Book Reviews: By subject: Urban and Regional History
- 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)
- Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
- by Steven P. Erie
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on December 23, 2006
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars
- by Georg Leidenberger
- reviewed by David J. St. Clair on October 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919
- by Margaret Garb
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on May 1, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- An Economic History of London, 1800-1914
- by Michael Ball and David Sunderland
- reviewed by David R. Green on April 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century
- by Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht
- reviewed by William Boal on April 20, 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s
- by Lillian M. Li
- reviewed by Pierre-Étienne Will on May 7, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The First Industrial Region: North-West England, c. 1700-60
- by Jon Stobart
- reviewed by Steve King on October 26, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Food and the City in Europe since 1800
- by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (editors)
- reviewed by Richard Perren on February 27, 2008
- 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
- by Ken Fones-Wolf
- reviewed by Janet Irons on October 12, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
- by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
- reviewed by Milton Goldin on February 12, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
- by Werner Troesken
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 27, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Henry George's Legacy in Economic Thought
- by John Laurent (editor)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on May 12, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- Immigrants and the Industries of London, 1500-1700
- by Lien Bich Luu
- reviewed by Patrick Wallis on December 27, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
- by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on August 5, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago
- by David M. Young
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on September 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: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
- by Alberte Martínez, Carlos Piñeiro and Carlos Velasco
- reviewed by Jesús Mirás-Araujo on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910
- by Juan Mora-Torres
- reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on June 25, 2002
- 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), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The New South's New Frontier: A Social History of Economic Development in Southwestern North Carolina
- by Stephen Wallace Taylor
- reviewed by William H. Phillips on March 13, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- On Hollywood: The Place, the Industry
- by Allen J. Scott
- reviewed by Mike Haupert on October 18, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer
- by Gary D. Libecap
- reviewed by Mark Kanazawa on March 1, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Income and Wealth (Q), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
- by Richard Franklin Bensel
- reviewed by David L. Carlton on August 7, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940
- by Andrew Wender Cohen
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on July 25, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
- by Lawrence J. Vale and Thomas J. Campanella (editors)
- reviewed by Donald E. Frey on November 2, 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: Military and War (O), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Rise of the English Town 1650-1850
- by Christopher Chalklin
- reviewed by Jon Stobart on October 22, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850
- by Kim M. Gruenwald
- reviewed by Diane Lindstrom on January 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- 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)
- Separatism and Integration: A Study in Analytical History
- by Bertrand M. Roehner
- reviewed by Enrico Spolaore on January 5, 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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000
- by Howard W. Dick
- reviewed by Heather Sutherland on October 21, 2002
- 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), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- by Marshall C. Eakin
- reviewed by Gail D. Triner on August 23, 2002
- 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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- 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)
- 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)
- Water, Race, and Disease
- by Werner Troesken
- reviewed by John C. Brown on June 1, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
- by Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (editors)
- reviewed by John Drabble on July 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Urban and Regional History (Z)
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