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Nafziger, Steven
Dilemmas of Russian Capitalism: Fedor Chizhov and Corporate Enterprise in the Railroad Age
by Thomas C. Owen
reviewed by Steven Nafziger on June 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime: The Creation of Private Property in Russia, 1906-1915
by Stephen F. Williams
reviewed by Steven Nafziger on July 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 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), Markets and Institutions (W)
Guns and Rubles: The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State
by Mark Harrison (editor)
reviewed by Steven Nafziger on December 15, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Namorato, Michael V.
Designs Within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945
by William J. Barber
reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on July 6, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
The New Deal and Public Policy
by Byron D. Daynes, William D. Pederson and Michael P. Riccards
reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on April 5, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
Thurman Arnold: A Biography
by Spencer Weber Waller
reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on November 7, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
From Boardroom to the War Room: America's Corporate Liberals and FDR's Preparedness Program
by Richard E. Holl
reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on November 7, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes
reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on August 21, 2008
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Nance, Susan
Born Losers: A History of Failure in America
by Scott A. Sandage
reviewed by Susan Nance on October 6, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Naseem, Anwar
Irrigation Development and Agrarian Change: A Study of Sindh, Pakistan
by Jayantha Perera
reviewed by Anwar Naseem on May 26, 2006
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • 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)
Nawiyanto, S.
Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia
by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (editors)
reviewed by S. Nawiyanto on August 18, 2006
  • 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
Neal, Larry
The London Stock Exchange: A History
by Ranald C. Michie
reviewed by Larry Neal on August 10, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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)
The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble
by Richard Dale
reviewed by Larry Neal on March 4, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange: Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c. 1550-1630
by Clé Lesger
reviewed by Larry Neal on January 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
by Anne Goldgar
reviewed by Larry Neal on August 3, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Neill, Robin F.
No Ordinary Academics: Economics and Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan, 1910-1960
by Shirley Spafford
reviewed by Robin F. Neill on September 22, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Neill, Robin
Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis
by Alexander John Watson
reviewed by Robin Neill on March 15, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Nelson, Daniel
Lincoln Electric: A History
by Virginia P. Dawson
reviewed by Daniel Nelson on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Nelson, Jon P.
The U.S. Brewing Industry: Data and Economic Analysis
by Victor J. Tremblay and Carol Horton Tremblay
reviewed by Jon P. Nelson on May 31, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Nelson, Heather
Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990
by Matthew J. Bellamy
reviewed by Heather Nelson on February 19, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Neufeld, John
L'électricité en réseaux: Networks of Power
by Thomas Hughes
reviewed by John Neufeld on June 22, 2005
  • 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 Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Electricity and Energy Policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945
by Martin Chick
reviewed by John Neufeld on June 2, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Nickless, Pamela
The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860-1930
by Wendy Gamber
reviewed by Pamela Nickless on July 7, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
In Uncle Sam's Service: Women Workers with the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919
by Susan Zeiger
reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 4, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
by Michael P. Gray
reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 13, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Nickless, Pamela J.
Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920
by Edith Sparks
reviewed by Pamela J. Nickless on March 28, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
Female Labour Power: Women Workers' Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780-1860
by Janet Greenlees
reviewed by Pamela J. Nickless on June 28, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Noell, Edd
Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
by Luigino Bruni
reviewed by Edd Noell on March 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Noll, Franklin
The United States National Debt, 1787-1900
by Robert E. Wright (editor)
reviewed by Franklin Noll on March 22, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Nonnenmacher, Tomas
To Wire the World: Perry M. Collins and the North Pacific Telegraph Expedition
by John B. Dwyer
reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on January 14, 2002
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology and Geography, 1850-1950
by Gregory J. Downey
reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on November 4, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Labor and Employment History (T)
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
by Maury Klein
reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on December 12, 2008
  • 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), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Nunn, Nathan
Labour, Land and Capital: From Slavery to Free Labour in Asante, 1807-1956
by Gareth Austin
reviewed by Nathan Nunn on August 21, 2006
  • Geographic area: Africa (1)
  • 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), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Nuvolari, Alessandro
The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Nye, John V.C.
International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
reviewed by John V.C. Nye on July 23, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Nye, John
Pattern and Repertoire in History
by Bertrand M. Roehner and Tony Syme
reviewed by John Nye on January 26, 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)

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