The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
Published by EH.NET (January 2007) John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg, The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Law, Politics, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2006. xiv + 242 pp. $30 (cloth), ISBN: 0-691-12450-7. Reviewed for EH.NET by Susan Ariel Aaronson, […]
Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan
Published by EH.NET (January 2007) Mark Metzler, Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. xxii + 370 pp. $50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-520-24420-6. Reviewed for EH.NET by Eugene N. White, Department of Economics, Rutgers University. Drawing extensively on archival sources, University of […]
London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century
Published by EH.NET (November 2006) ? Youssef Cassis and ?ric Bussi?re, editors, London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. xii + 367 pp. $125 (hardcover), ISBN: 0-19-926949-1. Reviewed for EH.Net by Mira Wilkins, Department of Economics, Florida International University This book has a truly exciting set […]
Russia’s Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World
Published by EH.NET (April 2006) J.T. Kotilaine, Russia’s Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005. xvii + 611 pp. $198 (hardback), ISBN: 90-04-13896-X. Reviewed for EH.NET by Val?ry Lazarev, School of Business, University of Houston, Clear Lake. This book by Jarmo Kotilaine offers a […]
Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations
Published by EH.NET (April 2006) ? Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, and Gavin Wright, editors, Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Five: Governance and International Relations. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xiv + 856 pp. $825 (for the five-volume set), ISBN: 0-521-85390-7. Reviewed for […]
From Sugar Triangle to Cotton Triangle: Trade and Shipping between America and Baltic Russia, 1783-1860
Published by EH.NET (January 2006) Kalevi Ahonen, From Sugar Triangle to Cotton Triangle: Trade and Shipping between America and Baltic Russia, 1783-1860. Jyvaskyla: University of Jyvaskyla, 2005. 572 pp. 35? (paperback), ISBN: 951-39-2142-5. Reviewed for EH.NET by William K. Hutchinson, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University. The purpose of this book is laid out explicitly in […]
Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949
Published by EH.NET (December 2005) ? Kaoru Sugihara, editor, Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. xv + 295 pp. $140 (cloth), ISBN: 0-19-829271-6. Reviewed for EH.NET by Ming-Hsuan Lee, Department of Economics, Boston University. Modern Asian economic history traditionally has been written in terms […]
East-West Trade and the Cold War
Published by EH.NET (November 2005) ? Jari Eloranta and Jari Ojala, editors, East-West Trade and the Cold War. Jyvaskyla, Finland: University of Jyvaskyla, 2005. 237 pp. ?26 (paperback), ISBN: 951-39-2088-7. Reviewed for EH.NET by Martin C. Spechler, Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. This collection of articles by authors from Western Europe, the U.S., […]
Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar
Published by EH.NET (October 2005) Gerrit Knaap and Heather Sutherland, Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-century Makassar. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2005. ix + 269 pp. ?30 (hardcover), ISBN: 90-6718-232-X. Reviewed for EH.NET by Om Prakash, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. With the rise of an early modern world economy and the […]
Symbols of Trade: Roman and Pseudo-Roman Objects Found in India
Published by EH.NET (May 2005) S. Suresh, Symbols of Trade: Roman and Pseudo-Roman Objects Found in India. New Delhi: Manohar, 2004. 206 pp. Rupees 525 (hardback), ISBN: 81-7304-552-6. Reviewed for EH.NET by Himanshu Prabha Ray, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. This book presents a survey of Roman and “pseudo-Roman” antiquities found in India, […]