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Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassessment of Some Central Components of His Thought
by Leonidas Montes
reviewed by Peter McNamara on September 27, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development
by Joseph E. Inikori
reviewed by Kevin H. O'Rourke on October 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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)
The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan
by Thomas C. Smith
reviewed by Osamu Saito on May 11, 2006
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
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)
The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings
by John W. Malsberger and James N. Marshall (editors)
reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on December 31, 2008
  • 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: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
The American Way: A Geographical History of Crisis and Recovery
by Carville Earle
reviewed by Sukkoo Kim on September 12, 2003
  • 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: Historical Geography (K)
America’s Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics
by Donald E. Frey
reviewed by Samuel Gregg on September 24, 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century
by Rene J. Barendse
reviewed by Alan Heston on February 26, 2003
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), 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 Economy: Britain, the US and Ireland
by Denis O'Hearn
reviewed by Jane Gray on February 24, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), 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)
Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century
by April Lee Hatfield
reviewed by Lorena S. Walsh on September 19, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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)
Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah
reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists
by Donald Rutherford (editor)
reviewed by Richard A. Kleer on April 27, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
by Judith A. Carney
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on May 14, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Servitude and Slavery (N)
British Economic Growth, 1688-1959: Trends and Structure
by Phyllis Deane and W. A. Cole
reviewed by Knick Harley on September 18, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
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)
Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History
by Frederick H. Smith
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on June 2, 2006
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
by Marjatta Rahikainen
reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on November 11, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
Children Bound to Labor: The Pauper Apprentice System in Early America
by Ruth Wallis Herndon and John E. Murray (editors)
reviewed by Farley Grubb on December 29, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
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)
Colonial Plantations and Economy in Florida
by Jane G. Landers (editor)
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on March 19, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States
by Laird W. Bergad
reviewed by David Eltis on May 8, 2009
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), 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)
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)
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)
Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
by Virginia DeJohn Anderson
reviewed by Russell R. Menard on April 12, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720
by Natasha Glaisyer
reviewed by David Hussey on July 5, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
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)
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 Economic Future in Historical Perspective
by Paul A. David and Mark P. Thomas (editors)
reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on June 25, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review
by Leonard Gomes
reviewed by Lawrence Officer on August 14, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Economics in Russia: Studies in Intellectual History
by Vincent Barnett and Joachim Zweynert (editors)
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on May 22, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725
by Richard Hellie
reviewed by Lindsey Hughes on January 19, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions
by Cathy Matson (editor)
reviewed by David B. Ryden on January 24, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750
by Jan de Vries
reviewed by George Grantham on October 3, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859
by Akira Hayami, Osamu Saito and Ronald P. Toby (editors)
reviewed by Carl Mosk on October 22, 2004
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas
by Virgil Henry Storr
reviewed by Jenny B. Wahl on July 11, 2005
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 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), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Envy of the World: A History of the U.S. Economy and Big Business
by Timothy J. Botti
reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on February 7, 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: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and Its European Rivals, 1688-1815
by Leandro Prados de la Escosura (editor)
reviewed by Gregory Clark on October 7, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
by Daniel K. Richter
reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on October 6, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias
by Peter M. Garber
reviewed by Charles P. Kindleberger on August 15, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
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)
Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)
reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)
A Financial History of the United States
by Jerry W. Markham
reviewed by Robert E. Wright on June 6, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Fish into Wine: The Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century
by Peter E. Pope
reviewed by Luca Codignola on March 22, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Forging America: Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the Industrious Revolution
by John Bezis-Selfa
reviewed by Michael V. Kennedy on May 25, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
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)
Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain
by Mary Poovey
reviewed by David Mitch on January 19, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
by Joel Mokyr
reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
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)
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)
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)
The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord
by Brian Donahue
reviewed by Winifred Barr Rothenberg on December 23, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
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)
Harmony and the Balance: An Intellectual History of Seventeenth-Century English Economic Thought
by Andrea Finkelstein
reviewed by Edward J. Harpham on June 18, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
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)
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)
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 25, 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: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000
by Janet E. Hunter and S. Sugiyama (editors)
reviewed by John Wilson on February 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States
by John H. Wood
reviewed by Angela Redish on December 21, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
A History of Household Government in America
by Carole Shammas
reviewed by Gloria L. Main on March 26, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N), 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 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)
How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Commodity Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States
by John J. McCusker
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on February 6, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution
by Richard Grassby
reviewed by Richard F. Teichgraeber on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
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)
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)
The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717
by Alan Gallay
reviewed by Peter C. Mancall on April 4, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present
by Jan de Vries
reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on May 27, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
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)
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
by Peter T. Leeson
reviewed by Daniel K. Benjamin on October 3, 2009
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
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)
John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage
by Louis Jordan
reviewed by Ron Michener on February 4, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
The London Stock Exchange: A History
by Ranald C. Michie
reviewed by Larry Neal on August 10, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
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)
The Monetary History of Gold: A Documentary History, 1660-1999
by Mark Duckenfield
reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on December 14, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 1, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire
by Sevket Pamuk
reviewed by John Munro on November 21, 2002
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society
by Jack P. Greene, Rosemary Brana-Shute and Randy J. Sparks (editors)
reviewed by David Ryden on April 2, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 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), Servitude and Slavery (N)
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)
New World Economies: The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada
by Marc Egnal
reviewed by Allan Kulikoff on August 6, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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 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)
Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England
by Gloria L. Main
reviewed by Daniel Scott Smith on December 10, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region, 1650-1990
by John J. Bukowczyk, Nora Faires, David R. Smith and Randy William Widdis
reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on January 20, 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
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)
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)
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)
Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870
by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 11, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750
by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann
reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
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)
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 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 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 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)
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)
Russia's Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World
by J. T. Kotilaine
reviewed by Valéry Lazarev on April 28, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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 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)
Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800
by Kenneth Morgan
reviewed by David Eltis on October 10, 2001
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles, 1648-1834
by S.D. Smith
reviewed by Trevor Burnard on August 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862
by Christopher Mills Isett
reviewed by Peer Vries on August 10, 2007
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 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), Markets and Institutions (W)
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)
Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados
by Russell R. Menard
reviewed by David Eltis on November 10, 2006
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
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)
A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization
by Michael Hart
reviewed by Bill Marr on August 13, 2004
  • 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Trading World of Asia and the English East India Company, 1660-1760
by K. N. Chaudhuri
reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on December 20, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
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)
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)
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)
Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
by Anne Goldgar
reviewed by Larry Neal on August 3, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
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)
Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
by Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
reviewed by Susan B. Carter on July 1, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
by Penelope Lane, Neil Raven and K. D. M. Snell (editors)
reviewed by Joyce Burnette on March 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Labor and Employment History (T)