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Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America

by Jan R. McTavish

reviewed by Marc Law on May 12, 2008

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), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art

by David W. Galenson

reviewed by Richard Agnello on May 31, 2002

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: Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm

by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr

reviewed by Jon R. Moen on October 3, 2008

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)

Panic! Markets, Crises, and Crowds in American Fiction

by David Zimmerman

reviewed by Scott Dalrymple on October 26, 2006

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), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805

by Leonard N. Rosenband

reviewed by Michael Huberman on July 19, 2001

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

The Past and Future of America's Economy: Long Waves of Innovation that Power Cycles of Growth

by Robert D. Atkinson

reviewed by Wyatt Wells on May 26, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
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), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

The Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation

by Claudio Borio, Gianni Toniolo and Piet Clement (editors)

reviewed by C.A.E. Goodhart on February 23, 2009

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 Path Not Taken: French Industrialization and in the Age of Revolution

by Jeff Horn

reviewed by Noel D. Johnson on May 16, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art

by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser

reviewed by Bernadine Barnes on February 21, 2009

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Pattern and Repertoire in History

by Bertrand M. Roehner and Tony Syme

reviewed by John Nye on January 26, 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)

Patterns of Speculation: A Study in Observational Econophysics

by Bertrand M. Roehner

reviewed by Graeme D. Snooks on February 12, 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Paul Samuelson: On Being an Economist

by Michael Szenberg, Aron Gottesman and Lall Ramrattan

reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 5, 2007

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

Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control

by Philip J. Cook

reviewed by Mark Thornton on April 2, 2008

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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa: Cote D'Ivoire, 1880-1995

by Thomas J. Bassett

reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on September 30, 2003

Geographic area: Africa (1)
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)

The Peasants of Languedoc

by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

reviewed by Anne E.C. McCants on December 12, 2002

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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

Peasants, Merchants, and Markets: Inland Trade in Medieval England, 1150-1350

by James Masschaele

reviewed by Gregory Clark on April 1, 1998

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era

by Gary Dean Best

reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on October 10, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

A Penny for the Governor, A Dollar for Uncle Sam: Income Taxation in Washington

by Phil Roberts

reviewed by Terri A. Sexton on October 15, 2003

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)

Pensions, Politics, and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society

by Daniel J. B. Mitchell

reviewed by Robert Whaples on January 7, 2002

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)

Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England

by Gloria L. Main

reviewed by Daniel Scott Smith on December 10, 2002

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America

by Michael A. Bernstein

reviewed by William J. Barber on April 2, 2002

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

Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region, 1650-1990

by John J. Bukowczyk, Nora Faires, David R. Smith and Randy William Widdis

reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on January 20, 2006

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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States since 1945

by William A. Darity Jr. and Samuel L. Myers Jr.

reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on February 15, 2000

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)

Peter Tait: A Remarkable Story

by John E. Waite

reviewed by James Jaffe on December 4, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O)

Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities

by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

reviewed by Milton Goldin on August 30, 1999

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth

by Philip Parker

reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on September 12, 2001

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Pioneers of Financial Economics: Volume 2, Twentieth-Century Contributions

by Geoffrey Poitras (editor)

reviewed by Ramon P. DeGennaro on October 29, 2007

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), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

Planning Ahead and Falling Behind: The East German Economy in Comparison with West Germany, 1936-2002

by Jaap Sleifer

reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on January 19, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
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)

Planters' Progress: Modernizing Confederate Georgia

by Chad Morgan

reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 22, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Military and War (O), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790-1860

by Tom Downey

reviewed by Lawrence A. Peskin on January 25, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate

by William F. Ruddiman

reviewed by Robert Whaples on July 21, 2006

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce

by Sarah Abrevaya Stein

reviewed by Andrew Godley on June 23, 2009

Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America

by Meg Jacobs

reviewed by Robert Collins on July 13, 2005

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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W)

Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches

by Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal

reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on August 15, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Income and Wealth (Q)

Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations

by Peter Bernholz and Roland Vaubel (editors)

reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on April 5, 2005

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K)

Political Economy and Statesmanship: Smith, Hamilton, and the Foundation of the Commercial Republic

by Peter McNamara

reviewed by Richard Sylla on May 14, 1998

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)

The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900

by Richard Franklin Bensel

reviewed by David L. Carlton on August 7, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Urban and Regional History (Z)

The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

by Roberto Cortés Conde

reviewed by André Martínez Fritscher on July 3, 2009

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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

The Political Economy of Craft Production: Crafting Empire in South India, c. 1350-1650

by Carla M. Sinopoli

reviewed by Prasannan Parthasarathi on October 27, 2005

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

The Political Economy of Protection: Theory and the Chilean Experience

by Daniel Lederman

reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on January 28, 2006

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: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

The Political Economy of Public Finance in Britain, 1767-1873

by Takuo Dome

reviewed by Anthony Brewer on October 21, 2004

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

The Political Economy of Stalinism: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives

by Paul R. Gregory

reviewed by Mark Harrison on July 10, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 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), Servitude and Slavery (N), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Political Economy of the New Deal

by Jim Couch and William F. Shughart II

reviewed by Price V. Fishback on June 21, 1999

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

The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years

by Michele Alacevich

reviewed by Louis Galambos on October 14, 2009

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E)

The Political Economy of Virtue: Luxury, Patriotism, and the Origins of the French Revolution

by John Shovlin

reviewed by Jonathan Liebowitz on April 10, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America: Essays in Policy, History, and Political Economy

by Stephen Haber (editor)

reviewed by Anne Hanley on April 18, 2001

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

Political Institutions and Financial Development

by Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (editors)

reviewed by Claudia Rei on July 2, 2008

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation of Financial Institutions

by Susan Hoffmann

reviewed by Michael R. McAvoy on June 3, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Politics and Property Rights: The Closing of the Open Range in the Postbellum South

by Shawn Everett Kantor

reviewed by Dennis Halcoussis on August 13, 1998

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

The Politics of Child Support in America

by Jocelyn Elise Crowley

reviewed by Stephen T. Ziliak on March 24, 2004

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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929

by Stephen Haber, Armando Razo and Noel Maurer

reviewed by Gary Libecap on May 21, 2004

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), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

by Perry Gauci

reviewed by Christian J. Koot on January 26, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

Poor Relief and Welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I

by Larry Frohman

reviewed by John E. Murray on April 16, 2009

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

by John Sedgwick

reviewed by Michael J. Haupert on July 27, 2001

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

by James P. Huzel

reviewed by David M. Levy on March 26, 2007

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

Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550-1850

by Peter Razzell

reviewed by Andrew Hinde on July 9, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J)

Populism

by Worth Robert Miller

reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Poverty and Life Expectancy: The Jamaica Paradox

by James C. Riley

reviewed by Chulhee Lee on January 30, 2007

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: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850: A Regional Perspective

by Steven King

reviewed by Stephen Ziliak on October 24, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Military and War (O), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Poverty from the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760

by M. Shahid Alam

reviewed by Pierre van der Eng on January 14, 2003

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)

Poverty in Britain, 1900-1965

by Ian Gazeley

reviewed by George R. Boyer on November 23, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Poverty in the Roman World

by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne (editors)

reviewed by Willem M. Jongman on July 19, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6)
Time period: Ancient (2)
Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Poverty, Wealth, Dictatorship, Democracy: Resource Scarcity and the Origins of Dictatorship

by Jack Barkstrom

reviewed by Peter Baofu on January 6, 2003

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G)

Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium

by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O’Rourke

reviewed by Şevket Pamuk on August 19, 2008

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)

The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932

by Noel Maurer

reviewed by Enrique Cárdenas on September 11, 2003

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

The Practical Utopians: American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age

by Steven Leiken

reviewed by Ken Fones-Wolf on March 30, 2005

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7)
Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)

A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation

by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor

reviewed by Mark Aldrich on February 6, 2001

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)

Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922

by Edward S. Kaplan and Thomas W. Ryley

reviewed by Susan Ariel Aaronson on March 20, 1997

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)

The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929

by R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson

reviewed by W. Elliot Brownlee on November 20, 2003

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

Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870

by Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 11, 2001

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

by Lawrence H. Officer

reviewed by Richard Sylla on November 27, 2007

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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)

Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782

by Ronald Hoffman

reviewed by Evan Haefeli on January 19, 2001

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), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic

by Rosalind Remer

reviewed by Philip Scranton on December 19, 1996

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

Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic

by Rosalind Remer

reviewed by Richard R. John on October 15, 1996

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

Private and Public Enterprises in Europe: Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, 1830-1990

by Robert Millward

reviewed by Pier Angelo Toninelli on February 20, 2006

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)

Production and Consumption in English Households, 1600-1750

by Mark Overton, Jane Whittle, Darron Dean and Andrew Hann

reviewed by Carole Shammas on April 1, 2005

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)

Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086

by John McDonald

reviewed by Maristella Botticini on March 15, 2000

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)

Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry: Labour, Capital, and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914

by Gary Bryan Magee

reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 17, 1999

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990

by Matthew J. Bellamy

reviewed by Heather Nelson on February 19, 2007

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century

by Rosemary Thorp

reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on August 16, 1999

Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)

The Promise of Private Pensions: The First Hundred Years

by Steven A. Sass

reviewed by Samuel H. Williamson on October 12, 1998

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

by Thomas K. McCraw

reviewed by Richard N. Langlois on November 14, 2007

Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
Time period: 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), Markets and Institutions (W)

Prosperity and Plunder: European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815

by Derek Beales

reviewed by Lars M. Boerner on October 4, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

by Max Weber

reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on March 1, 2000

Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
Time period: General or Comparative (0)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Public Debt and the Birth of the Democratic State: France and Great Britain, 1688-1789

by David Stasavage

reviewed by Stephen Quinn on June 16, 2004

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)

Public Enterprise Revisited: A Closer Look at the 1954-79 UK Labour Productivity Record

by Chrisafis H. Iordanoglou

reviewed by Stephen N. Broadberry on May 3, 2002

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

Public Pensions: Gender and Civic Service in the States, 1850-1937

by Susan M. Sterett

reviewed by Joanna Short on December 9, 2003

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)

Public Spending in the 20th Century: A Global Perspective

by Vito Tanzi and Ludger Schuknecht

reviewed by Roger Middleton on October 16, 2000

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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China

by Kai-wing Chow

reviewed by Nathan Sivin on October 29, 2004

Geographic area: Asia (2)
Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)

Puissants et misérables: Système social et monde paysan dans l'Europe des Francs (VI-IX siècles)

by Jean-Pierre Devroey

reviewed by George Grantham on July 4, 2008

Geographic area: Europe (4)
Time period: Medieval (3)
Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)

Pull: Networking and Success since Benjamin Franklin

by Pamela Walker Laird

reviewed by Laura J. Owen on July 18, 2007

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: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T)

Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry

by Donald M. Pattillo

reviewed by Virginia P. Dawson on March 19, 1999

Geographic area: North America (7)
Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)

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