The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720
Published by EH.NET (January 2004) Perry Gauci, The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvi + 302 pp. $90 (cloth), ISBN: 0-19-924193-7. Reviewed for EH.NET by Christian J. Koot, Hagley Fellow, University of Delaware. The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, […]
European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and Cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods
Published by EH.NET (October 2003) ? Stefano Battilossi and Youssef Cassis, editors, European Banks and the American Challenge: Competition and Cooperation in International Banking under Bretton Woods. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. x + 228 pp. $74.50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-19-925027-8. Reviewed for EH.NET by Steven Tolliday, School of History, University of Leeds. This is […]
The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review
Published by EH.NET (August 2003) Leonard Gomes, The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003. x + 350 pp. $120 (cloth), ISBN: 1-84376-131-9. Reviewed for EH.NET by Lawrence Officer, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago. Leonard Gomes, formerly Reader in International Economics at Middlesex University (U.K.) […]
Conversations on Growth, Stability, and Trade: An Historical Perspective
Published by EH.NET (April 2003) Brian Snowdon, Conversations on Growth, Stability, and Trade: An Historical Perspective. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2002. xvi + 483 pp. $120 (hardcover), ISBN: 1-84064-995-X. Reviewed for EH.NET by Christopher Hanes, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton (beginning fall 2003). The first part of this book is […]
Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
Published by EH.NET (March 2003) Barton H. Barbour, Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. xvi + 304 pp. $34.95 (hardcover), ISBN: 0-8061-3295-7; $19.95 (paperback), ISBN: 0-8061-3498-4. Reviewed for EH.NET by Ann Harper Fender, Department of Economics, Gettysburg College. A visit to a reconstructed fur trade post […]
International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950
Published by EH.NET (December 2002) Anthony M. Endres and Grant A. Fleming, International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xiv + 290 pp. $65 (hardcover), ISBN: 521-79267-3. Reviewed for EH.NET by D.E. Moggridge, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. The purpose of this book is to explore […]
Extremes in the Archipelago: Trade and Economic Development in the Outer Islands of Indonesia, 1900-1942
Published by EH.NET (May 2002) Jeroen Touwen, Extremes in the Archipelago: Trade and Economic Development in the Outer Islands of Indonesia, 1900-1942. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2001. xvii + 459 pp. ISBN: 90-6718-159-5. Reviewed for EH.NET by Anne Booth, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The last two decades have seen an explosion […]
Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1865-1914
Published by EH.NET (May 2002) Lance E. Davis and Robert E. Gallman, Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1865-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. vii + 986 pp. $100.00 (cloth), ISBN: 0-521-55352-0. Reviewed for EH.NET by Alan M. Taylor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis. Lance Davis and […]
Defining Global Justice: The History of U.S. International Labor Standards Policy
Published by EH.NET (March 2002) Edward C. Lorenz, Defining Global Justice: The History of U.S. International Labor Standards Policy. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001. x + 318 pp. $54.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-268-02550-09; $27.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-268-02551-7. Reviewed for EH.NET by Mark Perlman, Department of Economics, Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh. Defining Global […]
Revisiting U.S. Trade Policy: Decisions in Perspective
Published by EH.NET (December 2001) Alfred E. Eckes, Jr., editor, Revisiting U.S. Trade Policy: Decisions in Perspective. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000. xix + 184 pp. $35 (hardback), ISBN: 0-8214-1323-6. Reviewed for EH.NET by James Gerber, Department of Economics, San Diego State University. Revisiting U.S. Trade Policy: Decisions in Perspective by Alfred E. Eckes, […]