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Ma, Debin
Economic Change in China, c. 1800-1950
by Philip Richardson
reviewed by Debin Ma on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita and Mark Selden
reviewed by Debin Ma on February 15, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
MacDonald, John A.
The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters
by Diane Coyle
reviewed by John A. MacDonald on September 21, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Macesich, George
Monetary Regimes of the Twentieth Century
by Andrew Britton
reviewed by George Macesich on August 8, 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)
MacKinnon, Mary
The Origins of the British Welfare State: Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945
by Bernard Harris
reviewed by Mary MacKinnon on February 16, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
MacLeod, Christine
Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution
by A. D. Morrison-Low
reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
by Anita McConnell
reviewed by Christine MacLeod on August 7, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800
by S. R. Epstein and Maarten Prak (editors)
reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Madison, James H.
Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
by Louis Galambos and Jane E. Sewell
reviewed by James H. Madison on November 18, 1996
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Maharajh, Rasigan
The Man behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley
by Leslie Berlin
reviewed by Rasigan Maharajh on December 6, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Main, Gloria L.
A History of Household Government in America
by Carole Shammas
reviewed by Gloria L. Main on March 26, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
by Marla R. Miller
reviewed by Gloria L. Main on May 11, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Majewski, John
Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States
by John Lauritz Larson
reviewed by John Majewski on July 23, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
American Railroads and the Transformation of the Ante-bellum Economy
by Albert Fishlow
reviewed by John Majewski on September 25, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Mak, James
Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
by Shinji Ogura
reviewed by James Mak on March 5, 2003
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Makasheva, Natalia A.
A History of Russian Economic Thought
by Vincent Barnett
reviewed by Natalia A. Makasheva and Warren J. Samuels on February 5, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Makinen, Gail
Britain and the Greek Economic Crisis, 1944-1947: From Liberation to the Truman Doctrine
by Anthanasios Lykogiannis
reviewed by Gail Makinen on June 13, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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)
Malone, Laurence J.
Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860
by Martin Bruegel
reviewed by Laurence J. Malone on October 17, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Maloney, Thomas N.
Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46
by Andrew Edmund Kersten
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 19, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Origins of the Modern Career
by David Mitch, John Brown and Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on April 13, 2005
  • 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: Labor and Employment History (T)
How Institutions Evolve: The Political Economy of Skills in Germany, Britain, the United States, and Japan
by Kathleen Thelen
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on November 23, 2005
  • 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: Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Two: Work and Welfare
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on August 4, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking
by Wilson J. Warren
reviewed by Thomas N. Maloney on May 6, 2009
  • 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), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Mancall, Peter C.
The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717
by Alan Gallay
reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on April 4, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
by Daniel K. Richter
reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on October 6, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Mandell, Nikki
City of Clerks: Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920
by Jerome P. Bjelopera
reviewed by Nikki Mandell on December 5, 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)
Mann, Ralph
The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
by Douglas Fetherling
reviewed by Ralph Mann on May 19, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Manning, Jason
Black Diamonds! Black Gold!: The Saga of Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
by Don Woodard
reviewed by Jason Manning on January 5, 1999
  • 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)
Margo, Robert A.
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Commodity Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
by John J. McCusker
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 6, 2002
  • 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition, and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
by Jonathan A. Glickstein
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on December 20, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: The Story
by Peter H. Lindert
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on April 28, 2004
  • 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: Further Evidence
by Peter H. Lindert
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 18, 2004
  • 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920
by B. Zorina Khan
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 30, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
by Werner Troesken
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
by Gregory Clark
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on March 11, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
Manpower in Economic Growth: The American Record since 1800
by Stanley Lebergott
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 27, 2006
  • 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)
Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 24, 2009
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
Marichal, Carlos
Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888
by Michael P. Costeloe
reviewed by Carlos Marichal on September 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Marr, William
Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913
by Gordon Hak
reviewed by William Marr on November 29, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Marr, Bill
A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization
by Michael Hart
reviewed by Bill Marr on August 13, 2004
  • 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Martínez Fritscher, André
The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
by Roberto Cortés Conde
reviewed by André Martínez Fritscher on July 3, 2009
  • 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Mason, David L.
Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle Class Investors
by Edwin J. Perkins
reviewed by David L. Mason on February 21, 2000
  • Geographic area: 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)
A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's _My Years with General Motors_
by John McDonald
reviewed by David L. Mason on August 9, 2002
  • 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)
Mason, Joseph R.
Capital Flows and Crises
by Barry Eichengreen
reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on August 27, 2003
  • 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)
International Financial History in the Twentieth Century: System and Anarchy
by Marc Flandreau, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich and Harold James (editors)
reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on March 3, 2004
  • 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)
Mason, David L.
The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive and Industrial Enterprise
by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten
reviewed by David L. Mason on July 3, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Masschaele, James
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850-1520
by Christopher Dyer
reviewed by James Masschaele on September 9, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Matthews, Jeffrey J.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961
by Samuel P. Black Jr. and John Paul Rossi
reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on October 11, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses
by Danny Miller and Isabel Le Breton-Miller
reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on August 8, 2005
  • 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)
Maurer, Noel
The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century
by André Hofman
reviewed by Noel Maurer on October 13, 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Mayhew, Anne
Evolution and Institutions: On Evolutionary Economics and the Evolution of Economics
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Anne Mayhew on September 26, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
by Karl Polanyi
reviewed by Anne Mayhew on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Markets and Institutions (W)
Mazzoleni, Roberto
Timken: from Missouri to Mars--A Century of Leadership
by Bettye H. Pruitt
reviewed by Roberto Mazzoleni on June 14, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
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)
McAvoy, Michael R.
Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation of Financial Institutions
by Susan Hoffmann
reviewed by Michael R. McAvoy on June 3, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
McCalla, Douglas
Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada
by John Clarke
reviewed by Douglas McCalla on April 19, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
McCannon, Bryan C.
Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller
by Steve Weinberg
reviewed by Bryan C. McCannon on January 20, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
McCants, Anne E. C.
The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
by Benjamin Orlove
reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on February 5, 1998
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England
by Craig Muldrew
reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on August 2, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
McCants, Anne E.C.
The Peasants of Languedoc
by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on December 12, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
by Lisa Jardine
reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on July 7, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
McClenahan, William M.
Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
by Jonathan J. Bean
reviewed by William M. McClenahan on April 16, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
McCraw, Thomas K.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter
reviewed by Thomas K. McCraw on September 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
McCusker, John J.
Mercantilism
by Eli F. Heckscher
reviewed by John J. McCusker on December 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
McElderry, Andrea
Western Capitalism in China: A History of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
by W. A. Thomas
reviewed by Andrea McElderry on December 12, 2001
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Trust in Troubled Times: Money, Banks, and State-Society Relations in Republican Tianjin
by Brett Sheehan
reviewed by Andrea McElderry on December 4, 2003
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W)
Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945
by Parks M. Coble
reviewed by Andrea McElderry on June 6, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
McGreevey, William
Guardians of the Nation? Economists, General, and Economic Reform in Latin America
by Glen Biglaiser
reviewed by William McGreevey on May 14, 2004
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 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)
La conexión cubana: Narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución
by Eduardo Saenz Rovner
reviewed by William McGreevey on August 22, 2005
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
McGuire, Mary K.
Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
by Richard R. John
reviewed by Mary K. McGuire on August 27, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
McGuire, Robert A.
Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation
by Keith L. Dougherty
reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on April 11, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
by Leonard L. Richards
reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on October 14, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
A Revolution in Favor of Government: Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State
by Max M. Edling
reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on May 25, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
McInnis, Marvin
Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy
by Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
reviewed by Marvin McInnis on August 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
McNamara, Peter
Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassessment of Some Central Components of His Thought
by Leonidas Montes
reviewed by Peter McNamara on September 27, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
McSwain, James B.
The Fireproof Building: Technology and Public Safety in the Nineteenth-Century American City
by Sara E. Wermiel
reviewed by James B. McSwain on November 13, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Master Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850
by Donna J. Rilling
reviewed by James B. McSwain on July 17, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930
by Amy E. Slaton
reviewed by James B. McSwain on October 5, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present
by Martin V. Melosi
reviewed by James B. McSwain on May 16, 2002
  • 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), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
Meardon, Stephen
Encyclopedia of Tariffs and Trade in U.S. History
by Cynthia Clark Northrup and Elaine C. Prange Turney (editors)
reviewed by Stephen Meardon on January 6, 2005
  • 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: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective
by Istvan Hont
reviewed by Stephen Meardon on October 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Meissner, Christopher M.
Battles for the Standard: Bimetallism and the Spread of the Gold Standard in the Nineteenth Century
by Ted Wilson
reviewed by Christopher M. Meissner on January 25, 2002
  • 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)
Melosi, Martin V.
Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies
by David E. Nye
reviewed by Martin V. Melosi on August 5, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Menard, Russell R.
Colonial Plantations and Economy in Florida
by Jane G. Landers (editor)
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on March 19, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
by Judith A. Carney
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on May 14, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
by Virginia DeJohn Anderson
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on April 12, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History
by Frederick H. Smith
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on June 2, 2006
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Menes, Rebecca
The Growth of American Government: Governance from the Cleveland Era to the Present
by Ballard C. Campbell
reviewed by Rebecca Menes on September 2, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Metcalf, Michael F.
Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Metzler, Mark
Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth
by Carl Mosk
reviewed by Mark Metzler on January 22, 2002
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Meulen, Jacob Vander
Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America
by Stuart D. Brandes
reviewed by Jacob Vander Meulen on February 17, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
Meyer, David R.
Engines of Enterprise: An Economic History of New England
by Peter Temin
reviewed by David R. Meyer on August 9, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry
by Lawrence A. Peskin
reviewed by David R. Meyer on July 7, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Michener, Ron
John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage
by Louis Jordan
reviewed by Ron Michener on February 4, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Michie, Ranald C.
Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada 1870-1940
by Christopher Armstrong
reviewed by Ranald C. Michie on March 20, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Creating Capitalism: Joint-Stock Enterprise in British Politics and Culture, 1800-1870
by James Taylor
reviewed by Ranald C. Michie on March 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Middleton, Roger
Public Spending in the 20th Century: A Global Perspective
by Vito Tanzi and Ludger Schuknecht
reviewed by Roger Middleton on October 16, 2000
  • 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
The British Economy in the Twentieth Century
by Alan Booth
reviewed by Roger Middleton on November 21, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
by Jon Agar
reviewed by Roger Middleton on September 10, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Mierzejewski, Alfred C.
Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich
by Neil Gregor
reviewed by Alfred C. Mierzejewski on May 20, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Miller, Karen S.
Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty
by Alex Carey
reviewed by Karen S. Miller on October 1, 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)
Miller, Marla R.
The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840
by Marta Cotterell Raffel
reviewed by Marla R. Miller on July 16, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Mills, Geofrey T.
The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison
by Mark Harrison
reviewed by Geofrey T. Mills on July 22, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Miranti, Paul
Accounting for Growth: Information Systems and the Creation of the Large Corporation
by Margaret Levenstein
reviewed by Paul Miranti on September 28, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Mirás-Araujo, Jesús
La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
by Alberte Martínez, Carlos Piñeiro and Carlos Velasco
reviewed by Jesús Mirás-Araujo on December 22, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
Misevich, Philip
The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810
by James A. McMillin
reviewed by Philip Misevich on August 23, 2005
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Mitch, David
Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s
by Michael Sanderson
reviewed by David Mitch on February 20, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain
by Mary Poovey
reviewed by David Mitch on January 19, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Mitchener, Kris James
Coping with Crisis: International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period
by Makoto Kasuya (editor)
reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on December 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives
by Richard C.K. Burdekin and Pierre L. Siklos (editors)
reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on November 9, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Miyajima, Hideaki
Capital Markets and Corporate Governance in Japan, Germany and the United States: Organizational Response to Market Inefficiencies
by Helmut Dietl
reviewed by Hideaki Miyajima on October 19, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Moehling, Carolyn M.
Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939
by S. J. Kleinberg
reviewed by Carolyn M. Moehling on June 7, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T)
Moeller, Astrid
The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models
by Joseph G. Manning and Ian Morris (editors)
reviewed by Astrid Moeller on December 28, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: Ancient (2)
  • 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), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
Moen, Jon
A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building
by Howard Bodenhorn
reviewed by Jon Moen on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
When Washington Shut down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy
by William L. Silber
reviewed by Jon Moen on June 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
Moen, Jon R.
The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm
by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr
reviewed by Jon R. Moen on October 3, 2008
  • 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)
Moggridge, D. E.
International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950
by Anthony M. Endres and Grant A. Fleming
reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on December 19, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek
by Bruce Caldwell
reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on July 30, 2004
  • 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)
Mokyr, Joel
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on May 28, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
The Free-Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism
by William J. Baumol
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on July 26, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
De Revolutie die in Haar Eigen Staart Beet: Hoe de Economische Geschiedenis onze ideeën over Economische Groei veranderde
by J.W. Drukker
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on September 5, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Europe Reborn: A History, 1914-2000
by Harold James
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on April 23, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth
by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006
  • 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
by Vaclav Smil
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on December 30, 2006
  • 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: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences
by Vaclav Smil
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on December 30, 2006
  • 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: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Mongiovi, Gary
Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx: Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Gary Mongiovi on March 24, 2008
  • 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Montes, Leonidas
Adam Smith and the Classics: The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought
by Gloria Vivenza
reviewed by Leonidas Montes on March 19, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Moreno, Paul
The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture and Justice in America
by John David Skretny
reviewed by Paul Moreno on October 29, 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)
Morris, Clair E.
The Bank of the United States and the American Economy
by Edward S. Kaplan
reviewed by Clair E. Morris on September 20, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Morris, Cynthia Taft
Institutional Change and American Economic Growth
by Lance E. Davis and Douglass C. North
reviewed by Cynthia Taft Morris on November 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
Mosk, Carl
The Fly Swatter: How My Grandfather Made His Way in the World
by Nicholas Dawidoff
reviewed by Carl Mosk on September 17, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859
by Akira Hayami, Osamu Saito and Ronald P. Toby (editors)
reviewed by Carl Mosk on October 22, 2004
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
Moss, Laurence S.
The Natural Origins of Economics
by Margaret Schabas
reviewed by Laurence S. Moss on September 1, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Mullin, Debbie
Where Is Our Responsibility? Unions and Economic Change in the New England Textile Industry, 1870-1960
by William F. Hartford
reviewed by Debbie Mullin on April 10, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
The Great Lobster War
by Ron Formisano
reviewed by Debbie Mullin on March 25, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Munger, Michael
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
reviewed by Michael Munger on October 8, 2006
  • 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Munro, John H.
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
by David Hackett Fischer
reviewed by John H. Munro on February 24, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Munro, John
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 1, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 21, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Taxation Under the Early Tudors, 1485-1547
by Roger Schofield
reviewed by John Munro on June 15, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study
by Stuart J. Borsch
reviewed by John Munro on March 13, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: Medieval (3)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650
by Earl J. Hamilton
reviewed by John Munro on January 15, 2007
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Murray, John E.
America's Communal Utopias
by Donald E. Pitzer
reviewed by John E. Murray on February 3, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Murray, John
The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
by Robert William Fogel
reviewed by John Murray on April 9, 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: Economic Planning and Policy (e), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Murray, John E.
Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from the Past
by Dora L. Costa (editor)
reviewed by John E. Murray on January 5, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Murray, John
Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives
by E. Wayne Carp (editor)
reviewed by John Murray on June 8, 2005
  • 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: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Murray, James M.
The English Wool Market, c. 1230-1327
by Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks and Paul R. Dryburgh
reviewed by James M. Murray on June 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Murray, John
Differential Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France
by Paul V. Dutton
reviewed by John Murray on July 12, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
Murray, John E.
Poor Relief and Welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I
by Larry Frohman
reviewed by John E. Murray on April 16, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Musacchio, Aldo
Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889-1930
by Gail D. Triner
reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on July 16, 2001
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810
by Carlos Marichal
reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on May 1, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
Mushin, Jerry
The Euro: Its Origins, Development and Prospects
by Chris Mulhearn and Howard R Vane
reviewed by Jerry Mushin on January 26, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Muzhani, Marin
Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variations and Distortions
by James C. W. Ahiakpor
reviewed by Marin Muzhani on December 28, 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

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