Book Reviews: By subject: Business History
- Accounting for Growth: Information Systems and the Creation of the Large Corporation
- by Margaret Levenstein
- reviewed by Paul Miranti on September 28, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Advertising Progress: American Business and the Rise of Consumer Marketing
- by Pamela Walker Laird
- reviewed by Jonathan Silva on December 3, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Advertising to the American Woman, 1900-1999
- by Daniel Delis Hill
- reviewed by Bryan Wuthrich on August 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Advocate for American Enterprise: William Buck Dana and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, 1865-1910
- by Douglas Steeples
- reviewed by Edwin J. Perkins on August 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Advocate for American Enterprise: William Buck Dana and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, 1865-1910
- by Douglas Steeples
- reviewed by John Paul Rossi on September 16, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Airline Executives and Federal Regulation: Case Studies in American Enterprise from the Airmail Era to the Dawn of the Jet Age
- by David W. Lewis
- reviewed by Scott E. Tarry on October 26, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Airlines and Air Mail: The Post Office and the Birth of the Commercial Aviation Industry
- by F. Robert van der Linden
- reviewed by Karen Dunn-Haley on May 28, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- American Business Leaders
- by Neil A. Hamilton
- reviewed by K. Austin Kerr on July 14, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked
- by Thomas K. McCraw
- reviewed by Larry Schweikart on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Art, luxe et industrie: Bianchini Férier, un siècle de soieries lyonnaises
- by Pierre Vernus
- reviewed by George J. Sheridan Jr. on February 23, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea
- by Denys Lombard and Jean Aubin
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 7, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971
- by Dimitry Anastakis
- reviewed by Thomas W. Zeiler on March 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915
- by John Brown
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on April 23, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Banking and Business in the Roman World
- by Jean Andreau
- reviewed by David Tandy on January 29, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
- by Linsun Cheng
- reviewed by Man Bun Kwan on December 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900-73
- by Shinji Ogura
- reviewed by James Mak on March 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
- by Margaret Ackrill and Leslie Hannah
- reviewed by Peter Wardley on March 31, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Beyond Broker State: Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by Colin Gordon on January 9, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995
- by K. Austin Kerr and Mansel G. Blackford
- reviewed by Kenneth L. Simons on December 16, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration
- by Jonathan J. Bean
- reviewed by William M. McClenahan on April 16, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Big Steel: The First Century of the United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001
- by Kenneth Warren
- reviewed by Malcolm Russell on November 22, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America
- by Walter A. Friedman
- reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on September 23, 2004
- 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), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive and Industrial Enterprise
- by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten
- reviewed by David L. Mason on July 3, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary
- by Michael E Lomax
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940
- by Howell John Harris
- reviewed by Daniel Jacoby on October 12, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age
- by John Lauritz Larson
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on June 14, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Born Losers: A History of Failure in America
- by Scott A. Sandage
- reviewed by Susan Nance on October 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Boss: Management Tips for Today from a Nineteenth Century Cattle Drive
- by Tim Frazier and Dana Frazier
- reviewed by Howard R. Stanger on June 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- The Bouchayers of Grenoble and French Industrial Enterprise, 1850 -1970
- by Robert J. Smith
- reviewed by Esther Redmount on September 6, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- by Marc Levinson
- reviewed by William Sjostrom on April 4, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition
- by Vicki Howard
- reviewed by Janice M. Traflet on February 1, 2007
- 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), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Bristol Historical Resource CD
- by Peter Wardley (editor)
- reviewed by Lisa Bud-Frierman on March 12, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Geography (K), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism
- by James Bamberg
- reviewed by Jonathan Brown on March 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Broken Trusts: The Texas Attorney General versus the Oil Industry, 1889-1909
- by Jonathan W. Singer
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on January 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Builders: Herman and George R. Brown
- by Joseph A. Pratt and Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Paul Carlson on March 30, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business and Industry in Nazi Germany
- by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- Business and Politics in Europe. 1900-1970: Essays in Honour of Alice Teichova
- by Terry Gourvish (editor)
- reviewed by Maurice Kirby on October 8, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Business Cycles and Depressions: An Encyclopedia
- by David Glasner
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on September 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK
- by Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Jon Press
- reviewed by Hugo Cerón-Anaya on November 17, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business History and Business Culture
- by Andrew Godley and Oliver M. Westall
- reviewed by Ernest Teagarden on March 31, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Business History around the World
- by Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones (editors)
- reviewed by William H. Becker on January 13, 2006
- 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: Business History (B)
- The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
- by Michael P. Gray
- reviewed by Pamela Nickless on June 13, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865
- by Mark R. Wilson
- reviewed by Roger Ransom on October 1, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Military and War (O)
- The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756-1833
- by H.V. Bowen
- reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on April 9, 2007
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939
- by Nahum Karlinsky
- reviewed by Paul Rhode on November 14, 2006
- Geographic area: Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920
- by Edith Sparks
- reviewed by Pamela J. Nickless on March 28, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
- by Thomas A. Kinney
- reviewed by Tom Dicke on August 1, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740-1914
- by Margot C. Finn
- reviewed by Laura Ugolini on April 7, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945
- by Parks M. Coble
- reviewed by Andrea McElderry on June 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business
- by Lowell J. Satre
- reviewed by Roger Southall on June 21, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Commerce of Cartography: Making and Marketing Maps in Eighteenth-century France and England
- by Mary Sponberg Pedley
- reviewed by Susan Danforth on November 16, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
- by Linda Carlson
- reviewed by Lawrence W. Boyd on September 14, 2004
- 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), Historical Geography (K), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Competition and Growth: A Contemporary History of the Continental AG
- by Paul Erker
- reviewed by Mansel G. Blackford on April 13, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Contract and Property in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko and Robert Gardella (editors)
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883
- by Joel Best
- reviewed by Robin L. E. Hemenway on July 26, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Coping with Crisis: International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period
- by Makoto Kasuya (editor)
- reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on December 18, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Creating Capitalism: Joint-Stock Enterprise in British Politics and Culture, 1800-1870
- by James Taylor
- reviewed by Ranald C. Michie on March 12, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business
- by Roland Marchand
- reviewed by Elizabeth Fones-Wolf on January 20, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business
- by Rowena Olegario
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on July 15, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich
- by Neil Gregor
- reviewed by Alfred C. Mierzejewski on May 20, 1999
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
- by Dina Berger
- reviewed by Byron Crites on December 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History
- by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Gelina Harlaftis and Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou (editors)
- reviewed by Sakis Gekas on July 15, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 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: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dilemmas of Russian Capitalism: Fedor Chizhov and Corporate Enterprise in the Railroad Age
- by Thomas C. Owen
- reviewed by Steven Nafziger on June 2, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Disaster in Dearborn: The Story of the Edsel
- by Thomas E. Bonsall
- reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on September 23, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
- by David S. Landes
- reviewed by Peter Temin on February 28, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers
- by Gerald J. Baldasty
- reviewed by Barbara Straus Reed on August 25, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914
- by Tracy C. Davis
- reviewed by Pam Pilbeam on July 25, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions
- by Cathy Matson (editor)
- reviewed by David B. Ryden on January 24, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Servitude and Slavery (N), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Effects of Competition: Cartel Policy and the Evolution of Strategy and Structure in British Industry
- by George Symeonidis
- reviewed by Margaret C. Levenstein on July 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930
- by Michael Stephen Smith
- reviewed by Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur on May 8, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865-1925
- by Philip Scranton
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on June 24, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood
- by Bernard F. Dick
- reviewed by Jonathan Snyder on October 19, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Entertainment Industry
- by Michael Haupert
- reviewed by Gerben Bakker on April 26, 2007
- 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)
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961
- by Samuel P. Black Jr. and John Paul Rossi
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on October 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil:The Formation of a Business Environment
- by Sergio de Oliveira Birchal
- reviewed by Ralph Lee Woodward on November 9, 1999
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Envy of the World: A History of the U.S. Economy and Big Business
- by Timothy J. Botti
- reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn on February 7, 2007
- 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: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Estate Management and Accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780
- by David Oldroyd
- reviewed by James Jaffe on April 2, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945
- by Christopher Kobrak and Per H. Hansen (editors)
- reviewed by Thomas Ferguson on April 3, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E)
- The Evolution of International Business: An Introduction
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Graham D. Taylor on July 10, 1996
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Family, Family Firm and Strategy: Six Dutch Family Firms in the Food Industry, 1880-1970
- by Doreen Arnoldus
- reviewed by Andrea Colli on October 19, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860
- by Martin Bruegel
- reviewed by Laurence J. Malone on October 17, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Finance Capitalism and Germany's Rise to Industrial Power
- by Caroline Fohlin
- reviewed by Carsten Burhop on September 14, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance
- by Robert E. Wright
- reviewed by Peter L. Rousseau on September 26, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
- by Jennifer Klein
- reviewed by Melissa A. Thomasson on August 26, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia
- by Andrew M. Schocket
- reviewed by Sean Patrick Adams on July 19, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Markets and Institutions (W), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Free Standing Company in the World Economy, 1830-1996
- by Mira Wilkins and Harm Schroter
- reviewed by Gordon Boyce on July 30, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- From Boardroom to the War Room: America's Corporate Liberals and FDR's Preparedness Program
- by Richard E. Holl
- reviewed by Michael V. Namorato on November 7, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O)
- From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995
- by David L. Mason
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on January 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: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity
- by Richard Munson
- reviewed by David B. Sicilia on January 20, 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), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
- by Rakesh Khurana
- reviewed by Donald R. Stabile on November 12, 2007
- 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), Education and Human Resource Development (G)
- German Industry and Global Enterprise BASF: The History of A Company
- by Werner Abelshauser, Wolfgang von Hippel, Jeffrey Allan Johnson and Raymond G. Stokes
- reviewed by J. Steven Jones on May 14, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's _My Years with General Motors_
- by John McDonald
- reviewed by David L. Mason on August 9, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- The Global Chemical Industry in the Age of the Petrochemical Revolution
- by Louis Galambos, Takashi Hikino and Vera Zamagni (editors)
- reviewed by Alessandro Nuvolari on August 17, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945
- by Howard Cox
- reviewed by Geoffrey Tweedale on March 1, 2001
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
- by Kathryn W. Kemp
- reviewed by Thomas R. Winpenny on January 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Gold Rush Capitalists: Greed and Growth in Sacramento
- by Mark A. Eifler
- reviewed by Christopher J. Castaneda on August 30, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Growth Company: Dow Chemical's First Century
- by E. N. Brandt
- reviewed by John K. Smith on January 19, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
- by Christopher A. Reed
- reviewed by Elisabeth Köll on December 7, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- The Heqanakht Papyri
- by James P. Allen
- reviewed by Morris Silver on November 9, 2004
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: Ancient (2)
- Subject: Business History (B), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Volume Three: Economic Structure and Performance
- by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch and Gavin Wright (editors)
- reviewed by Joseph H. Davis on July 23, 2006
- 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), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000
- by Janet E. Hunter and S. Sugiyama (editors)
- reviewed by John Wilson on February 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship
- by Juliet E. K. Walker
- reviewed by Maceo Dailey on June 11, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The History of Family Business, 1850-2000
- by Andrea Colli
- reviewed by Alison C. Kay on December 23, 2003
- 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: Business History (B)
- The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945
- by Mira Wilkins
- reviewed by Michael Edelstein on January 28, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
- by Zhaojin Ji
- reviewed by Catherine Schenk on October 9, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Horses in Society: A Story of Animal Breeding and Marketing Culture, 1800-1920
- by Margaret E. Derry
- reviewed by Mansel G. Blackford on September 20, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Military and War (O)
- Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning
- by Regina Lee Blaszczyk
- reviewed by Lendol G. Calder on August 13, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- Imperialism, Nationalism and the Making of the
- by Aditya Mukherjee
- reviewed by Tirthankar Roy on January 5, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Industrial Revolution: Milestones in Business History
- by Jeff Horn
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on January 21, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844
- by Ron Harris
- reviewed by Timothy Alborn on June 14, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries
- by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
- reviewed by Kenneth Lipartito on January 8, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Investing for Middle America: John Elliot Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Advisors
- by Kenneth Lipartito and Carol Heher Peters
- reviewed by Douglas Steeples on February 19, 2003
- 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)
- Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000
- by Christopher J. Castaneda
- reviewed by Andrew Jenkins on July 2, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- 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), Business History (B), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
- by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on August 5, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915: An Economic and Business History
- by A. J. Arnold
- reviewed by Jon Sumida on January 28, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
- by Christopher Newfield
- reviewed by Henry J. Bruton on April 14, 2004
- 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), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Japanese Success? British Failure? Comparisons in Business Performance since 1945
- by Etsuo Abe and Terry Gourvish (editors)
- reviewed by Andrew C. Godley on February 19, 1999
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
- by M. John Lubetkin
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on July 24, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London, 1880-1914: Enterprise and Culture
- by Andrew Godley
- reviewed by Carmel U. Chiswick on June 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
- by Axel Madsen
- reviewed by Ann Harper Fender on August 10, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier
- by Albert L. Hurtado
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on September 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Kimono in the Boardroom: the Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers
- by Jean R. Renshaw
- reviewed by Christienne L. Hinz on September 19, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740
- by Richard Grassby
- reviewed by Stephen Caunce on June 4, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
- Subject: Business History (B), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions
- by Johann Peter Murmann
- reviewed by Brent Goldfarb on September 17, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Knowledge Works: Managing Intellectual Capital at Toshiba
- by W. Mark Fruin
- reviewed by Andrew Robertson on July 7, 1999
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- La Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña, 1901-2005: Redes de transporte local
- by Alberte Martínez, Carlos Piñeiro and Carlos Velasco
- reviewed by Jesús Mirás-Araujo on December 22, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Les entrepreneurs du Second Empire
- by Dominique Barjot, Eric Anceau, Isabelle Lescent-Giles and Bruno Marnot
- reviewed by Jean-Pierre Dormois on January 18, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
- by Maury Klein
- reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 29, 2000
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Lincoln Electric: A History
- by Virginia P. Dawson
- reviewed by Daniel Nelson on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Lives of the Philadelphia Engineers: Capital, Class and Revolution, 1830-1890
- by Andrew Dawson
- reviewed by Ken Fones-Wolf on August 24, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century
- by Youssef Cassis and Éric Bussière (editors)
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on November 15, 2006
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002
- by Richard Saunders Jr.
- reviewed by William R. Childs on April 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Automotive Industry
- by James M. Rubenstein
- reviewed by Thomas Winpenny on February 25, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution
- by A. D. Morrison-Low
- reviewed by Christine MacLeod on December 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970
- by Christophe Lecuyer
- reviewed by Glenn Bugos on February 5, 2008
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream
- by M. Jeffrey Hardwick
- reviewed by Scott J. Vitell on April 2, 2004
- 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)
- The Man behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley
- by Leslie Berlin
- reviewed by Rasigan Maharajh on December 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance
- by Dan Rottenberg
- reviewed by Daniel A. Schiffman on January 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses
- by Danny Miller and Isabel Le Breton-Miller
- reviewed by Jeffrey J. Matthews on August 8, 2005
- 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)
- Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric
- by Stephen B. Adams and Orville R. Butler
- reviewed by Eric John Abrahamson on February 4, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
- by J. Forbes Munro
- reviewed by Nicholas J. White on October 16, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Middle East (6)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000
- by William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan Jr.
- reviewed by Jonathan J. Bean on July 1, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Marketing Michelin: Advertising and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century France
- by Stephen L. Harp
- reviewed by Esther Redmount on September 16, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream: How One Woman Changed the Face of Modern Business
- by Jane R. Plitt
- reviewed by Sheila L. Skemp on August 12, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Mechanics of Optimism: Mining Companies, Technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868
- by Jeffery J. Safford
- reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti on November 16, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B)
- Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans in Connection, 1776-1835
- by Sam A. Mustafa
- reviewed by Simone A. Wegge on October 3, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern China
- by Madeleine Zelin
- reviewed by Carol H. Shiue on September 5, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Geoffrey Jones
- reviewed by Mira Wilkins on August 22, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970
- by Richard Saunders Jr.
- reviewed by William Huneke on February 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Mills in the Medieval Economy: England, 1300-1540
- by John Langdon
- reviewed by Karine van der Beek on January 8, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Money, Land and Trade: An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean
- by Nelly Hanna (editor)
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on August 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Middle East (6)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates
- by Charles R. Geisst
- reviewed by Werner Troesken on August 14, 2000
- 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)
- Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur
- by Stephen B. Adams
- reviewed by Mark S. Foster on January 14, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Much More than a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball since 1921
- by Robert F. Burk
- reviewed by Michael Haupert on January 21, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Mutually Beneficial: The Guardian and Life Insurance in America
- by Robert E. Wright and George David Smith
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on November 30, 2005
- 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), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years, 1806-1816
- by Herbert H. Kaplan
- reviewed by Brandon Dupont on February 16, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing
- by John Benson and Laura Ugolini (editors)
- reviewed by Nicholas Alexander on May 14, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America
- by Edward J. Balleisen
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on July 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
- by Marla R. Miller
- reviewed by Gloria L. Main on May 11, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Business History (B), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
- by Louis Galambos and Jane E. Sewell
- reviewed by James H. Madison on November 18, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995
- by Louis Galambos and Jane E. Sewell
- reviewed by Marvin Fischbaum on January 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
- by Robert E. Mohowski
- reviewed by H. Roger Grant on November 12, 2004
- 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), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution
- by Susannah Handley
- reviewed by Michael Palairet on November 9, 2000
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
- by Robert Kanigel
- reviewed by Hindy Lauer Schachter on November 10, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden
- by Douglas Cazaux Sackman
- reviewed by Paul Rhode on November 14, 2006
- Geographic area: Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- by Joel Mokyr (editor)
- reviewed by Robert Whaples on April 20, 2005
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Business History (B), Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Historical Geography (K), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- The Oxford History of Indian Business
- by Dwijendra Tripathi
- reviewed by Geoffrey Jones on September 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Business History (B)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 (
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