The London Stock Exchange: A History
Published by EH.NET (August 2000) Ranald C. Michie, The London Stock Exchange: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. xiii + 672 pp. $110 (cloth), ISBN: 0-19-829508-1. Reviewed for EH.NET by Larry Neal, Department of Economics, University of Illinois. Among financial historians, it is now commonplace to regard the emergence of today’s global capital market […]
Living with the Century
Published by EH.NET (August 2000) Alec Cairncross, Living with the Century. Fife: iynx, 1998. xvi + 320 pp. $50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-9535413-0-4. Reviewed for EH.NET by Neil Rollings, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, and Department of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow. Before I start this review I should make it clear that […]
Europe in the International Economy, 1500-2000
Published by EH.NET (August 2000) Derek H. Aldcroft and Anthony Sutcliffe, editors, Europe in the International Economy, 1500-2000, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999. xi + 289 pp. $90 (cloth), ISBN: 1-85898-670-2. Reviewed for EH.NET by Karl Gunnar Persson, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen. This volume carries an endorsement on the book jacket by Peter […]
Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy
Published by EH.NET (August 2000) Kevin H. O’Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. xii + 343 pp. $47.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-262-15049-2. Reviewed for EH.NET by Marvin McInnis, Department of Economics, Queen’s University, Canada. For almost a decade Jeffrey Williamson, in collaboration […]
From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
Published by EH.NET (August 1, 2000) David T. Beito, From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xv + 320 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN: 0-8078-2531-x; $24.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-8078-4841-7. Reviewed for EH.NET by J. C. Herbert Emery, Department of Economics, University of […]
The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins
Published by EH.NET (August 1, 2000) ? Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara, editors, The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. x + 294 pp. $78 (cloth), ISBN: 0-19-828901-4 Reviewed for EH.NET by Jennifer Frankl, Department of Economics, Williams College. This book is the result of a joint research project […]
Growth, Inequality and Globalization: Theory, History and Policy
Published by EH.NET (July 1, 2000) Philippe Aghion and Jeffrey C. Williamson, Growth, Inequality and Globalization: Theory, History and Policy. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. viii + 207, $49.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-521-65070-4; $17.95 (paperback), ISBN: 0-521-65910-8 Reviewed for EH.NET by John R. Hanson, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University. This volume contains […]
Essays on the Great Depression
Published by EH.NET (July 1, 2000) Ben S. Bernanke, Essays on the Great Depression Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. vii + 310 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-691-01698-4. Reviewed for EH.NET by Robert A. Margo, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University. For many years, economic research on the origins and persistence of the Great Depression bore a […]
Market Education: The Unknown History
Published by EH.NET (July 1, 2000) Andrew J. Coulson, Market Education: The Unknown History, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1999, x + 471 pp. $24.95 (paperback), 1-7658-0496-4, $24.95, $54.95 (cloth), 1-56000-408-8. Reviewed for EH.NET by Martin West, Worcester College, Oxford University. Each year more evidence is published indicating the persistence of vast inequalities within the […]
Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier
Published by EH.NET (July 1, 2000) Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap and Bernardo Mueller, Titles, Conflict and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Frontier. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. xiv + 227 pp. $49.50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-472-11006-3. Reviewed for EH.NET by D. Bruce Johnsen, George […]