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Book Reviews: By time period: 16th Century

After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
by Benito J. Legarda
reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 2, 2001
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Agricultural Development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850
by Li Bozhong
reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on July 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650
by Earl J. Hamilton
reviewed by John Munro on January 15, 2007
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu (editors)
reviewed by Peter Perdue on March 29, 2002
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
  • 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland, 1400-1800
by Paola Lanaro (editor)
reviewed by on July 23, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Atlantic Slave Trade
by Johannes Postma
reviewed by Rachel Chernos Lin on August 24, 2004
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere
by Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose (editors)
reviewed by William J. Collins on May 13, 2003
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
by Richard W. Unger
reviewed by Erik Aerts on January 11, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices up to the Arrival of Europeans
by R. A. Donkin
reviewed by Gerrit Knaap on July 21, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Big Problem of Small Change
by Thomas J. Sargent and Francois R. Velde
reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on July 15, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Britain and Ireland, 1050-1530: Economy and Society
by Richard Britnell
reviewed by John Langdon on December 8, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies
by Timothy Earle
reviewed by Michael W. Graves on June 5, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), 16th Century (4), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Bullion for Goods: European and Indian Merchants in the Indian Ocean Trade, 1500-1800
by Om Prakash
reviewed by Lakshmi Subramanian on May 20, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe
by Richard Lachmann
reviewed by Eric Jones on January 2, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Chinese Capitalism, 1522-1840
by Xu Dixin and Wu Chengming
reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on August 24, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
by Luigino Bruni
reviewed by Edd Noell on March 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century
by Fernand Braudel
reviewed by Alan Heston on August 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
Coerced and Free Migrations: Global Perspectives
by David Eltis (editor)
reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on December 31, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism
by Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
reviewed by David Andrews on January 9, 2005
  • 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
by Arturo Warman
reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on August 1, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Craft Guilds in the Early Modern Low Countries: Work, Power, and Representation
by Maarten Prak, Catharina Lis, Jan Lucassen and Hugo Soly (editors)
reviewed by Gary Richardson on October 24, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
A Deus ex Machina Revisited: Atlantic Colonial Trade and European Economic Development
by P.C. Emmer, O. Pétré-Grenouilleau and J.V. Roitman (editors)
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 3, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
by D. P. O'Brien
reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History
by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)
reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005
  • 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: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478-1776: From Commercial Arithmetic to Life Annuities and Joint Stocks
by Geoffrey Poitras
reviewed by Salim Rashid on February 25, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain
by Keith Wrightson
reviewed by David Stead on March 30, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England
by Craig Muldrew
reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on August 2, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites: Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development, 15th-18th Centuries
by Paul Janssens and Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla (editors)
reviewed by Carlos Álvarez-Nogal on March 20, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • 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)
European Economic History: From Mercantilism to Maastricht and Beyond
by Ejvind Damsgaard Hansen
reviewed by Jaime Reis on September 26, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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)
The European Macroeconomy: Growth, Integration and Cycles 1500-1913
by Lee A. Craig and Douglas Fisher
reviewed by Stephen N. Broadberry on October 31, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Evolution of the World Economy, Precious Metals and India
by John McGuire, Patrick Bertola and Peter Reeves (editors)
reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on May 4, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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 British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers
by Allan Kulikoff
reviewed by Winifred B. Rothenberg on September 7, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000
by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal and Zephyr Frank (editors)
reviewed by Jeremy Baskes on January 26, 2007
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Globalization in Historical Perspective
by Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (editors)
reviewed by William J. Collins on November 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Globalization: A Short History
by Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Petersson
reviewed by Kevin H. O'Rourke on May 15, 2006
  • 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: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
by Lisa Jardine
reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on July 7, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900: Integration and Deregulation
by Karl Gunnar Persson
reviewed by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal on May 14, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Markets and Institutions (W)
Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800
by S. R. Epstein and Maarten Prak (editors)
reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
Heat, Power and Light: Revolutions in Energy Services
by Roger Fouquet
reviewed by Vaclav Smil on December 30, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
A History of the European Economy, 1000-2000
by François Crouzet
reviewed by Jonathan J. Liebowitz on May 9, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
by John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria and Eduardo Lora
reviewed by Patrice Franko on January 13, 2005
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • 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), Historical Geography (K)
Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740
by Richard Grassby
reviewed by Stephen Caunce on June 4, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Learning on the Shop Floor: Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship
by Bert De Munck, Steven L. Kaplan and Hugo Soly (editors)
reviewed by Paul Ryan on September 20, 2008
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T)
L’économie morale, pauvreté, crédit et confiance dans l’Europe préindustrielle
by Laurence Fontaine
reviewed by Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur on January 12, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000
by James C. McCann
reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on October 4, 2005
  • Geographic area: Africa (1)
  • 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850-1520
by Christopher Dyer
reviewed by James Masschaele on September 9, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
The Marketplace of Christianity
by Robert B. Ekelund Jr., Robert F. Hébert and Robert D. Tollison
reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 29, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Mercantilism
by Eli F. Heckscher
reviewed by John J. McCusker on December 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Mills in the Medieval Economy: England, 1300-1540
by John Langdon
reviewed by Karine van der Beek on January 8, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 1, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 21, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
The 'Mother of All Trades': The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
by Milja van Tielhof
reviewed by Regina Grafe on August 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing
by John Benson and Laura Ugolini (editors)
reviewed by Nicholas Alexander on May 14, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
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 Spain's Century of Depression
by Woodrow Wilson Borah
reviewed by Richard Salvucci on August 1, 2001
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
by David W. Galenson
reviewed by Robert B. Ekelund Jr. on May 19, 2006
  • 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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Origins and Growth of the Global Economy: From the Fifteenth Century Onward
by Ronald E. Seavoy
reviewed by Laura Cruz on November 25, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art
by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
reviewed by Bernadine Barnes on February 21, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Peasants of Languedoc
by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on December 12, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
The Political Economy of Craft Production: Crafting Empire in South India, c. 1350-1650
by Carla M. Sinopoli
reviewed by Prasannan Parthasarathi on October 27, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
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)
Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550-1850
by Peter Razzell
reviewed by Andrew Hinde on July 9, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O’Rourke
reviewed by Şevket Pamuk on August 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 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), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782
by Ronald Hoffman
reviewed by Evan Haefeli on January 19, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China
by Kai-wing Chow
reviewed by Nathan Sivin on October 29, 2004
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Resurgence of East Asia, 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita and Mark Selden
reviewed by Debin Ma on February 15, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817
by Johannes Postma and Victor Enthoven (editors)
reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on June 28, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership: Technology, Economy, and Culture in the Netherlands, 1350–1800
by Karel Davids
reviewed by William TeBrake on March 5, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
by David Eltis
reviewed by Jan Hogendorn on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange: Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c. 1550-1630
by Clé Lesger
reviewed by Larry Neal on January 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History
by Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas
reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on December 21, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
Secular Cycles
by Peter Turchin and Sergey A. Nefedov
reviewed by Harry Kitsikopoulos on December 30, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
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)
The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice
by Luca Molà
reviewed by Giovanni Federico on September 25, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
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)
Slavery in the Development of the Americas
by David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
reviewed by Gavin Wright on June 24, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Taxation Under the Early Tudors, 1485-1547
by Roger Schofield
reviewed by John Munro on June 15, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM
by David Eltis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson and Herbert S. Klein
reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on October 18, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680
by Stuart B. Schwartz (editor)
reviewed by David Eltis on December 31, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Usury, Interest and the Reformation
by Eric Kerridge
reviewed by Norman Jones on December 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
by Timothy W. Guinnane
reviewed by Henry A. Gemery on August 11, 1998
  • Geographic area:
  • Time period: 16th Century (4)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)