Book Reviews - By Title (G)

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The G.I. Bill: A New Deal for Veterans
by Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin
reviewed by Keith W. Olson on October 13, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Military and War (O)
The Gas Station in America
by John A. Jakle and Kieth A. Sculle
reviewed by Tom Dicke on May 16, 1995
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
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)
The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama
by John A. Salmond
reviewed by Clete Daniel on July 25, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
by Maury Klein
reviewed by Tomas Nonnenmacher on December 12, 2008
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
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 German Economy during the Nineteenth Century
by Toni Pierenkemper and Richard H. Tilly
reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on September 24, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's _My Years with General Motors_
by John McDonald
reviewed by David L. Mason on August 9, 2002
  • 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)
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)
Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
by Ken Fones-Wolf
reviewed by Janet Irons on October 12, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Urban and Regional History (Z)
The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873
by Marc Flandreau
reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on December 5, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis and Growth
by Maurice Obstfeld and Alan M. Taylor
reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on December 14, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 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)
The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945
by Howard Cox
reviewed by Geoffrey Tweedale on March 1, 2001
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector
by Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List and S. Stefan Toepler
reviewed by Milton Goldin on March 27, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
The Global Economy in the 1990s: A Long-Run Perspective
by Paul W. Rhode and Gianni Toniolo (editors)
reviewed by Christopher Hanes on July 13, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4), 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Income and Wealth (Q)
The Global Export of Capital from Great Britain, 1865-1914: A Statistical Survey
by Irving Stone
reviewed by Michael Edelstein on November 4, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods
by Barry J. Eichengreen
reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on March 21, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance
by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson
reviewed by Drew Keeling on June 13, 2007
  • 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: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Global Monetary Regime and National Central Banking: The Case of Hungary, 1921-1929
by Gyorgy Peteri
reviewed by Elmus Wicker on April 21, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Globalisation? Internationalisation and Monopoly Capitalism: Historical Processes and Capitalist Dynamism
by Bob Milward
reviewed by Paul Benneworth on September 9, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy
by Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
reviewed by Marvin McInnis on August 4, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Globalization and Its Enemies
by Daniel Cohen
reviewed by John R. Hanson on December 27, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
Globalization and the American Century
by Alfred E. Eckes Jr. and Thomas W. Zeiler
reviewed by Wyatt Wells on March 1, 2004
  • Geographic area: 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Globalization and the Poor Periphery before 1950
by Jeffrey G. Williamson
reviewed by Sevket Pamuk on June 25, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Income and Wealth (Q), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
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)
Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System
by Barry J. Eichengreen
reviewed by George Selgin on October 6, 1997
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
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)
God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
by Kathryn W. Kemp
reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on January 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
by Lisa Jardine
reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on July 7, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929
by Douglas Fetherling
reviewed by Ralph Mann on May 19, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance, 1856-1881
by Christopher Clay
reviewed by Faruk Tabak on September 9, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
Gold Rush Capitalists: Greed and Growth in Sacramento
by Mark A. Eifler
reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 30, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Gold Standard Illusion: France, the Bank of France, and the International Gold Standard, 1914-1939
by Kenneth Moure
reviewed by Pierre Sicsic on January 21, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971
by Francis J. Gavin
reviewed by Harold James on January 30, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America
by Gretchen Ritter
reviewed by Larry Schweikart on October 14, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
by Ian Inkster, Colin Griffin, Jeff Hill and Judith Rowbotham (editors)
reviewed by Giorgio Riello on February 18, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
by William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan and Carl J. Schramm
reviewed by William R. Keech on May 7, 2009
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • 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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
A Good Day's Work: An Iowa Farm in the Great Depression
by Dwight W. Hoover
reviewed by Alan G. Bogue on October 24, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
reviewed by Milton Goldin on February 12, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
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)
The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
by Jon Agar
reviewed by Roger Middleton on September 10, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
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)
Grand Master Workman: Terence Powderly and the Knights of Labor
by Craig Phelan
reviewed by Robert E. Weir on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
The Great Breakthrough and its Cause
by Julian Simon
reviewed by Paul M. Hohenberg on May 29, 2001
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
The Great Debate on Banking Reform: Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed
by Elmus Wicker
reviewed by Ellis W. Tallman on August 11, 2006
  • 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 Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939
by Patricia Clavin
reviewed by Pete Ferderer on April 17, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
The Great Depression: An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
by Thomas E. Hall and David J. Ferguson
reviewed by Elmus Wicker on August 20, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz
reviewed by Deepak Lal on October 2, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
by Werner Troesken
reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Urban and Regional History (Z)
The Great Lobster War
by Ron Formisano
reviewed by Debbie Mullin on March 25, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
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 Population Spike and After: Reflections on the 21st Century
by W. W. Rostow
reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on June 8, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
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)
Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century
by Mark Blyth
reviewed by Janet T. Knoedler on August 6, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
by David Hackett Fischer
reviewed by John H. Munro on February 24, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
The Greatest Nation on Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson
reviewed by Gavin Wright on January 19, 1998
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
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)
Growth Company: Dow Chemical's First Century
by E. N. Brandt
reviewed by John K. Smith on January 19, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
The Growth of American Government: Governance from the Cleveland Era to the Present
by Ballard C. Campbell
reviewed by Rebecca Menes on September 2, 1997
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
The Growth of the Italian Economy 1820-1960
by Jon Cohen and Giovanni Federico
reviewed by Brian A'Hearn on September 27, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Growth Triumphant: The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective
by Richard A. Easterlin
reviewed by Dora L. Costa on August 23, 1997
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
Growth, Inequality and Globalization: Theory, History and Policy
by Philippe Aghion and Jeffrey C. Williamson
reviewed by John R. Hanson on July 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Income and Wealth (Q)
Guardians of the Nation? Economists, General, and Economic Reform in Latin America
by Glen Biglaiser
reviewed by William McGreevey on May 14, 2004
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 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)
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)
Guns and Rubles: The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State
by Mark Harrison (editor)
reviewed by Steven Nafziger on December 15, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on May 28, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
by Christopher A. Reed
reviewed by Elisabeth Köll on December 7, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

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