Book Reviews - By Reviewer (J)
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- Jacobsen, Joyce P.
- In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
- by Alice Kessler-Harris
- reviewed by Joyce P. Jacobsen on June 26, 2002
- 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)
- Jacoby, Daniel
- Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940
- by Howell John Harris
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on October 12, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- American Vanguard: The United Autoworkers during the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
- by John Barnard
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on August 16, 2004
- 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)
- United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism
- by Ileen A. DeVault
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on March 8, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jaffe, James A.
- 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)
- Jaffe, James
- Peter Tait: A Remarkable Story
- by John E. Waite
- reviewed by James Jaffe on December 4, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O)
- Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780
- by David Oldroyd
- reviewed by James Jaffe on April 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- James, John A.
- U.S. Bank Deregulation in Historical Perspective
- by Charles W. Calomiris
- reviewed by John A. James on February 19, 2002
- Geographic area: 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)
- Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
- by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
- reviewed by John A. James on August 28, 2002
- 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)
- James, Hamish
- 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)
- James, Harold
- Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971
- by Francis J. Gavin
- reviewed by Harold James on January 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Jayadev, Arjun
- India: The Emerging Giant
- by Arvind Panagariya
- reviewed by Arjun Jayadev on September 29, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Jenkins, Andrew
- Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000
- by Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Andrew Jenkins on July 2, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Jeremy, David
- Trade Secrets: Intellectual Piracy and the Origins of American Industrial Power
- by Doron S. Ben-Atar
- reviewed by David Jeremy on October 15, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Jimerson, Randall C.
- Records of American Business
- by James M. O'Toole
- reviewed by Randall C. Jimerson on May 11, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- John, Richard R.
- Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic
- by Rosalind Remer
- reviewed by Richard R. John on October 15, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Johnsen, D. Bruce
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 2000
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on January 15, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 22, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Johnson, D. Gale
- Shifting Ground: The Changing Agricultural Soils of China and Indonesia
- by Peter H. Lindert
- reviewed by D. Gale Johnson on June 1, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production
- by Vaclav Smil
- reviewed by D. Gale Johnson on November 28, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Johnson, Ryan
- 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)
- Johnson, Noel D.
- The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization and in the Age of Revolution
- by Jeff Horn
- reviewed by Noel D. Johnson on May 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jones, Eric
- Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe
- by Richard Lachmann
- reviewed by Eric Jones on January 2, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, Laird
- World War II and the Scramble for Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1948
- by David Johnson
- reviewed by Laird Jones on December 30, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Jones, Norman
- Usury, Interest and the Reformation
- by Eric Kerridge
- reviewed by Norman Jones on December 29, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jones, J. Steven
- 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)
- Jones, Geoffrey
- The Oxford History of Indian Business
- by Dwijendra Tripathi
- reviewed by Geoffrey Jones on September 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Jones, Eric
- The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
- by Rodney Stark
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic
- by Alf Hornborg and Carole L. Crumley (editors)
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 9, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
- by Stephen A. Marglin
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 31, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Information Revolutions in the History of the West
- by Leonard Dudley
- reviewed by Eric Jones on December 16, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 17th Century (5), 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), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jongman, Willem M.
- Poverty in the Roman World
- by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne (editors)
- reviewed by Willem M. Jongman on July 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Jonung, Lars
- Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, Volume Two
- by Paul Mizen (editor)
- reviewed by Lars Jonung on March 10, 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jordan, Erin
- Bruges: Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
- by James M. Murray
- reviewed by Erin Jordan on April 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Jovanovic, Franck
- Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
- by Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos (editors)
- reviewed by Franck Jovanovic on May 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
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