
- Sweet Tyranny: Migrant Labor, Industrial Agriculture, and Imperial Politics
- by Kathleen Mapes
- reviewed by Samuel Allen on January 14, 2010
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Allgoewer, Elisabeth
- 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)
- Alston, Julian M.
- American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost
- by Bruce L. Gardner
- reviewed by Julian M. Alston on June 27, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Alston, Lee J.
- 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)
- Altman, Morris
- The Record of Global Economic Development
- by Eric L. Jones
- reviewed by Morris Altman on March 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Álvarez-Nogal, Carlos
- European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites: Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development, 15th-18th Centuries
- by Paul Janssens and Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla (editors)
- reviewed by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal on March 20, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Amato, Anthony J.
- Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
- by Jeffrey A. Lockwood
- reviewed by Anthony J. Amato on March 11, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Amsden, Alice
- 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)
- Andersson, Lars Fredrik
- 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)
- Andrews, David
- 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)
- Andrews, David M.
- The Social Sources of Financial Power: Domestic Legitimacy and International Financial Orders
- by Leonard Seabrooke
- reviewed by David M. Andrews on November 1, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), 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)
- Andrews, David
- 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)
- Ankli, Robert
- The Farm on the North Talbot Road
- by Allan G. Bogue
- reviewed by Robert Ankli on August 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Armstrong, Lawrin
- Medieval Economic Thought
- by Diana Wood
- reviewed by Lawrin Armstrong on August 27, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Atack, Jeremy
- Slavery and American Economic Development
- by Gavin Wright
- reviewed by Jeremy Atack on May 18, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Austen, Ralph A.
- 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)
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