Book Reviews: By time period: 18th Century

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives

by E. Wayne Carp (editor)

reviewed by John Murray on June 8, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

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 Adam Smith: A Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy

by Murray Milgate and Shannon C. Stimson

reviewed by Donald E. Frey on January 6, 2010

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

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)

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow

reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 3, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873

by Jeremy Burchardt

reviewed by Bethanie Afton on August 7, 2003

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined

by Suman Ghosh

reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on August 5, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

America's First Veterans and the Revolutionary War Pensions

by Emily J. Teipe

reviewed by Joanna Short on December 13, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)

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)

The American State Constitutional Tradition

by John J. Dinan

reviewed by John J. Wallis on May 9, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Markets and Institutions (W)

American Taxation, American Slavery

by Robin Einhorn

reviewed by Jenny Wahl on August 9, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)

The 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)

Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789

by Stanley J. Stein and Barbara H. Stein

reviewed by David Ringrose on April 16, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

The Artisans in Eighteenth-Century Eastern India: A History of Survival

by Vipul Singh

reviewed by Ian C. Wendt on April 16, 2007

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

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)

At the Origins of Mathematical Economics: The Economics of A. N. Isnard (1748-1803)

by Richard van den Berg (editor)

reviewed by Theodore M. Porter on June 5, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

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)

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)

Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

by Béatrice Craig

reviewed by Marilyn Gerriets on January 7, 2010

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)

Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars between Spain, Britain and France, 1760-1810

by Carlos Marichal

reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on May 1, 2009

Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)

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)

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)

Burgundy to Champagne: The Wine Trade in Early Modern France

by Thomas Brennan

reviewed by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal on October 30, 1998

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756-1833

by H.V. Bowen

reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on April 9, 2007

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

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)

Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005

by Youssef Cassis

reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on October 22, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

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)

The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America

by Thomas A. Kinney

reviewed by Tom Dicke on August 1, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Cash for Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America

by Carl A. Zimring

reviewed by Scott A. Beaulier on April 29, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)

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)

The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740-1914

by Margot C. Finn

reviewed by Laura Ugolini on April 7, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Child Workers in England, 1780-1820: Parish Apprentices and the Making of the Early Industrial Labour Force

by Katrina Honeyman

reviewed by Pamela Sharpe on October 6, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), 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)

The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade

by Stan Hoig

reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 8, 2008

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)

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)

The Classical Economists Revisited

by D. P. O'Brien

reviewed by Elisabeth Allgoewer on March 1, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

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)

Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation

by Keith L. Dougherty

reviewed by Robert A. McGuire on April 11, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

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 Commerce of Cartography: Making and Marketing Maps in Eighteenth-century France and England

by Mary Sponberg Pedley

reviewed by Susan Danforth on November 16, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Business History (B), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

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)

Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions

by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)

reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce: The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815

by Leos Müller

reviewed by Yrjö Kaukiainen on February 25, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire

by Peter N. Stearns

reviewed by Jasmine Aimaq on January 1, 2003

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)

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)

Courts and Commerce: Gender, Law and the Market Economy in Colonial New York

by Deborah A. Rosen

reviewed by Anne M. Boylan on April 7, 1998

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

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)

The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications

by Paul Starr

reviewed by Douglas Galbi on September 9, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

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)

A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business

by Rowena Olegario

reviewed by Brandon Dupont on July 15, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

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)

The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920

by B. Zorina Khan

reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 30, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920

by Andrew C. Isenberg

reviewed by Richard DePolt on June 4, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), 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 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)

An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895: The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire

by Gwyn Campbell

reviewed by Nigel Worden on December 23, 2005

Geographic area: Africa (1)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)

Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment

by Emma Rothschild

reviewed by Glenn Hueckel on September 16, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth

by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar

reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)

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 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)

Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History

by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)

reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
Time period: 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Elites, Minorities, and Economic Growth

by Elise S. Brezis and Peter Temin (editors)

reviewed by Rick Szostak on May 28, 2001

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

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)

Encyclopedia of Tariffs and Trade in U.S. History

by Cynthia Clark Northrup and Elaine C. Prange Turney (editors)

reviewed by Stephen Meardon on January 6, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

The English Poor Laws, 1700-1930

by Anthony Brundage

reviewed by Steve King on March 21, 2003

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

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)

The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World

by Robert William Fogel

reviewed by Cormac Ó Gráda on October 19, 2004

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Essays on the History of Economics

by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)

reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780

by David Oldroyd

reviewed by James Jaffe on April 2, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)

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)

Farm Production in England 1700-1914

by M. E. Turner, J. V. Beckett and B. Afton

reviewed by Nicola Verdon on August 19, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860

by Martin Bruegel

reviewed by Laurence J. Malone on October 17, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B)

Female Labour Power: Women Workers' Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780-1860

by Janet Greenlees

reviewed by Pamela J. Nickless on June 28, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), 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)

The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810

by James A. McMillin

reviewed by Philip Misevich on August 23, 2005

Geographic area: Africa (1), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development

by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Kenneth L. Sokoloff (editors)

reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 8, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T)

Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich

by Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen

reviewed by Gerald Gunderson on July 28, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

A Financial History of the United States

by Jerry W. Markham

reviewed by Robert E. Wright on June 6, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Firms, Networks and Business Values: The British and American Cotton Industries since 1750

by Mary B. Rose

reviewed by David Higgins on May 11, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble

by Richard Dale

reviewed by Larry Neal on March 4, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

The First Industrial Region: North-West England, c. 1700-60

by Jon Stobart

reviewed by Steve King on October 26, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)

The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance

by Robert E. Wright

reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on September 26, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783-1933

by Margaret Beattie Bogue

reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on July 12, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)

Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia

by Woody Holton

reviewed by Robert E. Wright on February 15, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

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)

The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism

by Robert William Fogel

reviewed by John Murray on April 9, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (e), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), 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 Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government

by Randall G. Holcombe

reviewed by John Dinan on May 21, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

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)

From Sugar Triangle to Cotton Triangle: Trade and Shipping between America and Baltic Russia, 1783-1860

by Kalevi Ahonen

reviewed by William K. Hutchinson on January 30, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain

by Joyce Burnette

reviewed by Timothy J. Hatton on December 18, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)

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)

The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy

by Joel Mokyr

reviewed by William F. Shughart II on March 15, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
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)

God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860

by Mark A. Noll (editor)

reviewed by Donald E. Frey on January 14, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000

by Espen Moe

reviewed by Peter T. Leeson on July 25, 2007

Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Government and the American Economy: A New History

by Price Fishback et al (editor)

reviewed by Gavin Wright on October 19, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)

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)

The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

by Karl Polanyi

reviewed by Anne Mayhew on June 1, 2000

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Markets and Institutions (W)

Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: Further Evidence

by Peter H. Lindert

reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 18, 2004

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: The Story

by Peter H. Lindert

reviewed by Robert A. Margo on April 28, 2004

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

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)

Hamilton Unbound: Finance and the Creation of the American Republic

by Robert E. Wright

reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on August 19, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W)

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)

Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914

by Christine MacLeod

reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on January 24, 2009

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

HISCO: Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations

by Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas and Andrew Miles

reviewed by Hamish James on August 30, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Labor and Employment History (T)

Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor

by Robert E. Weir and James P. Hanlan (editors)

reviewed by Gerald Friedman on December 2, 2004

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations