Book Reviews By Subject (Urban and Regional History)

Subject: Urban and Regional History

Mountains on the Market: Industry, the Environment, and the South
Hall, Randal L.
Reback, Charles
Urban and Regional History
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jan 10, 2013
Meat, Commerce and the City: The London Food Market, 1800-1855
Metcalfe, Robyn S.
Perren, Richard
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
Europe
Oct 9, 2012
Peaceful Surrender: The Depopulation of Rural Spain in the Twentieth Century
Collantes, Fernando
Pinilla, Vicente
Rosés, Joan R.
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Jun 6, 2012
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
Glaeser, Edward L.
Smith, Fred H.
Urban and Regional History
General or Comparative
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Feb 9, 2012
Locating the Industrial Revolution: Inducement and Response
Jones, Eric L.
Bogart, Dan
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Urban and Regional History
18th Century
19th Century
Europe
Dec 15, 2011
Dude Ranching in Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969
Kensel, W. Hudson
Weiss, Thomas
Business History
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jul 7, 2011
The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Industry, 1860-1902: Economic Cycles, Business Decision-Making and Regional Dynamics
Healey, R.G.
Adams, Sean Patrick
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
Business History
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Oct 5, 2010
Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945 to 2005
Ceruzzi, Paul E.
Bugos, Glenn
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Nov 2, 2009
Triumph of the South: A Regional Economic History of Early Twentieth Century Britain
Scott, Peter
Wardley, Peter
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Oct 20, 2009
How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America
Abbott, Carl
Smith, Fred H.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 25, 2009
Mass Motorization and Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis
Jones, David W.
Dunn Jr., James A.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Dec 23, 2008
Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s
Li, Lillian M.
Will, Pierre-Étienne W
, Pierre-Ét
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
May 6, 2008
Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer
Libecap, Gary D.
Kanazawa, Mark
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Feb 29, 2008
Food and the City in Europe since 1800
Atkins, Peter J.
Lummel, Peter
Oddy, Derek J.
Perren, Richard
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Feb 26, 2008
Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
Fones-Wolf, Ken
Irons, Janet
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Oct 11, 2007
The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
Troesken, Werner
Margo, Robert A.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jun 26, 2007
Immigrants and the Industries of London, 1500-1700
Luu, Lien Bich
Wallis, Patrick
Urban and Regional History
17th Century
Europe
Dec 26, 2006
Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
Erie, Steven P.
Libecap, Gary D.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Dec 22, 2006
La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
Martínez, Alberte M
Piñeiro, Carlos P
Velasco, Carlos
Mirás-Araujo, Jesús Mi
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Dec 21, 2006
The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster
Vale, Lawrence J.
Campanella, Thomas J.
Frey, Donald E.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Nov 1, 2006
Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars
Leidenberger, Georg
Clair, David J. St.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Oct 16, 2006
Henry George's Legacy in Economic Thought
Laurent, John
Frey, Donald E.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
May 11, 2006
City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919
Garb, Margaret
Smith, Fred H.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Apr 30, 2006
The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century
Dublin, Thomas
Licht, Walter
Boal, William
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Apr 19, 2006
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
Carter, Susan B.
Gartner, Scott Sigmund
Haines, Michael R.
Olmstead, Alan L.
Sutch, Richard
Wright, Gavin
Libecap, Gary
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Apr 18, 2006
The First Industrial Region: North-West England, c. 1700-60
Stobart, Jon
King, Steve
Urban and Regional History
18th Century
North America
Oct 25, 2005
On Hollywood: The Place, the Industry
Scott, Allen J.
Haupert, Mike
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Oct 17, 2005
The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago
Young, David M.
Cain, Louis P.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Sep 25, 2005
Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk
Maines, Rachel
Aldrich, Mark
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Aug 30, 2005
Water, Race, and Disease
Troesken, Werner
Brown, John C.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
May 31, 2005
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Mokyr, Joel
Whaples, Robert
Urban and Regional History
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Apr 19, 2005
Separatism and Integration: A Study in Analytical History
Roehner, Bertrand M.
Spolaore, Enrico
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Jan 4, 2005
The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy
Dilworth, Richardson
Duggan, Ed
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
North America
Jan 3, 2005
The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940
Cohen, Andrew Wender
Cain, Louis P.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jul 24, 2004
Discriminating Risk: The U.S. Mortgage Lending Industry in the Twentieth Century
Stuart, Guy
Collins, William J.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jun 20, 2004
The Size of Nations
Alesina, Alberto
Spolaore, Enrico
, Enric
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Feb 1, 2004
River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850
Gruenwald, Kim M.
Lindstrom, Diane
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
North America
Jan 18, 2004
Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
Harwood Jr., Herbert H.
Smith, Fred H.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Aug 4, 2003
Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
Boomgaard, Peter
Brown, Ian
Drabble, John
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jul 23, 2003
An Economic History of London, 1800-1914
Ball, Michael
Sunderland, David
Green, David R.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Apr 7, 2003
Renewing Birmingham: Federal Funding and the Promise of Change, 1929-1979
Scribner, Christopher MacGregor
Harvey, Gordon E.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Dec 16, 2002
The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society
Beito, David T.
Gordon, Peter
Tabarrok, Alexander
Lester, Richard
Urban and Regional History
General or Comparative
North America
Nov 25, 2002
Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000
Dick, Howard W.
Sutherland, Heather
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Asia
Oct 20, 2002
Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and the Construction of Nature
Barringer, Mark Daniel
Hill, Peter J.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Aug 25, 2002
Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Eakin, Marshall C.
Triner, Gail D.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Aug 22, 2002
The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910
Mora-Torres, Juan
Baskes, Jeremy
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jun 24, 2002
The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present
Melosi, Martin V.
McSwain, James B.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 15, 2002
The New South's New Frontier: A Social History of Economic Development in Southwestern North Carolina
Taylor, Stephen Wallace
Phillips, William H.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Mar 12, 2002

Subject:
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
Urban and Regional History

Ties That Bind: Economic and Political Dilemmas of Urban Utility Networks, 1800-1990
Jacobson, Charles David
Gorman, Hugh
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Dec 6, 2001

Subject:
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Urban and Regional History

The Rise of the English Town 1650-1850
Chalklin, Christopher
Stobart, Jon
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
Europe
Oct 21, 2001

Subject:
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Urban and Regional History

The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
Bensel, Richard Franklin
Carlton, David L.
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
North America
Aug 6, 2001

Subject:
Business History
Urban and Regional History

Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000
Castaneda, Christopher J.
Jenkins, Andrew
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jul 1, 2001

Subject:
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
Business History
Urban and Regional History

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Burrows, Edwin G.
Wallace, Mike
Goldin, Milton
Urban and Regional History
19th Century
North America
Feb 11, 1999