Book Reviews - By Title (J)

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The Jacksonian Economy
by Peter Temin
reviewed by Richard Sylla on August 17, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949
by Kaoru Sugihara (editor)
reviewed by Ming-Hsuan Lee on December 17, 2005
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920
by Masayo Umezawa Duus
reviewed by Edward D. Beechert on February 21, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
by Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (editors)
reviewed by Jennifer Frankl on August 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth
by Carl Mosk
reviewed by Mark Metzler on January 22, 2002
  • Geographic area: Asia (2)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Japanese Success? British Failure? Comparisons in Business Performance since 1945
by Etsuo Abe and Terry Gourvish (editors)
reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 19, 1999
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
by M. John Lubetkin
reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on July 24, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective
by Istvan Hont
reviewed by Stephen Meardon on October 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism
by Samuel Hollander
reviewed by Maria de Fátima Brandão on December 16, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
by Anita McConnell
reviewed by Christine MacLeod on August 7, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London, 1880-1914: Enterprise and Culture
by Andrew Godley
reviewed by Carmel U. Chiswick on June 3, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Jimmy Carter's Economy: Policy in an Age of Limits
by W. Carl Biven
reviewed by Toby G. Bates on January 23, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)
Joan Robinson's Economics: A Centennial Celebration
by Bill Gibson (editor)
reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on November 13, 2006
  • 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)
John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage
by Louis Jordan
reviewed by Ron Michener on February 4, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
by Axel Madsen
reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 10, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Business History (B)
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
by Richard Parker
reviewed by Peter J. Boettke on November 6, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
by Donald Markwell
reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on February 2, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
John Stewart Kennedy: The Man Who Found the Money
by Saul Engelbourg and Leonard Bushkoff
reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 25, 1997
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier
by Albert L. Hurtado
reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on September 13, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
JSTOR: A History
by Roger C. Schonfield
reviewed by Royce Kurtz on October 24, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979
by Martin Daunton
reviewed by Hugh Pemberton on March 30, 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)

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