Book Reviews - By Reviewer (E)

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Eakin, Marshall C.
Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
by Zephyr L. Frank
reviewed by Marshall C. Eakin on December 9, 2005
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q)
Easterlin, Richard A.
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)
Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread
by Simon Kuznets
reviewed by Richard A. Easterlin on October 29, 2001
  • 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Eckes, Alfred E.
Taking Trade to the Streets: The Lost History of Public Efforts to Shape Globalization
by Susan Ariel Aaronson
reviewed by Alfred E. Eckes on August 25, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Edelstein, Michael
The Global Export of Capital from Great Britain, 1865-1914: A Statistical Survey
by Irving Stone
reviewed by Michael Edelstein on November 4, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945
by Mira Wilkins
reviewed by Michael Edelstein on January 28, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Ekelund Jr., Robert B.
Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
by David W. Galenson
reviewed by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. on May 19, 2006
  • 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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Eloranta, Jari
Democracy and Redistribution
by Carles Boix
reviewed by Jari Eloranta on February 18, 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919
by Eric W. Osborne
reviewed by Jari Eloranta on July 22, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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)
Eltis, David
Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800
by Kenneth Morgan
reviewed by David Eltis on October 10, 2001
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680
by Stuart B. Schwartz (editor)
reviewed by David Eltis on December 31, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados
by Russell R. Menard
reviewed by David Eltis on November 10, 2006
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States
by Laird W. Bergad
reviewed by David Eltis on May 8, 2009
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Emery, J. C. Herbert
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)
From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
by David T. Beito
reviewed by J. C. Herbert Emery on August 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Emery, George
Selling Themselves: The Emergence of Canadian Advertising
by Russell Johnston
reviewed by George Emery on February 23, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Emmett, Ross B.
A Future of Capitalism: The Economic Vision of Robert Heilbroner
by Michael C. Carroll
reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on January 15, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
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)
Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined
by Suman Ghosh
reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on August 5, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Endres, A.M.
The Bank for International Settlements: Evolution and Evaluation
by James C. Baker
reviewed by A.M. Endres on July 11, 2003
  • 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)
Engen, Darel
Economies beyond Agriculture in the Classical World
by David J. Mattingly and John Salmon (editors)
reviewed by Darel Engen on February 4, 2003
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
Engen, Darel Tai
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)
Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece
by Takeshi Amemiya
reviewed by Darel Tai Engen on April 15, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Engerman, Stanley L.
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
by David M. Levy
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on December 20, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Engerman, Stanley
Race, Liberalism, and Economics
by David Colander, Robert E. Prasch and Falguni A. Sheth (editors)
reviewed by Stanley Engerman on July 12, 2004
  • 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Engerman, Stanley L.
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)
The Economics of World War I
by Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison (editors)
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 2, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny
by Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney (editors)
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on February 22, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on March 1, 2000
  • 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)

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