Book Reviews - By Title (B)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- 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)
- Baetica Felix: People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus
- by Evan W. Haley
- reviewed by George Grantham on July 27, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915
- by John Brown
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on April 23, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Banana: Empires, Trade Wars, and Globalization
- by James Wiley
- reviewed by Marcelo Bucheli on October 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
- by Marcelo Bucheli
- reviewed by Alan Dye on August 20, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Bank for International Settlements: Evolution and Evaluation
- by James C. Baker
- reviewed by A.M. Endres on July 11, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Bank of the United States and the American Economy
- by Edward S. Kaplan
- reviewed by Clair E. Morris on September 20, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking and Business in the Roman World
- by Jean Andreau
- reviewed by David Tandy on January 29, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889-1930
- by Gail D. Triner
- reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on July 16, 2001
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
- by Linsun Cheng
- reviewed by Man Bun Kwan on December 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska
- by Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on July 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present
- by Christopher Kobrak
- reviewed by Richard Tilly on April 30, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking Panics of the Gilded Age
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by Frank Steindl on March 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Banking Panics of the Great Depression
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by John H. Wood on May 28, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
- by Shinji Ogura
- reviewed by James Mak on March 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931
- by Timothy Messer-Kruse
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on October 28, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- Bargaining on Europe: Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892
- by Peter T. Marsh
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on February 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance
- by Peter E. Austin
- reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on November 10, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Battle of the Single European Market: Achievements and Economic Thought, 1945-2000
- by Gilles Grin
- reviewed by John Gillingham on July 19, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Battles for the Standard: Bimetallism and the Spread of the Gold Standard in the Nineteenth Century
- by Ted Wilson
- reviewed by Christopher M. Meissner on January 25, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: 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)
- Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
- by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
- reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Best of Intentions: The Triumph and Failure of the Great Society Under Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
- by Irwin Unger
- reviewed by Stephen Ziliak on October 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century
- by Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely and Paul F. Barrett
- reviewed by William R. Childs on May 25, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Bethlehem Steel: Builder and Arsenal of America
- by Kenneth Warren
- reviewed by Paul Tiffany on April 22, 2009
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- 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)
- Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior
- by Lawrence H. Officer
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Beyond Broker State: Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on January 9, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
- by Steven P. Erie
- reviewed by Gary D. Libecap on December 23, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Beyond Labor's Veil
- by Robert E. Weir
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on December 6, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995
- by K. Austin Kerr and Mansel G. Blackford
- reviewed by Kenneth L. Simons on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korea, 1960-1990
- by Eum Mee Kim
- reviewed by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini on December 2, 1997
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by William M. McClenahan on April 16, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- 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)
- Big Steel: The First Century of the United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001
- by Kenneth Warren
- reviewed by Malcolm Russell on November 22, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Bimetallism: An Economic and Historical Analysis
- by Angela Redish
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on November 8, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
- by J.E. King (editor)
- reviewed by Steven Kates on March 17, 2008
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- 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)
- The Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective
- by John Komlos and Joerg Baten
- reviewed by John E. Murray on February 21, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America
- by Walter A. Friedman
- reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on September 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive and Industrial Enterprise
- by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten
- reviewed by David L. Mason on July 3, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
- by Diane J. Macunovich
- reviewed by Randall J. Olsen on May 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Black '47: Britain and the Famine Irish
- by Frank Neal
- reviewed by Ron Weir on March 10, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History
- by Paul A. Moreno
- reviewed by Vernon M. Briggs Jr. on May 14, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary
- by Michael E Lomax
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company, 1925-1985
- by Robert J. Jr. Weems
- reviewed by Brian Adkins on December 17, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study
- by Stuart J. Borsch
- reviewed by John Munro on March 13, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Black Diamonds! Black Gold!: The Saga of Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
- by Don Woodard
- reviewed by Jason Manning on January 5, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- 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)
- Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940
- by Howell John Harris
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on October 12, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada 1870-1940
- by Christopher Armstrong
- reviewed by Ranald C. Michie on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Blues: A History of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System
- by Robert Cunningham III and Robert M. Jr. Cunningham
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on June 22, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888
- by Michael P. Costeloe
- reviewed by Carlos Marichal on September 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age
- by John Lauritz Larson
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on June 14, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Born Losers: A History of Failure in America
- by Scott A. Sandage
- reviewed by Susan Nance on October 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Boss: Management Tips for Today from a Nineteenth Century Cattle Drive
- by Tim Frazier and Dana Frazier
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- The Bouchayers of Grenoble and French Industrial Enterprise, 1850 -1970
- by Robert J. Smith
- reviewed by Esther Redmount on September 6, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- by Marc Levinson
- reviewed by William Sjostrom on April 2, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- by Marc Levinson
- reviewed by William Sjostrom on April 4, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines
- by Robert McIntosh
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on December 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition
- by Vicki Howard
- reviewed by Janice M. Traflet on February 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bristol Historical Resource CD
- by Peter Wardley (editor)
- reviewed by Lisa Bud-Frierman on March 12, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Britain and Ireland, 1050-1530: Economy and Society
- by Richard Britnell
- reviewed by John Langdon on December 8, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Britain and Japan: A Comparative Economic and Social History Since 1900
- by Kenneth D. Brown
- reviewed by Michael Smitka on September 17, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Britain and the Greek Economic Crisis, 1944-1947: From Liberation to the Truman Doctrine
- by Anthanasios Lykogiannis
- reviewed by Gail Makinen on June 13, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919
- by Eric W. Osborne
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on July 22, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964
- by Peter Dorey
- reviewed by Jim Phillips on October 6, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- The British Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Alan Booth
- reviewed by Roger Middleton on November 21, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The British Economy since 1945: Engaging with the Debate
- by Roger Middleton
- reviewed by Alan Booth on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The British Motor Industry, 1945-94; A Case Study in Industrial Decline
- by Timothy R. Whisler
- reviewed by Susan Bowden on April 28, 2000
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- British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism
- by James Bamberg
- reviewed by Jonathan Brown on March 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- British Trade Unions since 1933
- by Chris Wrigley
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on March 3, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry
- by Barry B. LePatner
- reviewed by Richard Vedder on September 3, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Broken Trusts: The Texas Attorney General versus the Oil Industry, 1889-1909
- by Jonathan W. Singer
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on January 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies
- by Timothy Earle
- reviewed by Michael W. Graves on June 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), 16th Century (4), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bruges: Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
- by James M. Murray
- reviewed by Erin Jordan on April 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Builders: Herman and George R. Brown
- by Joseph A. Pratt and Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Paul Carlson on March 30, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Building a Global Bank: The Transformation of Banco Santander
- by Mauro F. Guillen and Adrian Tschoegl
- reviewed by Joseph M. Santos on January 22, 2009
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956
- by Jason Scott Smith
- reviewed by Price V. Fishback on July 16, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Building the Borderlands: A Transnational History of Irrigated Cotton along the Mexico-Texas Border
- by Casey Walsh
- reviewed by Paul Ganster on June 30, 2009
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- Business and Industry in Nazi Germany
- by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Business and Politics in Europe. 1900-1970: Essays in Honour of Alice Teichova
- by Terry Gourvish (editor)
- reviewed by Maurice Kirby on October 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Business Cycles and Depressions: An Encyclopedia
- by David Glasner
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on September 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK
- by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press
- reviewed by Hugo Cerón-Anaya on November 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business History and Business Culture
- by Andrew Godley and Oliver M. Westall
- reviewed by Ernest Teagarden on March 31, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business History around the World
- by Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones (editors)
- reviewed by William H. Becker on January 13, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
- by Michael P. Gray
- reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865
- by Mark R. Wilson
- reviewed by Roger Ransom on October 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O)
- 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)
- The Business of Genocide: The SS, Slave Labor, and the Concentration Camps
- by Michael Thad Allen
- reviewed by Kees Gispen on March 4, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Byzantine Economy
- by Angeliki E. Laiou and Cécile Morrisson
- reviewed by Timothy E. Gregory on October 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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