Book Reviews - By Title (D)
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- Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich
- by Neil Gregor
- reviewed by Alfred C. Mierzejewski on May 20, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- De Revolutie die in Haar Eigen Staart Beet: Hoe de Economische Geschiedenis onze ideeën over Economische Groei veranderde
- by J.W. Drukker
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on September 5, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Debating American Immigration, 1882 - Present
- by Roger Daniels and Otis L. Graham
- reviewed by Barry R. Chiswick on October 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South
- by Mark M. Smith
- reviewed by James R. Irwin on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America
- by David A. Skeel
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on April 17, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Debtor Diplomacy: Finance and American Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era, 1837-1873
- by Jay Sexton
- reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on March 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation
- by J. William Harris
- reviewed by Nancy Virts on April 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Defining Global Justice: The History of U.S. International Labor Standards Policy
- by Edward C. Lorenz
- reviewed by Mark Perlman on March 14, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 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), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century
- by Michael D. Bordo, Claudia Goldin and Eugene N. White
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on September 23, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives
- by Richard C.K. Burdekin and Pierre L. Siklos (editors)
- reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on November 9, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis
- by Michael Williams
- reviewed by Gary Libecap on August 4, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K)
- Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in the American West
- by Thomas A. Krainz
- reviewed by Dawn Saunders on April 12, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Democracy and Redistribution
- by Carles Boix
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on February 18, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Democracy in Desperation: The Depression of 1893
- by Douglas Steeples and David O. Whitten
- reviewed by Anthony P. O'Brien on June 29, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- 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)
- Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy
- by Robert Higgs
- reviewed by Hugh Rockoff on July 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890 - 1943
- by Patrick D. Reagan
- reviewed by Robert Cuff on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Designing a New America: the Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943
- by Patrick D. Reagan
- reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on February 21, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Designing US Economic Policy: An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling
- by W. Robert Brazelton
- reviewed by Craufurd Goodwin on November 23, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Designs Within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945
- by William J. Barber
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on July 6, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- 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)
- The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insiders' History
- by Michael Ellmanand and Vladimir Kontorovich (editors)
- reviewed by Perry L. Patterson on July 25, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
- by Robert J. Barro
- reviewed by John W. Dawson on July 18, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- 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)
- Deutschlands Krise und Konjunktur, 1924-1934: Binnenkonjuktur, Auslandsverschuldung und Reparationsproblem zwischen Dawes-Plan und Transfersperre
- by Albrecht Ritschl
- reviewed by Hans-Joachim Voth on March 10, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
- by Dina Berger
- reviewed by Byron Crites on December 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Development of Modern Agriculture: British Farming since 1931
- by John Martin
- reviewed by Peter Dewey on November 7, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Gabriel Tortella
- reviewed by Vera Zamagni on May 16, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- 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)
- Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970
- by Erik Gilbert
- reviewed by Abdul Sheriff on February 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- 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)
- Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery
- by Jonathan Krieckhaus
- reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on October 4, 2006
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- A Dictionary of Economics
- by John Black
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on March 17, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C)
- Die Kreditbanken in der Gründerzeit
- by Carsten Burhop
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on February 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Differential Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France
- by Paul V. Dutton
- reviewed by John Murray on July 12, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dilemmas of Russian Capitalism: Fedor Chizhov and Corporate Enterprise in the Railroad Age
- by Thomas C. Owen
- reviewed by Steven Nafziger on June 2, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Disaster in Dearborn: The Story of the Edsel
- by Thomas E. Bonsall
- reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on September 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Discriminating Risk: The U.S. Mortgage Lending Industry in the Twentieth Century
- by Guy Stuart
- reviewed by William J. Collins on June 21, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
- by Stephen A. Marglin
- reviewed by Eric Jones on March 31, 2008
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Distinguished Women Economists
- by James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on October 7, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Divergent Paths: How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth
- by Marc Egnal
- reviewed by Leonard Carlson on August 18, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Divided Mastery: Slave Hiring in the American South
- by Jonathan D. Martin
- reviewed by Jonathan B. Pritchett on September 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Domestic Goods: The Material, the Moral, and the Economic in the Postwar Years
- by Joy Parr
- reviewed by Pippa Brush on February 11, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Down and Out on the Family Farm: Rural Rehabilitation in the Great Plains, 1929-1945
- by Michael Johnson Grant
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on February 16, 2004
- 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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Dragon Multinational: A New Model for Global Growth
- by John A. Mathews
- reviewed by Stephen A. Kolenda on July 21, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
- by Zephyr L. Frank
- reviewed by Marshall C. Eakin on December 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q)
- The Dynamic of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980
- by David B. Abernethy
- reviewed by K. N. Chaudhuri on December 17, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Dynamic Society: Exploring the Sources of Global Change
- by Graeme Donald Snooks
- reviewed by Gregory Clark on March 16, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler and the New Economy
- by Richard N. Langlois
- reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 6, 2009
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by Peter Temin on February 28, 2007
- 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: Business History (B)
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