Book Reviews - By Reviewer (D)
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- Dailey, Maceo
- The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship
- by Juliet E. K. Walker
- reviewed by Maceo Dailey on June 11, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Dalrymple, Scott
- 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)
- Danbom, David B.
- 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)
- Danbom, David
- From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture
- by Dennis S. Nordin and Roy V. Scott
- reviewed by David Danbom on February 15, 2006
- 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)
- Danforth, Susan
- The Commerce of Cartography: Making and Marketing Maps in Eighteenth-century France and England
- by Mary Sponberg Pedley
- reviewed by Susan Danforth on November 16, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Daniel, Clete
- The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama
- by John A. Salmond
- reviewed by Clete Daniel on July 25, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Davies, R. W.
- Farm to Factory: A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
- by Robert C. Allen
- reviewed by R. W. Davies on June 9, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Davis, Lance
- History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change
- by Timothy Guinnane, William Sundstrom and Warren Whatley (editors)
- reviewed by Lance Davis on April 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2), 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Davis, George K.
- The Mystery of Economic Growth
- by Elhanan Helpman
- reviewed by George K. Davis on March 29, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Davis, Joseph H.
- 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)
- Davis, Lance
- Railroads and American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History
- by Robert W. Fogel
- reviewed by Lance Davis on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Davis, John B.
- Keynes and Macroeconomics after 70 Years: Critical Assessments of The General Theory
- by L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater (editors)
- reviewed by John B. Davis on January 21, 2010
- 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)
- Dawson, John W.
- Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
- by Robert J. Barro
- reviewed by John W. Dawson on July 18, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Dawson, Virginia P.
- Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry
- by Donald M. Pattillo
- reviewed by Virginia P. Dawson on March 19, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- de Fátima Brandão, Maria
- Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism
- by Samuel Hollander
- reviewed by Maria de Fátima Brandão on December 16, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- De Long, J. Bradford
- Against the Tide
- by Douglas Irwin
- reviewed by J. Bradford De Long on January 6, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Are Some So Rich and Others So Poor
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by J. Bradford De Long on April 6, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
- by Robert Wright
- reviewed by J. Bradford De Long on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- DeGennaro, Ramon P.
- Pioneers of Financial Economics: Volume 2, Twentieth-Century Contributions
- by Geoffrey Poitras (editor)
- reviewed by Ramon P. DeGennaro on October 29, 2007
- 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- del Mar Rubio, M.
- Oil and Development in Venezuela during the 20th Century
- by Jorge Salazar-Carrillo and Bernadette West
- reviewed by M. del Mar Rubio on November 18, 2004
- 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- DePolt, Richard
- The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920
- by Andrew C. Isenberg
- reviewed by Richard DePolt on June 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Deutscht, Tracey
- Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France
- by Leora Auslander
- reviewed by Tracey Deutscht on September 16, 1997
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Dewey, Peter
- The Development of Modern Agriculture: British Farming since 1931
- by John Martin
- reviewed by Peter Dewey on November 7, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Diamond Jr., Arthur M.
- 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)
- Diamond Jr., Arthur M.
- The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler and the New Economy
- by Richard N. Langlois
- reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 6, 2009
- 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: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dicke, Tom
- The Gas Station in America
- by John A. Jakle and Kieth A. Sculle
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on May 16, 1995
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
- by Thomas A. Kinney
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on August 1, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Dighe, Ranjit S.
- And a Time for Hope: Americans in the Great Depression
- by James R. McGovern
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 1, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era
- by Gary Dean Best
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on October 10, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- 1896: The Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
- by Rebecca Edwards and Sarah DeFeo
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Populism
- by Worth Robert Miller
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
- by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
- 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Dimand, Robert W.
- 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)
- Dinan, John
- From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government
- by Randall G. Holcombe
- reviewed by John Dinan on May 21, 2003
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Dintenfass, Michael
- 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)
- Doetsch, Ethan
- From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle against the United Mine Workers of America
- by F. Darrell Munsell
- reviewed by Ethan Doetsch on June 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Dormois, Jean-Pierre
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Doti, Lynne Pierson
- Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931
- by Timothy Messer-Kruse
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on October 28, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Mechanics of Optimism: Mining Companies, Technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868
- by Jeffery J. Safford
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on November 16, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier
- by Albert L. Hurtado
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on September 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Drabble, John
- Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
- by Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (editors)
- reviewed by John Drabble on July 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Drelichman, Mauricio
- Estadísticas históricas de España: Siglos XIX - XX
- by Albert Carreras and Xavier Tafunell (editors)
- reviewed by Mauricio Drelichman on August 16, 2006
- 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), 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Drukker, J.W.
- Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
- by David Christian
- reviewed by J.W. Drukker on January 23, 2006
- 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)
- Duarte, Pedro Garcia
- Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics
- by Mark Skousen
- reviewed by Pedro Garcia Duarte on March 1, 2006
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dubofsky, Melvyn
- State-Making and Labor Movements: France and the Unite dStates, 1876-1914
- by Gerald Friedman
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on February 20, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
- by James B. Jacobs
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 19, 2006
- 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
- by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness (editors)
- reviewed by Melvyn Dubofsky on October 16, 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Dudley, Leonard
- The Size of Nations
- by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore
- reviewed by Leonard Dudley on February 2, 2004
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Duggan, Ed
- The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy
- by Richardson Dilworth
- reviewed by Ed Duggan on January 4, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Dunn Jr., James A.
- Mass Motorization and Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis
- by David W. Jones
- reviewed by James A. Dunn Jr. on December 24, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Dunn-Haley, Karen
- 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)
- Dupont, Brandon
- Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City
- by Russell L. Johnson
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years, 1806-1816
- by Herbert H. Kaplan
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- 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)
- Dwyer Jr., Gerald P.
- Money and Monetary Regimes: Struggle for Monetary Supremacy
- by George Macesich
- reviewed by Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. on May 17, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Dye, Alan
- American Sugar Kingdom: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934
- by César Ayala
- reviewed by Alan Dye on September 3, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- 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)
- Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
- by Marcelo Bucheli
- reviewed by Alan Dye on August 20, 2008
- 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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