Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700
Published by EH.Net (September 2020) Ron Harris, Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. xiii + 465 pp. $40 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-691-15077-2. Reviewed for EH.Net by Cihan Artunç, Department of Economics, Middlebury College. In 670 CE, a merchant in Turfan, Central Asia, disappeared […]
Europe’s Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland
Published by EH.Net (June 2020) Marcin Piatkowski, Europe’s Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xxv + 370 pp. £25 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-19-883961-3. Reviewed for EH.Net by Piotr Guzowski, Faculty of History and International Relations, University of Bialystok. Marcin Piatkowski’s book is a study of the contemporary […]
An East Asian Challenge to Western Neoliberalism: Critical Perspectives on the ‘China Model.’
Published by EH.Net (March 2020) Niv Horesh and Kean Fan Lim, An East Asian Challenge to Western Neoliberalism: Critical Perspectives on the ‘China Model.’ New York: Routledge, 2018. viii + 171 pp. $165 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-138-92674-5. Reviewed for EH.Net by Thomas G. Rawski, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. China’s remarkable growth spurt, now […]
Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education
Published by EH.Net (March 2020) David Mitch and Gabriele Cappelli, editors, Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. xx + 338 pp. $140 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-3-030-25416-2. Reviewed for EH.Net by Yannick Dupraz, Department of Economics, University of Warwick. When a global pandemic is not forcing school closures, the majority […]
The Lion’s Share: Inequality and the Rise of the Fiscal State in Preindustrial Europe
Published by EH.Net (March 2020) Guido Alfani and Matteo Di Tullio, The Lion’s Share: Inequality and the Rise of the Fiscal State in Preindustrial Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xii + 232 pp. $40 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-108-447621-8. Reviewed for EH.Net by Luciano Pezzolo, Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Since […]
Before the Neoliberal Turn: The Rise of Energy Finance and the Limits to U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
Published by EH.Net (October 2018) Simone Selva, Before the Neoliberal Turn: The Rise of Energy Finance and the Limits to U.S. Foreign Economic Policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. xv + 423 pp. $75 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-137-57442-8. Reviewed for EH.Net by Alain Naef, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge. An abundant literature focuses on Bretton […]
The Singularity of Western Innovation: The Language Nexus
Published by EH.Net (May 2018) Leonard Dudley, The Singularity of Western Innovation: The Language Nexus. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017. vii + 316 pp. $170 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-137-40317-9. Reviewed for EH.Net by Yu Sasaki, Waseda Institute of Advanced Study, Waseda University. In The Singularity of Western Innovation, Leonard Dudley of Université de Montréal seeks […]
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus: Rereading the Principle of Population
Published by EH.Net (July 2017) Alison Bashford and Joyce E. Chaplin, The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus: Rereading the Principle of Population. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. vii + 353 pp. $45 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-691-16419-9. Reviewed for EH.Net by J. Daniel Hammond, Department of Economics, Wake Forest University. Alison Bashford and Joyce E. Chaplin […]
The Rise of the Global Company: Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World
Published by EH.Net (September 2016) Robert Fitzgerald, The Rise of the Global Company: Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xii + 622 pp., $30 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-521-61496-2. Reviewed for EH.Net by Leslie Hannah, London School of Economics. This is a long-awaited magnum opus from a scholar whose encyclopedic […]
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
Published by EH.Net (July 2016) Robert J. Gordon, The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. vii + 762 pp. $40 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-691-14772-7. Reviewed for EH.Net by Robert A. Margo, Department of Economics, Boston University. This is the age of […]