Book Reviews: By subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
- 1896: The Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
- by Rebecca Edwards and Sarah DeFeo
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Accounts of the British Empire: Capital Flows from 1799 to 1914
- by Mario Tiberi
- reviewed by Elise S. Brezis on September 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
- by Alan Greenspan
- reviewed by Alexander J. Field on December 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour and Aristocratic Dominance
- by Jairus Banaji
- reviewed by George Grantham on May 12, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Alexander Hamilton
- by Ron Chernow
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 3, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- American Commercial Banks in Corporate Finance, 1929-1941: A Study in Banking Concentration
- by Tian Kang Go
- reviewed by Paul B. Trescott on April 25, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War
- by Jonathan Kirshner
- reviewed by Richard C.K. Burdekin on April 27, 2008
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- 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)
- 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)
- Banking and Business in the Roman World
- by Jean Andreau
- reviewed by David Tandy on January 29, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
- by Linsun Cheng
- reviewed by Man Bun Kwan on December 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska
- by Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on July 19, 2004
- 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)
- Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present
- by Christopher Kobrak
- reviewed by Richard Tilly on April 30, 2008
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking Panics of the Gilded Age
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by Frank Steindl on March 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Banking Panics of the Great Depression
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by John H. Wood on May 28, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931
- by Timothy Messer-Kruse
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on October 28, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
- by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah
- reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004
- 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: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior
- by Lawrence J. Officer
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Big Problem of Small Change
- by Thomas J. Sargent and Francois R. Velde
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on July 15, 2002
- Geographic area: 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)
- Bimetallism: An Economic and Historical Analysis
- by Angela Redish
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on November 8, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- 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)
- Business and Politics in Europe. 1900-1970: Essays in Honour of Alice Teichova
- by Terry Gourvish (editor)
- reviewed by Maurice Kirby on October 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- 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)
- Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005
- by Youssef Cassis
- reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on October 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Central Bank Cooperation at the Bank for International Settlements, 1930-1973
- by Gianni Toniolo
- reviewed by Geoffrey Wood on October 11, 2005
- 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)
- Chairman of the Fed: William McChesney Martin Jr. and the Creation of the American Financial System
- by Robert P. Bremner
- reviewed by Mark Toma on October 3, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Changing Face of Central Banking: Evolutionary Trends since World War II
- by Pierre L. Siklos
- reviewed by Richard C. K. Burdekin on May 29, 2003
- 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)
- The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740-1914
- by Margot C. Finn
- reviewed by Laura Ugolini on April 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Charting Twentieth-Century Monetary Policy: Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Strong, 1917-1927
- by Silvano A. Wueschner
- reviewed by Mark Toma on October 25, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- China during the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937
- by Tomoko Shiroyama
- reviewed by Niv Horesh on August 22, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions
- by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Conversations on Growth, Stability, and Trade: An Historical Perspective
- by Brian Snowdon
- reviewed by Christopher Hanes on April 18, 2003
- 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- 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)
- Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany
- by Bernd Widdig
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on December 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business
- by Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on July 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Currency Boards and Dollarization
- by Kurt Schuler
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on November 14, 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)
- Debtor Diplomacy: Finance and American Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era, 1837-1873
- by Jay Sexton
- reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on March 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
- by D. P. O'Brien
- reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Die Kreditbanken in der Gründerzeit
- by Carsten Burhop
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on February 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Discriminating Risk: The U.S. Mortgage Lending Industry in the Twentieth Century
- by Guy Stuart
- reviewed by William J. Collins on June 21, 2004
- 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478-1776: From Commercial Arithmetic to Life Annuities and Joint Stocks
- by Geoffrey Poitras
- reviewed by Salim Rashid on February 25, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
- by Mark Tebeau
- reviewed by Dalit Baranoff on June 17, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century
- by Michael J. Oliver and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on June 8, 2008
- 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
- by Paul A. David and Mark P. Thomas (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on June 25, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era
- by Randall E. Parker
- reviewed by David C. Wheelock on November 3, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Emergence of Modern Central Banking from 1918 to the Present
- by Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Jaime Reis and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Toma on July 13, 2001
- 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)
- Encumbered Cuba: Capital Markets and Revolt, 1878-1895
- by Susan J. Fernández
- reviewed by Linda K. Salvucci on June 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression
- by Harold James
- reviewed by Tim Hatton on January 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- Estadísticas históricas de España: Siglos XIX - XX
- by Albert Carreras and Xavier Tafunell (editors)
- reviewed by Mauricio Drelichman on August 16, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and Cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods
- by Stefano Battilossi and Youssef Cassis (editors)
- reviewed by Steven Tolliday on October 23, 2003
- 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)
- The European Economy since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Stephen Broadberry on May 23, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Evolution and Procedures in Central Banking
- by David E. Altig and Bruce D. Smith (editors)
- reviewed by Stefano Battilossi on March 26, 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)
- Evolution of the World Economy, Precious Metals and India
- by John McGuire, Patrick Bertola and Peter Reeves (editors)
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on May 4, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1865-1914
- by Lance E. Davis and Robert E. Gallman
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on May 7, 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Exchange Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century
- by Derek H. Aldcroft and Michael J. Oliver
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on November 24, 1999
- 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)
- Exchange Rates and Economic Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Ross E. Catterall and Derek H. Aldcroft (editors)
- reviewed by Stefano Battilossi on December 14, 2005
- 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)
- Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias
- by Peter M. Garber
- reviewed by Charles P. Kindleberger on August 15, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- by Jim Powell
- reviewed by Ellis W. Hawley on March 30, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Federal Reserve and the Bull Markets: From Benjamin Strong to Alan Greenspan
- by Roger W. Spencer and John H. Huston
- reviewed by Gary J. Santoni on July 13, 2007
- 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)
- The Federal Reserve System: An Encyclopedia
- by R. W. Hafer
- reviewed by Daniel Giedeman on June 9, 2006
- 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)
- Fifty Years of the Deutsche Mark. Central Bank and the Currency in Germany since 1948
- by Deutsche Bundesbank (editor)
- reviewed by Albrecht Ritschl on February 28, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Finance Capitalism and Germany's Rise to Industrial Power
- by Caroline Fohlin
- reviewed by Carsten Burhop on September 14, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
- by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Financial Crises and What to Do about Them
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on September 8, 2003
- 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)
- Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich
- by Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
- reviewed by Gerald Gunderson on July 28, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on June 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)
- A Financial History of the United States
- by Jerry W. Markham
- reviewed by Kenneth Weiher on December 11, 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)
- Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit
- by Lendol Calder
- reviewed by Christiane Diehl Taylor on February 3, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Financing the First World War
- by Hew Strachan
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on January 23, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- 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 First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
- by Robert E. Wright
- reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on September 26, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics: A Random Walk in the History of Economic Thought, 1900-1950
- by Donald R. Stabile
- reviewed by Geoffrey Poitras on November 2, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia
- by Andrew M. Schocket
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 19, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
- by James Macdonald
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 31, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995
- by David L. Mason
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on January 26, 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes
- by Richard J. Smethurst
- reviewed by Michael Schiltz on February 7, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- From Gold to Euro: On Monetary Theory and the History of Currency Systems
- by Heinz-Peter Spahn
- reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on May 10, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873
- by Marc Flandreau
- reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on December 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth
- by Maurice Obstfeld and Alan M. Taylor
- reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on December 14, 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- The Global Economy in the 1990s: A Long-Run Perspective
- by Paul W. Rhode and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
- reviewed by Christopher Hanes on July 13, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Income and Wealth (Q)
- 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)
- Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods
- by Barry J. Eichengreen
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on March 21, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Global Monetary Regime and National Central Banking: The Case of Hungary, 1921-1929
- by Gyorgy Peteri
- reviewed by Elmus Wicker on April 21, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Globalization in Historical Perspective
- by Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (editors)
- reviewed by William J. Collins on November 7, 2003
- 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System
- by Barry J. Eichengreen
- reviewed by George Selgin on October 6, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance, 1856-1881
- by Christopher Clay
- reviewed by Faruk Tabak on September 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Gold Standard Illusion: France, the Bank of France, and the International Gold Standard, 1914-1939
- by Kenneth Moure
- reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on January 21, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Government and the American Economy: A New History
- by Price Fishback et al (editor)
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on October 19, 2007
- 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Great Debate on Banking Reform: Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by Ellis W. Tallman on August 11, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
- by Thomas E. Hall and David J. Ferguson
- reviewed by Elmus Wicker on August 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Hamilton Unbound: Finance and the Creation of the American Republic
- by Robert E. Wright
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on August 19, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Hidden Collective Factors in Speculative Trading: A Study in Analytical Economics
- by Bertrand M. Roehner
- reviewed by David A. Zalewski on February 21, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Historian's Wizard of Oz: Reading L. Frank Baum's Classic as a Political and Monetary Allegory
- by Ranjit S. Dighe (editor)
- reviewed by Timothy E. Sullivan on January 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States
- by John H. Wood
- reviewed by Angela Redish on December 21, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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)
- The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices
- by Rosa-Maria Gelpi and François Julien-Labruyère
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 25, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- A History of Corporate Finance
- by Jonathan B. Baskin and Paul J. Miranti
- reviewed by Robert E. Wright on July 20, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The History of Foreign Exchange
- by Paul Einzig
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on January 20, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- 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)
- A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
- by Zhaojin Ji
- reviewed by Catherine Schenk on October 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 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 History of Monetary Unions
- by John F. Chown
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on August 26, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The History of the Bundesbank: Lessons for the European Central Bank
- by Jakob de Haan (editor)
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on August 22, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A History of the Federal Reserve, Vol. I: 1913-51
- by Allan H. Meltzer
- reviewed by John H. Wood on June 25, 2003
- 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)
- 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)
- How the Republicans Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929: GPT's, Failed Transitions, and Commercial Policy
- by Bernard C. Beaudreau
- reviewed by Carlos D. Ramirez on August 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Ideology and the International Economy: The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods
- by Robert Leeson
- reviewed by Peter B. Kenen on August 2, 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- India and the World Economy, 1850-1950
- by G. Balachandran (editor)
- reviewed by David Clingingsmith on February 1, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Timothy Alborn on June 14, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution: Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700-1850
- by Robin Pearson
- reviewed by Mark Tebeau on February 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- International Banking and Financial Systems: Evolution and Stability
- by Luigi De Rosa (editor)
- reviewed by David A. Zalewski on March 23, 2005
- 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)
- 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)
- The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System
- by J. Lawrence Broz
- reviewed by David C. Wheelock on June 3, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece
- by David M. Schaps
- reviewed by Morris Silver on April 19, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Jacksonian Economy
- by Peter Temin
- reviewed by Richard Sylla on August 17, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949
- by Kaoru Sugihara (editor)
- reviewed by Ming-Hsuan Lee on December 17, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
- by Donald Markwell
- reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on February 2, 2008
- 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan
- by Mark Metzler
- reviewed by Eugene N. White on January 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
- by Maury Klein
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 29, 2000
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Local Merchants of Prato: Small Entrepreneurs in the Late Medieval Economy
- by Richard K. Marshall
- reviewed by Russell Ives Court on November 22, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century
- by Youssef Cassis and Éric Bussière (editors)
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on November 15, 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Macroeconomics in Retrospect: The Selected Essays of David Laidler
- by David Laidler
- reviewed by John H. Wood on February 10, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Making Freedom Pay: North Carolina Freedpeople Working for Themselves, 1864-1900
- by Sharon Ann Holt
- reviewed by Nancy Virts on May 21, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Making of Global Finance, 1880-1913
- by Marc Flandreau and Frederic Zumer
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on February 1, 2005
- 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)
- The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective
- by Eric Helleiner
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on September 26, 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)
- The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance
- by Dan Rottenberg
- reviewed by Daniel A. Schiffman on January 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000
- by William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan Jr.
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Bean on July 1, 2003
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Monetary History of Gold: A Documentary History, 1660-1999
- by Mark Duckenfield
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on December 14, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- 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)
- 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)
- A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
- by Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on January 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States: The Federal Reserve and the Failure of Macroeconomic Policy, 1965-79
- by Thomas Mayer
- reviewed by Stephen J. Perez on January 26, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Monetary Regimes and Inflation: History, Economic and Political Relationships
- by Peter Bernholz
- reviewed by Pierre Siklos on July 22, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933
- by Pablo Martin Acena and Jaime Reis
- reviewed by Angela Redish on September 18, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Monetary Theory and Bretton Woods: The Construction of an International Monetary Order
- by Filippo Cesarano
- reviewed by John H. Wood on June 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
- by Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (editors)
- reviewed by David M. Schaps on April 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money and Monetary Regimes: Struggle for Monetary Supremacy
- by George Macesich
- reviewed by Gerald P. Dwyer Jr. on May 17, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money and Politics: European Monetary Unification and the International Gold Standard (1865-1873)
- by Luca Einaudi
- reviewed by Benjamin J. Cohen on January 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy
- by Richard Seaford
- reviewed by David Tandy on March 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money and the Nation State: The Financial Revolution, Government and the World Monetary System
- by Kevin Dowd and Richard H. Timberlake Jr. (editors)
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on November 18, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950
- by Stephen F. Pollard
- reviewed by Patrick J. Hayes on June 3, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money Doctors: The Experience of Financial Advising, 1850-2000
- by Marc Flandreau (editor)
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on September 21, 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)
- The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar
- by H.W. Brands
- reviewed by David J. Cowen on October 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean
- by Nelly Hanna (editor)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on August 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of John H.A. Munro
- by Lawrin Armstrong, Ivana Elbl and Martin M. Elb (editors)
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on September 5, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Developm
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