Business History articles from April 2000

Business History archives from April 2000

British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 1998.
April 1, 2000... It is becoming a tradition that the author of this annual review of periodical literature in business history starts Out by noting the diversity of the discipline and the difficulty of providing any coherent and workable definition. It is...

Multinational Enterprise in Ancient Phoenicia [1].
April 1, 2000... Multinational Enterprise in Ancient Phoenicia, by Karl James Moore and David Charles Lewis At its peak, Phoenician businessmen directed intercontinental enterprises trading in silver from Spain, tin from Britain, ivory from Africa, copper...

Foreign Direct Investment in British Retailing, 1850-1962.
April 1, 2000... Foreign Direct Investment in British Retailing, 1850-1962, by Scott R. Fletcher and Andrew Godley This article describes a newly compiled datase on foreign multinationals in British retailing and compares the patterns of inward investment...

Management and the Taff Vale Strike of 1900.
April 1, 2000... Management and the Taff Vale Strike of 1900, by Charles Harvey and Jon Press The Taff Vale Railway strike of 1900 stands as a landmark in the history of industrial relations in Britain. There is a substantial literature dealing with the...

The Emergence of a New Regime: Business Management and Office Mechanisation in the Dutch Financial Sector in the 1920s.
April 1, 2000... The Emergence of a New Regime: Business Management and Office Mechanisation in the Dutch Financial Sector in the 1920s, by O. de Wit and J. van den Ende During the 1920s the methods, procedures and technologies used in the Dutch office...

Anglo-American Contributions to Japanese and German Corporate Governance after World War Two.
April 1, 2000... Anglo-American Contributions to Japanese and German Corporate Governance after World War Two, by Trevor Buck and Malcolm Tull After over 50 years, it is pertinent at a time when corporate governance (CG) is a controversial subject,...

Wealth Making in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: A Response.
April 1, 2000... The article by Tom Nicholas, 'Wealth Making in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry vs. Commerce and Finance' (Business History, Vol.41 No.1 (January 1999)) allegedly offers a sustained critique of some of the ideas...

Wealth Making in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century: The Rubinstein Hypothesis Revisited.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... In my earlier paper on wealth making in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain, I used data taken from the Dictionary of Business Biography (DBB) and probate records to test the hypothesis put forward by W.D. Rubinstein that the centre...

Keiller's of Dundee: The Rise of the Marmalade Dynasty, 1800-1879.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... W.M. MATTHEW, Keiller's of Dundee: The Rise of the Marmalade Dynasty, 1800-1879 (Dundee: Abertay Historical Society, publication 38, 1998. Pp.xv + 109, illus. P/back ISBN 0 9000019 34 4, no price given). A lot of long-lived businesses seem...

The Watts Book of Embroidery: English Church Embroidery.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... MARY SCHOESER, The Watts Book of Embroidery: English Church Embroidery 1833-1953 (London: Watts & Co. Ltd, 1998. Pp.180. P/back ISBN 0 9533265 0 0, [pounds]22.99). This is a well researched account of the emergence and development of...

The History and Practice of Britain's Railways.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... R.W. AMBLER (ed.), The History and Practice of Britain's Railways (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Pp.vii + 131. ISBN 1 84014 667 2, [pounds]39.95). This book owes its title and origin to a well-organised and enjoyable conference held at the...

Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... CLIVE TREBILCOCK, Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance, Volume II: The Era of the Insurance Giants, 1870-1984 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.xxiv + 1064; illus.; tables; figures; bibliography. H/back ISBN...

Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... MICHAEL SANDERSON, Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.viii +124. H/back ISBN 0521 58170 3, [pounds]19.85; p/back ISBN 0521 588421 2, [pounds]7.95). This work is a...

Disillusionment or New Opportunities? The Changing Nature of Work in Offices.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... R. GUERRIERO WILSON, Disillusionment or New Opportunities? The Changing Nature of Work in Offices, Glasgow 1880-1914 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Pp.313. H/back ISBN 1 84014 276 6, 49.50). R. Guerriero Wilson takes as her theme the world of...

Welfare Policy in Britain: The Road From 1945.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... HELEN FAWCETT and RODNEY LOWE (eds.), Welfare Policy in Britain: The Road From 1945 (London: Macmillan for ICBH, 1999. Pp.xi + 226. ISBN 0 333 67513 4, [pounds]45). Rodney Lowe, in the introduction to this volume of essays, the product of...

Le Pari d'une entreprise girondine.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... OLIVIER LONDEIX, Lillet 1862-1985: Le Pari d'une entreprise girondine (Bordeaux: Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 1998. Pp.317; illus.; maps. P/back ISBN 2 86781 226 7, 160FF). Judging from the evidence presented in this business...

Le lux en France du siecles des 'lumieres' a nos jours.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... JACQUES MARSEILLE (ed.), Le lux en France du siecles des 'lumieres' a nos jours (Paris: Association pour le developpement de l'histoire economique, 1999. Pp.324. P/back ISBN 2 912912 02 4, 165FF). French expertise in making and consuming...

Astilleros Espanoles, 1872-1998. La construccion naval en Espana.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... STEFAN HOUPT and JOSE MARIA ORTIZ-VILLAJOS (eds.), Astilleros Espanoles, 1872-1998. La construccion naval en Espana (Madrid: LID Editorial Empresarial, 1998. Pp.531. ISBN 84 88717 14 8, 4,000 ptas.). During the 1960s, Spain became the third...

Western Europe: Economic and Social Change.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... MAX-STEPHAN SCHULZE (ed.), Western Europe: Economic and Social Change since 1945 (London: Longman, 1999. Pp.xiv + 408. ISBN 0 582 29199 2, [pounds]19.99). This is an appealing textbook on post-war Europe. It adopts modern and innovative...

I takt med tiden: SNS aren 1948-1998.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... KERSTI ULLENHAG, I takt med tiden: SNS aren 1948-1998 (Stockholm: Studieforbundet Naringsliv och Samhalle, 1998. Pp.259, illus. ISBN 91 7150 736 1, no price given). Since the Second World War, there has been a strong belief all over...

Multinational Enterprises from the Netherlands.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... ROGIER VAN HOESEL and RAJNEESH NARULA (eds.), Multinational Enterprises from the Netherlands (London and New York: Routledge 1999. Pp.xvii + 307. ISBN 0 415 17850 9, [pounds]45). The Netherlands are known for their long tradition in foreign...

Opening America's Market: US Foreign Trade Policy since 1776.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... ALFRED E. ECKES, Jr., Opening America's Market: US Foreign Trade Policy since 1776 (Chapel Hill, IL: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Pp.xxi + 402. P/back ISBN 0 8078 4811 5. $19.95). Given the trade disputes between Europe and the...

Textiles in Early New England: Design, Production, and Consumption.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... PETER BENES (ed.), Textiles in Early New England: Design, Production, and Consumption (Boston, MA: Boston University Scholarly Publications, 1999. Pp.240; illus. P/back available from publisher, no ISBN, $25). This volume is the...

Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... MARK M. SMITH, Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 117; illus; maps. P/Back ISBN 0 52157696 2, $11.95). This short book from Mark Smith appears in the...

Missouri to Mars -- A Century of Leadership in Manufacturing.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... BETTYE H. PRUITT, TIMKEN From Missouri to Mars -- A Century of Leadership in Manufacturing (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998. Pp.xvii + 514; illus. H/back ISBN 0 87584 887 7, $39. 95). This impressive volume charts the...

The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commerical Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941.(Brief Article)(Review)
April 1, 2000... RICHARD LONGSTRETH, The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commerical Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941 (Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press, 1999. Pp.xviii + 248; illus. H/back ISBN 0 262 12214 6, [pounds]38.50). One of...

Wings of Wood, Wings of Metal: Culture and Technical Choice in American Airplane Materials.
April 1, 2000... ERIC SCHATZBERG, Wings of Wood, Wings of Metal: Culture and Technical Choice in American Airplane Materials, 1914-1945 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp.xv + 313; illus. H/back ISBN 0 691 08773 3, [pounds]37.50). ...

Incorporating Women: A History of Women and Business in the United States.
April 1, 2000... ANGEL KWOLEK-FOLLAND, Incorporating Women: A History of Women and Business in the United States (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998. Pp.xv + 275. ISBN 0 8057 4519 X, $20). This is a pathbreaking book for business historians. Well-attuned...

Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit.
April 1, 2000... LENDOL CALDER, Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp.xv + 377. H/back ISBN 0 691 05827 X, $29.95; [pounds]17.95). This volume is irregular in certain...

Strong Wine: The Life and Legend of Agoston Haraszthy.
April 1, 2000... BRIAN McGINTY, Strong Wine: The Life and Legend of Agoston Haraszthy (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Pp.vii + 579; illus. H/back ISBN 08047 3145 4, [pounds]40, $65; p/back ISBN 08047 3146 2, [pounds]14.95, $24.95). Agoston...

E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers.
April 1, 2000... GERALD J. BALDASTY, E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers (Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. Pp.xii + 217. H/back ISBN 0 252 02255 6, $42.50; p/back ISBN 0 252 06750 9, $16.95). Edward Willis Scripps...

New World, New Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation.
April 1, 2000... MARINA v.N. WHITMAN, New World, New Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. Pp.261. ISBN 0 87584 858 3, $29.95). Marina Whitman's subtitle, 'The Changing Role of the American...

The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School,1980-1995.
April 1, 2000... THOMAS K. McCRAW and JEFFREY L. CRUIKSHANK (eds.), The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School,1980-1995 (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. Pp.xi + 353; illus. H/back ISBN 0...

Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business.
April 1, 2000... ROLAND MARCHAND, Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. pp.xi + 470; illus. H/back ISBN 0 520 08719 4, $39.95). In his...

Accounting for Growth: Information Systems and the Creation of the Large Corporation.
April 1, 2000... MARGARET LEVENSTEIN, Accounting for Growth: Information Systems and the Creation of the Large Corporation (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv + 277; illus. ISBN 08047 3003 2, [pounds]30, US$49.50). This book, which...

ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age.
April 1, 2000... ANDRE GUNDER FRANK, ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. Pp.xxix + 416; maps. H/back ISBN 0 520 21129 4, [pounds]42; p/back ISBN 0 520 21474 9, [pounds]14.95). For over 30 years...

The Ministry of Finance: Bureaucratic Practices and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy.
April 1, 2000... J. ROBERT BROWN, Jr., The Ministry of Finance: Bureaucratic Practices and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy (Westport, CT and London: Quorum Books, 1999. Pp.xv + 273. ISBN 1 50720 230 6, [pounds]51.95). The role of the Japanese...

Who Runs Japanese Business?
April 1, 2000... TOSHIAKI TACHIBANAKI (ed.), Who Runs Japanese Business? (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.262. ISBN 1 85898 5110, no price given). Japan's post-war enterprise system, praised for its 'miraculous' performance for so many years, has...

Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim: Studies in Strategy.
April 1, 2000... W. MARK FRUIN (ed.), Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim: Studies in Strategy (New York and Oxford: OUP, 1998. Pp.x + 326. ISBN 0 19 511720 4, [pounds]39.99). What do a Tokyo wholesale fish market, Taiwanese fashion shoes, and Silicon...

That Disreputable Firm ... The Inside Story of Slater & Gordon.
April 1, 2000... MICHAEL CANNON, That Disreputable Firm... The Inside Story of Slater & Gordon (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998. Pp.viii + 324; illus. H/back ISBN 0522 84777870, A$39.95). Slater & Gordon is a law firm in Western Australia with...

World Investment Report, 1998. Trends and Determinants.
April 1, 2000... UNITED NATIONS, World Investment Report, 1998. Trends and Determinants (New York and Geneva: United Nations, 1998. Pp 424. ISBN 92 1 112426 3, no price given). Annual report is perhaps a modest title for this volume, for it is much more...

The Myth of the Global Corporation.
April 1, 2000... PAUL N. DOREMUS, WILLIAM W. KELLER, LOUIS W. PAULY and SIMON REICH, The Myth of the Global Corporation (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998, Pp.vii + 194. H/back ISBN 0 691 03636 5, $21.50). This is a very nice and useful little...

The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization.
April 1, 2000... RICHARD SYLLA, RICHARD TILLY and GABRIEL TORTELLA (eds.), The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 295. H/back ISBN 0 521 591236 [pounds]40). There are two ways to...

The Governance of Large Technical Systems.
April 1, 2000... OLIVER COUTARD (ed.), The Governance of Large Technical Systems (London: Routledge, 1999. Pp.xv + 302. H/back ISBN 0415 196035, [pounds]60). This book consists of essays written by historians, economists and sociologists of technology...

Historical Foundations of Globalisation.
April 1, 2000... JAMES FOREMAN-PECK (ed.), Historical Foundations of Globalisation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.xxv + 820; maps. H/back ISBN 1 85898 678 8, [pounds]140). Globalisation is one of the buzz words of the 1990s. Like the idea or loathe...

Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries.
April 1, 2000... NAOMI R. LAMOREAUX, DANIEL M.G. RAFF and PETER TEMIN (eds.), Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Pp.viii + 347; illus. H/back ISBN 0 226 46832 1, $65, [pounds]51.10; p/back ISBN 0...