Book Reviews: By subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
- The Abolition of Antitrust
- by Gary Hull (editor)
- reviewed by John Howard Brown on October 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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 Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law
- by John Witt
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on June 11, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- Airlines and Air Mail: The Post Office and the Birth of the Commercial Aviation Industry
- by F. Robert van der Linden
- reviewed by Karen Dunn-Haley on May 28, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- America's First Veterans and the Revolutionary War Pensions
- by Emily J. Teipe
- reviewed by Joanna Short on December 13, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980
- by Jon Lauck
- reviewed by Saker Woeste on July 5, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980
- by Jon Lauck
- reviewed by Bruce Gardner on June 12, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- American Taxation, American Slavery
- by Robin Einhorn
- reviewed by Jenny Wahl on August 9, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
- by Charles W. McCurdy
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on September 4, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Antitrust and Global Capitalism, 1930-2004
- by Tony A. Freyer
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on October 10, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Antitrust Religion
- by Edwin S. Rockefeller
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on September 21, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789
- by Stanley J. Stein and Barbara H. Stein
- reviewed by David Ringrose on April 16, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk
- by Rachel Maines
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on August 31, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely and Paul F. Barrett
- reviewed by William R. Childs on May 25, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Broken Trusts: The Texas Attorney General versus the Oil Industry, 1889-1909
- by Jonathan W. Singer
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on January 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956
- by Jason Scott Smith
- reviewed by Price V. Fishback on July 16, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- 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)
- Capital, Labor, and State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal
- by David Brian Robertson
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on January 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
- by Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos (editors)
- reviewed by Franck Jovanovic on May 4, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century
- by Robert J. Steinfeld
- reviewed by Gillian Hamilton on March 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
- by Paul Seabright
- reviewed by Haim Ofek on January 29, 2007
- Geographic area:
- Time period: Prehistoric (1), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Comparative Public Policy: Patterns of Post-war Transformation
- by Francis G. Castles
- reviewed by Jim F. Couch on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Competition Solution: The Bipartisan Secret behind American Prosperity
- by Paul A. London
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on September 21, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Confederate Industry: Manufacturers and Quartermasters in the Civil War
- by Harold S. Wilson
- reviewed by David Surdam on September 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll-Call Voting
- by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal
- reviewed by Jac Heckelman on August 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Constituting Workers, Protecting Women: Gender, Law, and Labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal Years
- by Julie Novkov
- reviewed by David Bernstein on June 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce: The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815
- by Leos Müller
- reviewed by Yrjö Kaukiainen on February 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Contract and Property in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko and Robert Gardella (editors)
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
- by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin (editors)
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on August 2, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
- by Paul Starr
- reviewed by Douglas Galbi on September 9, 2004
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Customs and Excise: Trade, Production, and Consumption in England, 1640-1845
- by William J. Ashworth
- reviewed by Paul Carvajal on July 11, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America
- by David A. Skeel
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on April 17, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West
- by Thomas A. Krainz
- reviewed by Dawn Saunders on April 12, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Democracy and Redistribution
- by Carles Boix
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on February 18, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy
- by Robert Higgs
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on July 1, 2007
- Geographic area: 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Deutschlands Krise und Konjunktur, 1924-1934: Binnenkonjuktur, Auslandsverschuldung und Reparationsproblem zwischen Dawes-Plan und Transfersperre
- by Albrecht Ritschl
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on March 10, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- 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)
- Down and Out on the Family Farm: Rural Rehabilitation in the Great Plains, 1929-1945
- by Michael Johnson Grant
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on February 16, 2004
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- East Meets West: Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire
- by Philip L. Cottrell, Monica Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser (editors)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on December 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century
- by Laxman D. Satya
- reviewed by David Gilmartin on August 25, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Ecology, Economy and State Formation in Early Modern Germany
- by Paul Warde
- reviewed by Oliver Volckart on May 22, 2007
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Economic Policy under the Conservatives, 1951-64: A Guide to Documents in the National Archives of the UK
- by Astrid Ringe, Neil Rollings and Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on June 18, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Économie rurale et société dans l'Europe franque (VI-IX siècles)
- by Jean-Pierre Devroey
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 4, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)
- by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E.L. Guidi (editors)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on September 29, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Effects of Competition: Cartel Policy and the Evolution of Strategy and Structure in British Industry
- by George Symeonidis
- reviewed by Margaret C. Levenstein on July 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age
- by Gijs Mom
- reviewed by Staffan Hultén on March 28, 2007
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The English Poor Laws, 1700-1930
- by Anthony Brundage
- reviewed by Steve King on March 21, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma
- by Sean Turnell
- reviewed by Ian Brown on November 16, 2009
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
- by Peter D. Norton
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on August 5, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Finance from Kaiser to Führer: Budget Politics in Germany, 1912-1934
- by C. Edmund Clingan
- reviewed by Michael Hughes on August 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on January 15, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Four Books on Philanthropy
- by Bruce R. Hopkins, Jody Blazek, D. Benson Tesdahl, Lester M. Salamon and Judith Sealander
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on May 5, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Constitutional War: The Court Packing Crisis of 1937
- by Marian C. McKenna
- reviewed by Harvey G. Hudspeth on May 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Freedom and Growth: The Rise of States and Markets in Europe, 1300-1750
- by S. R. Epstein
- reviewed by Karl Gunnar Persson on February 15, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- From Direct Action to Affirmative Action: Fair Employment Law and Policy in America, 1933-1972
- by Paul D. Moreno
- reviewed by Charles A. Shanor on May 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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 Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government
- by Randall G. Holcombe
- reviewed by John Dinan on May 21, 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Funding American State, 1941-1995: The Rise and Fall of the Era of Easy Finance
- by W. Elliot Brownlee
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America
- by Gretchen Ritter
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on October 14, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000
- by Espen Moe
- reviewed by Peter T. Leeson on July 25, 2007
- Geographic area: 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- 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 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)
- Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark Blyth
- reviewed by Janet T. Knoedler on August 6, 2003
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Greatest Nation on Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War
- by Heather Cox Richardson
- reviewed by Gavin Wright on January 19, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on April 19, 2006
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change
- by Timothy Guinnane, William Sundstrom and Warren Whatley (editors)
- reviewed by Lance Davis on April 12, 2004
- Geographic area: 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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 Macroeconomic Policy in the United States
- by John H. Wood
- reviewed by David C. Wheelock on June 29, 2009
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States
- by Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and Jack W. Wilson
- reviewed by Price Fishback on October 10, 2003
- 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), Labor and Employment History (T)
- How Cartels Endure and How They Fail: Studies of Industrial Collusion
- by Peter Z. Grossman (editor)
- reviewed by Richard Sicotte on January 25, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
- by Richard H. K. Vietor
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Ideologies and Institutions: American Conservative and Liberal Governance Prescriptions Since 1933
- by J. Richard Piper
- reviewed by Patrick D. Reagan on March 18, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Impact of the English Civil War on the Economy of London, 1642-50
- by Ben Coates
- reviewed by Stephen Quinn on September 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Rande W. Kostal on June 13, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Information Revolutions in the History of the West
- by Leonard Dudley
- reviewed by Eric Jones on December 16, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 17th Century (5), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000
- by Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Andrew Jenkins on July 2, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
- by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
- reviewed by Eric Rauchway on April 13, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979
- by Martin Daunton
- reviewed by Hugh Pemberton on March 30, 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)
- Kansas in the Great Depression: Work Relief, the Dole and Rehabilitation
- by Peter Fearon
- reviewed by Todd Sorensen on November 5, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Kennedy-Johnson Tax Cut: A Revisionist History
- by Martin F. J. Prachowny
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on October 17, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925
- by Douglas C. Harris
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 22, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Liability Century: Insurance and Tort Law from the Progressive Era to 9/11
- by Kenneth S. Abraham
- reviewed by Sachin S. Pandya on May 5, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T), 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)
- Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002
- by Richard Saunders Jr.
- reviewed by William R. Childs on April 9, 2004
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts
- by William A. Fischel
- reviewed by Claudia Goldin on January 26, 2010
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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 Mexican Economy, 1870-1930: Essays on the Economic History of Institutions, Revolution, and Growth
- by Jeffrey L. Bortz and Stephen Haber (editors)
- reviewed by Philip Keefer on March 15, 2003
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects
- by Gordon Morris Bakken
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on December 9, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), 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), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), 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), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates
- by Charles R. Geisst
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on August 14, 2000
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Moose Pastures and Mergers: The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980
- by Christopher Armstrong
- reviewed by Ben Forster on January 31, 2002
- Geographic area: 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)
- Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War
- by Nicholas Onuf and Peter Onuf
- reviewed by Jane Flaherty on October 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation
- by Paul W. MacAvoy
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on July 30, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America
- by Edward J. Balleisen
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on July 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson
- by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor (editors)
- reviewed by Dan Bogart on June 3, 2008
- 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), 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), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- New Deal Fat Cats: Business, Labor, and Campaign Finance in the 1936 Presidential Election
- by Michael J. Webber
- reviewed by Jim F. Couch on July 5, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- One Nation under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe
- by Robert E. Wright
- reviewed by Donald R. Stabile on July 7, 2008
- 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)
- Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Regulations and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal
- by David E. Bernstein
- reviewed by Richard K. Vedder on April 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared
- by E. P. Hennock
- reviewed by Bernard Harris on August 25, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Origins of the American Income Tax: The Revenue Act of 1894 and Its Aftermath
- by Richard J. Joseph
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on September 28, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- by Joel Mokyr (editor)
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on April 20, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), 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), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Servitude and Slavery (N), 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), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America
- by Jan R. McTavish
- reviewed by Marc Law on May 12, 2008
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization and in the Age of Revolution
- by Jeff Horn
- reviewed by Noel D. Johnson on May 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
- by Philip J. Cook
- reviewed by Mark Thornton on April 2, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- A Penny for the Governor, A Dollar for Uncle Sam: Income Taxation in Washington
- by Phil Roberts
- reviewed by Terri A. Sexton on October 15, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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)
- Pensions, Politics, and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society
- by Daniel J. B. Mitchell
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on January 7, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
- by Meg Jacobs
- reviewed by Robert Collins on July 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches
- by Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Income and Wealth (Q)
- 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)
- The Political Economy of the New Deal
- by Jim Couch and William F. Shughart II
- reviewed by Price V. Fishback on June 21, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Political Economy of Virtue: Luxury, Patriotism, and the Origins of the French Revolution
- by John Shovlin
- reviewed by Jonathan Liebowitz on April 10, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Political Institutions and Financial Development
- by Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (editors)
- reviewed by Claudia Rei on July 2, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Politics of Child Support in America
- by Jocelyn Elise Crowley
- reviewed by Stephen T. Ziliak on March 24, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929
- by Stephen Haber, Armando Razo and Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on May 21, 2004
- 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720
- by Perry Gauci
- reviewed by Christian J. Koot on January 26, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Politics, Markets, and Mexico’s “London Debt,” 1823–1887
- by Richard J. Salvucci
- reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on January 25, 2010
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932
- by Noel Maurer
- reviewed by Enrique Cárdenas on September 11, 2003
- Geographic area: 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation
- by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929
- by R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on November 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Prosperity and Plunder: European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815
- by Derek Beales
- reviewed by Lars M. Boerner on October 4, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State: France and Great Britain, 1688-1789
- by David Stasavage
- reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 16, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Public Pensions: Gender and Civic Service in the States, 1850-1937
- by Susan M. Sterett
- reviewed by Joanna Short on December 9, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- Puissants et misérables: Système social et monde paysan dans l'Europe des Francs (VI-IX siècles)
- by Jean-Pierre Devroey
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 4, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting
- by Joshua L. Rosenbloom (editor)
- reviewed by Mary Eschelbach Hansen on September 26, 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- 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)
- Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960
- by Hugh R. Slotten
- reviewed by Carole E. Scott on March 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 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)
- The Railroad and the State: War, Politics, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America
- by Robert G. Angevine
- reviewed by David Surdam on March 24, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
- by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
- reviewed by Gerald Gunderson on September 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
- by Hugh S. Gorman
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 17, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840-1920
- by Steven W. Usselman
- reviewed by Jeff Schramm on September 14, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Renewing Birmingham: Federal Funding and the Promise of Change, 1929-1979
- by Christopher MacGregor Scribner
- reviewed by Gordon E. Harvey on December 17, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence
- by Bruce H. Mann
- reviewed by David T. Flynn on February 23, 2004
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Reputation and International Cooperation: Sovereign Debt across Three Centuries
- by Michael Tomz
- reviewed by Kim Oosterlinck on February 11, 2008
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- The Rise of Big Government in the United States
- by John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on January 13, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770
- by David Ormrod
- reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on December 11, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Rise of Historical Economics and Social Reform in Germany, 1864-1894
- by Erik Grimmer-Solem
- reviewed by Nicholas W. Balabkins on September 28, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
- by Karen M. O'Neill
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
- by Karen M. O'Neill
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes
- by John Franch
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 2, 2009
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism, 1861-1880
- by Kyle S. Sinisi
- reviewed by Robert W. Burg on March 8, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology: Some American Perspectives
- by Nathan Rosenberg
- reviewed by Avi J. Cohen on August 11, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Second Information Revolution
- by Gerald W. Brock
- reviewed by David Gabel on August 9, 2004
- 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and the Construction of Nature
- by Mark Daniel Barringer
- reviewed by Peter J. Hill on August 26, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe
- reviewed by Willem Floor on April 23, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- The Size of Nations
- by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore
- reviewed by Leonard Dudley on February 2, 2004
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
- by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Ward M. McAfee
- reviewed by Donald F. Schaefer on April 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection during Mexico's Early Industrialization
- by Armando Razo
- reviewed by Aurora Gómez Galvarriato on September 30, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948
- by Lynn Hollen Lees
- reviewed by George R. Boyer on May 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- South Carolina and the New Deal
- by Jack Irby Hayes Jr
- reviewed by Jim Couch on January 28, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry
- by Lawrence E. Mitchell
- reviewed by J. Peter Ferderer on June 5, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Stalin's Terror Revisited
- by Melanie Ilic (editor)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on January 4, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- State and Party in America's New Deal
- by Kenneth Finegold and Theda Skocpol
- reviewed by Garry Young on March 18, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The State, Regulation and the Economy: An Historical Perspective
- by Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson (editors)
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on July 3, 2002
- 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Strange Survival of Liberal England: Political Leaders, Moral Values and the Reception of Economic Debate
- by E.H.H. Green and D.M. Tanner (editors)
- reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on April 17, 2009
- 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 Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Surviving Large Losses: Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Financial Markets
- by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on July 30, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Taxation in Colonial America
- by Alvin Rabushka
- reviewed by Roger Hewett on August 27, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975
- by Julian E. Zelizer
- reviewed by Dennis J. Ventry on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-Twentieth Century
- by William R. Childs
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on March 3, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Texas, Cotton, and the New Deal
- by Keith J. Volanto
- reviewed by Ryan Johnson on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- This Land, This Nation: Conservation, Rural America and the New Deal
- by Sarah Phillips
- reviewed by Jon Fox on March 3, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- 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)
- Ties That Bind: Economic and Political Dilemmas of Urban Utility Networks, 1800-1990
- by Charles David Jacobson
- reviewed by Hugh Gorman on December 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- by Ron Chernow
- reviewed by Christopher A. Baylor on July 11, 2001
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
- by Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller
- reviewed by D. Bruce Johnsen on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution
- by Robert A. McGuire
- reviewed by Keith T. Poole on January 12, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- To Provide for the General Welfare: A History of the Federal Spending Power
- by Theodore Sky
- reviewed by Michael R. Adamson on January 14, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Transferring Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World: Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in the 17th through the 19th Centuries
- by Michael D. Bordo and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Benjamin Chabot on May 27, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
- by Morton J. Horwitz
- reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on April 12, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Troubled Waters: Steamboats, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821-1860
- by Paul F. Paskoff
- reviewed by Michael Allen on August 4, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799-1914
- by Martin Daunton
- reviewed by Hugh Pemberton on March 30, 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)
- 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)
- The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy
- by Richardson Dilworth
- reviewed by Ed Duggan on January 4, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society
- by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Lester on November 26, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America
- by Beatrix Hoffman
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on July 10, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- War and Taxes
- by Steven A. Bank, Kirk J. Stark and Joseph J. Thorndike
- reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on May 14, 2009
- 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), Military and War (O)
- War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900
- by John V.C. Nye
- reviewed by Gordon Bannerman on October 15, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935
- by Donald J. Pisani
- reviewed by Peter J. Hill on October 20, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present
- by David F. Burg
- reviewed by Richard Vedder on October 2, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Worst Tax? A History of the Property Tax in America
- by Glenn Fisher
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on June 4, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
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