Book Reviews: By time period: 19th Century
- 1896: The Presidential Campaign: Cartoons and Commentary
- by Rebecca Edwards and Sarah DeFeo
- reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on February 13, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- The Abandoned Ocean: A History of United States Maritime Policy
- by Andrew Gibson and Arthur Donovan
- reviewed by Gordon Boyce on September 11, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The Abolition of Antitrust
- by Gary Hull (editor)
- reviewed by John Howard Brown on October 17, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law
- by John Witt
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on June 11, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Accounts of the British Empire: Capital Flows from 1799 to 1914
- by Mario Tiberi
- reviewed by Elise S. Brezis on September 6, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Adam's Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology
- by Duncan K. Foley
- reviewed by A. M. C. Waterman on November 21, 2007
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives
- by E. Wayne Carp (editor)
- reviewed by John Murray on June 8, 2005
- 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: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- 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)
- 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)
- Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development
- by Joseph E. Inikori
- reviewed by Kevin H. O'Rourke on October 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns
- by Eric L. Clements
- reviewed by Brooks A. Kaiser on June 11, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
- by Benito J. Legarda
- reviewed by Arturo Giraldez on November 2, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact
- by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson
- reviewed by Joshua L. Rosenbloom on September 8, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume VII, 1850-1914
- by E. J.T. Collins (editor)
- reviewed by Joyce Burnette on July 24, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan
- by Thomas C. Smith
- reviewed by Osamu Saito on May 11, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Agricultural Development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850
- by Li Bozhong
- reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on July 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
- by Jeremy Burchardt
- reviewed by Bethanie Afton on August 7, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- The Allure of the Foreign: Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
- by Benjamin Orlove
- reviewed by Anne E. C. McCants on February 5, 1998
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined
- by Suman Ghosh
- reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on August 5, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- America's First Veterans and the Revolutionary War Pensions
- by Emily J. Teipe
- reviewed by Joanna Short on December 13, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition, and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
- by Jonathan A. Glickstein
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on December 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- American Railroads and the Transformation of the Ante-bellum Economy
- by Albert Fishlow
- reviewed by John Majewski on September 25, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- The American State Constitutional Tradition
- by John J. Dinan
- reviewed by John J. Wallis on May 9, 2008
- 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: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Markets and Institutions (W)
- American Sugar Kingdom: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934
- by César Ayala
- reviewed by Alan Dye on September 3, 2000
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- American Taxation, American Slavery
- by Robin Einhorn
- reviewed by Jenny Wahl on August 9, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The American Way: A Geographical History of Crisis and Recovery
- by Carville Earle
- reviewed by Sukkoo Kim on September 12, 2003
- 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: Historical Geography (K)
- Americanization of the European Economy: A Compact Survey of American Economic Influence in Europe since the 1880s
- by Harm G. Schröter
- reviewed by Graham Brownlow on January 27, 2006
- 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
- by Charles W. McCurdy
- reviewed by John Joseph Wallis on September 4, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War
- by Jonathan Kirshner
- reviewed by Richard C.K. Burdekin on April 27, 2008
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Military and War (O)
- 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)
- The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
- by Carol Sheriff
- reviewed by Jerome K. Laurent on July 14, 1997
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk
- by Rachel Maines
- reviewed by Mark Aldrich on August 31, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000
- by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu (editors)
- reviewed by Peter Perdue on March 29, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), North America (7)
- 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Atlantic Economy: Britain, the US and Ireland
- by Denis O'Hearn
- reviewed by Jane Gray on February 24, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Atlantic Slave Trade
- by Johannes Postma
- reviewed by Rachel Chernos Lin on August 24, 2004
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere
- by Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose (editors)
- reviewed by William J. Collins on May 13, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
- 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)
- The Bank of the United States and the American Economy
- by Edward S. Kaplan
- reviewed by Clair E. Morris on September 20, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889-1930
- by Gail D. Triner
- reviewed by Aldo Musacchio on July 16, 2001
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), 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 on Alaska: The Story of the National Bank of Alaska
- by Terrence Cole and Elmer E. Rasmuson
- reviewed by Richard H. Keehn on July 19, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking on Global Markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the Present
- by Christopher Kobrak
- reviewed by Richard Tilly on April 30, 2008
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Banking Panics of the Gilded Age
- by Elmus Wicker
- reviewed by Frank Steindl on March 8, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: 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)
- Bargaining on Europe: Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892
- by Peter T. Marsh
- reviewed by Douglas A. Irwin on February 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Battles for the Standard: Bimetallism and the Spread of the Gold Standard in the Nineteenth Century
- by Ted Wilson
- reviewed by Christopher M. Meissner on January 25, 2002
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior
- by Lawrence J. Officer
- reviewed by Alan M. Taylor on March 20, 1998
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Beyond Labor's Veil
- by Robert E. Weir
- reviewed by Gerald Friedman on December 6, 1996
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- The Big Problem of Small Change
- by Thomas J. Sargent and Francois R. Velde
- reviewed by Anna J. Schwartz on July 15, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
- by J.E. King (editor)
- reviewed by Steven Kates on March 17, 2008
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists
- by Donald Rutherford (editor)
- reviewed by Richard A. Kleer on April 27, 2005
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- 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 '47: Britain and the Famine Irish
- by Frank Neal
- reviewed by Ron Weir on March 10, 2000
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History
- by Paul A. Moreno
- reviewed by Vernon M. Briggs Jr. on May 14, 2007
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- 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)
- Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888
- by Michael P. Costeloe
- reviewed by Carlos Marichal on September 18, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- 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)
- Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines
- by Robert McIntosh
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on December 11, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- British Economic Growth, 1688-1959: Trends and Structure
- by Phyllis Deane and W. A. Cole
- reviewed by Knick Harley on September 18, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D)
- 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)
- Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies
- by Timothy Earle
- reviewed by Michael W. Graves on June 5, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), North America (7)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), Prehistoric (1), 16th Century (4), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- 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)
- Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War
- by James L. Huston
- reviewed by Jenny B. Wahl on March 23, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N)
- 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)
- Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier
- by Anne Kelly Knowles
- reviewed by Metin Cosgel on March 27, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, Volume 2: The Long Twentieth Century
- by Victor Bulmer-Thomas, John Coatsworth and Roberto Cortes-Conde (editors)
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on April 11, 2007
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: 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), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences
- by E. M. Chilver and Ute Röschenthaler (editors)
- reviewed by Ralph A. Austen on August 14, 2002
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Capital Flows and Crises
- by Barry Eichengreen
- reviewed by Joseph R. Mason on August 27, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Capital, Labor, and State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal
- by David Brian Robertson
- reviewed by William A. Sundstrom on January 8, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005
- by Youssef Cassis
- reviewed by Catherine R. Schenk on October 22, 2007
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Asia (2), 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History
- by Frederick H. Smith
- reviewed by Russell R. Menard on June 2, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- 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)
- Cash for Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America
- by Carl A. Zimring
- reviewed by Scott A. Beaulier on April 29, 2008
- 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: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
- by Marjatta Rahikainen
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on November 11, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars
- by Georg Leidenberger
- reviewed by David J. St. Clair on October 17, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- Child Labor: An American History
- by Hugh D. Hindman
- reviewed by Carolyn Tuttle on July 29, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930
- by Fernando Rocchi
- reviewed by Joel Horowitz on June 12, 2006
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- China Maritime Customs and China's Trade Statistics, 1859-1948
- by Thomas P. Lyons
- reviewed by Tim Wright on July 30, 2004
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Chinese Capitalism, 1522-1840
- by Xu Dixin and Wu Chengming
- reviewed by Kenneth Pomeranz on August 24, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919
- by Margaret Garb
- reviewed by Fred H. Smith on May 1, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Urban and Regional History (Z)
- City of Clerks: Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920
- by Jerome P. Bjelopera
- reviewed by Nikki Mandell on December 5, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Civic Charity in a Golden Age: Orphan Care in Early Modern Amsterdam
- by Anne E. C. McCants
- reviewed by Bronwyn Croxson on May 12, 1998
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
- by Luigino Bruni
- reviewed by Edd Noell on March 7, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
- by William H. Roberts
- reviewed by David Surdam on September 2, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century
- by Fernand Braudel
- reviewed by Alan Heston on August 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
- Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Markets and Institutions (W)
- The Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South
- by Dylan C. Penningroth
- reviewed by James R. Irwin on April 21, 2005
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- The Classical Economists Revisited
- by D. P. O'Brien
- reviewed by Elisabeth Allgoewer on March 1, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variations and Distortions
- by James C. W. Ahiakpor
- reviewed by Marin Muzhani on December 28, 2005
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Coerced and Free Migrations: Global Perspectives
- by David Eltis (editor)
- reviewed by Raymond L. Cohn on December 31, 2003
- 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)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century
- by Robert J. Steinfeld
- reviewed by Gillian Hamilton on March 11, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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)
- A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism
- by Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
- reviewed by David Andrews on January 9, 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Confederate Industry: Manufacturers and Quartermasters in the Civil War
- by Harold S. Wilson
- reviewed by David Surdam on September 20, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- Conflict Potentials in Monetary Unions
- by Lars Jonung and Jürgen Nautz (editors)
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on April 30, 2007
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Constituting Workers, Protecting Women: Gender, Law, and Labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal Years
- by Julie Novkov
- reviewed by David Bernstein on June 11, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Labor and Employment History (T), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce: The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815
- by Leos Müller
- reviewed by Yrjö Kaukiainen on February 25, 2005
- Geographic area: Europe (4), Middle East (6), North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire
- by Peter N. Stearns
- reviewed by Jasmine Aimaq on January 1, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: General or Comparative (0), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
- 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)
- Copyright and Other Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen and the Commodification of Creativity
- by Helle Porsdam (editor)
- reviewed by B. Zorina Khan on June 16, 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: Markets and Institutions (W)
- Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
- by Arturo Warman
- reviewed by Allan G. Bogue on August 1, 2003
- 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: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
- by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin (editors)
- reviewed by Louis P. Cain on August 2, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans' Welfare State 1860-1900
- by Patrick J. Kelly
- reviewed by Dora L. Costa on January 21, 1998
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Labor and Employment History (T)
- 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 Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
- by Vaclav Smil
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on December 30, 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: History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
- by Paul Starr
- reviewed by Douglas Galbi on September 9, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920
- by David Vaught
- reviewed by Kerry Odell on April 20, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A)
- Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880-1930
- by Julie A. Charlip
- reviewed by Héctor Lindo-Fuentes on September 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Geography (K), Markets and Institutions (W)
- 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)
- Currency Boards and Dollarization
- by Kurt Schuler
- reviewed by Lawrence H. Officer on November 14, 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- Customs and Excise: Trade, Production, and Consumption in England, 1640-1845
- by William J. Ashworth
- reviewed by Paul Carvajal on July 11, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Debating American Immigration, 1882 - Present
- by Roger Daniels and Otis L. Graham
- reviewed by Barry R. Chiswick on October 31, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J)
- Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South
- by Mark M. Smith
- reviewed by James R. Irwin on July 1, 2000
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America
- by David A. Skeel
- reviewed by Bradley A. Hansen on April 17, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Debtor Diplomacy: Finance and American Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era, 1837-1873
- by Jay Sexton
- reviewed by Marc D. Weidenmier on March 27, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crisis
- by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Márquez (editors)
- reviewed by Richard J. Salvucci on January 31, 2008
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation
- by J. William Harris
- reviewed by Nancy Virts on April 18, 2002
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives
- by Richard C.K. Burdekin and Pierre L. Siklos (editors)
- reviewed by Kris James Mitchener on November 9, 2005
- 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: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- Democracy and Redistribution
- by Carles Boix
- reviewed by Jari Eloranta on February 18, 2005
- 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: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Democracy in Desperation: The Depression of 1893
- by Douglas Steeples and David O. Whitten
- reviewed by Anthony P. O'Brien on June 29, 1999
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920
- by B. Zorina Khan
- reviewed by Robert A. Margo on June 30, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Designing a New America: the Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943
- by Patrick D. Reagan
- reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on February 21, 2001
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
- The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920
- by Andrew C. Isenberg
- reviewed by Richard DePolt on June 4, 2003
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Historical Geography (K), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- A Deus ex Machina Revisited: Atlantic Colonial Trade and European Economic Development
- by P.C. Emmer, O. Pétré-Grenouilleau and J.V. Roitman (editors)
- reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on January 3, 2007
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- by Gabriel Tortella
- reviewed by Vera Zamagni on May 16, 2001
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
- by D. P. O'Brien
- reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970
- by Erik Gilbert
- reviewed by Abdul Sheriff on February 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
- 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)
- Dictating Development: How Europe Shaped the Global Periphery
- by Jonathan Krieckhaus
- reviewed by Sylvain H. Boko on October 4, 2006
- Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Die Kreditbanken in der Gründerzeit
- by Carsten Burhop
- reviewed by Timothy W. Guinnane on February 9, 2008
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H)
- 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)
- Distinguished Women Economists
- by James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli
- reviewed by Claire Hammond on October 7, 2004
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- Divided Mastery: Slave Hiring in the American South
- by Jonathan D. Martin
- reviewed by Jonathan B. Pritchett on September 6, 2006
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
- by Zephyr L. Frank
- reviewed by Marshall C. Eakin on December 9, 2005
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Servitude and Slavery (N), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Income and Wealth (Q)
- 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)
- Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
- by Mark Tebeau
- reviewed by Dalit Baranoff on June 17, 2004
- Geographic area: North America (7)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Labor and Employment History (T), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Ecology, Colonialism, and Cattle: Central India in the Nineteenth Century
- by Laxman D. Satya
- reviewed by David Gilmartin on August 25, 2006
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries (A), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), Markets and Institutions (W)
- Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays
- by Alexander Gerschenkron
- reviewed by Albert Fishlow on February 14, 2003
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economic Planning and Policy (E), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-Century Europe
- by Alice Teichova, Herbert Matis and Jaroslav Pátek (editors)
- reviewed by Laura N. Stanciu Haar on March 12, 2002
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
- Economic Change in China, c. 1800-1950
- by Philip Richardson
- reviewed by Debin Ma on June 1, 2000
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
- by Paul A. David and Mark P. Thomas (editors)
- reviewed by Philip R. P. Coelho on June 25, 2004
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Markets and Institutions (W)
- An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895: The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire
- by Gwyn Campbell
- reviewed by Nigel Worden on December 23, 2005
- Geographic area: Africa (1)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Servitude and Slavery (N)
- The Economic History of India 1857-1947
- by Tirthankar Roy
- reviewed by Santhi Hejeebu on March 18, 2002
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- An Economic History of London, 1800-1914
- by Michael Ball and David Sunderland
- reviewed by David R. Green on April 8, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: Urban and Regional History (Z)
- An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-1990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth
- by John H. Drabble
- reviewed by Charles Hirschman on July 9, 2001
- Geographic area: Asia (2)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830-1930
- by Giovanni Federico
- reviewed by Philip Scranton on December 5, 1997
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7)
- Subject: Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R)
- An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
- by Enrique Cárdenas, José Antonio Ocampo and Rosemary Thorp (editors)
- reviewed by Edward Beatty on February 22, 2002
- Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
- by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
- reviewed by Michael Munger on October 8, 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: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I)
- Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
- by Frederic L. Pryor
- reviewed by George Grantham on January 25, 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: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F)
- Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-term Economic Growth
- by Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw and Clifford T. Bekar
- reviewed by Joel Mokyr on August 28, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
- Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review
- by Leonard Gomes
- reviewed by Lawrence Officer on August 14, 2003
- Geographic area: Europe (4), 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
- Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx: Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes
- by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- reviewed by Gary Mongiovi on March 24, 2008
- 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: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall's Legacy
- by Richard Arena and Michel Quéré (editors)
- reviewed by Katia Caldari on September 16, 2004
- Geographic area: Europe (4)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
- Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
- The Economics of QWERTY: History, Theory, and Policy -- Essays by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
- by Peter Lewin (editor)
- reviewed by Richard J. Sullivan on March 28, 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: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
- 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)
- Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)
- by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E.L. Guidi (editors)
- reviewed by Vincent Barnett on September 29, 2006
- Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
- Time period: 19th Century (7), 20
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