Business History articles from April 2001

Business History archives from April 2001

British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 1999.
April 1, 2001... The variety of contributions appearing in 1999 is sufficient for the additions to our knowledge of British business to be presented as a matrix, with each article analysed twice according to different categorisations. Space constraints mean...

Networks and Markets in Clyde Shipping: The Donaldsons and the Hogarths, 1870-1939.
April 1, 2001... Networks as much as hierarchies, it is becoming clear, provide a key to understanding the organisation and behaviour of the shipping industry. A substantial wave of scholarship has recently pushed forward the theoretical underpinnings of the...

A Turning Point in China's Comprador System: KMA's Changing Marketing Structure in the Lower Yangzi Region, 1912-25.
April 1, 2001... The comprador system had been an important form of business organisation in China for nearly half a century prior to 1900. Originally buyers of provisions for foreign merchants in the eighteenth century, compradors gradually established...

Industrial Estates and British Industrial Development, 1897-1939.
April 1, 2001... During the last two decades research on industrial districts, flexible specialisation, and high-tech regions has highlighted the importance of the local business environment to successful industrial development. [1] Nineteenth-century Britain...

Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MAXINE BERG and HELEN CLIFFORD (eds.), Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999. Pp.xii +260; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5273 4, [pound]47.50; p/back ISBN 0 7190 5274 2,...

The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution.(Review)
April 1, 2001... RICHARD GRASSBY, The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution (Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. Pp.ix + 138. H/back ISBN 0 8476 9632 4, $50: p/back ISBN 0 8476 9633 2, $14.95). The concept of capitalism has pervaded the work...

British Wine Merchants in Porto Prior to the Methuen Treaty.(Review)
April 1, 2001... PEDRO DE BRITO, British Wine Merchants in Porto Prior to the Methuen Treaty (Santa Maria da Feira: Associacao Luso-Britanica, 2000, Pp.51; illus.; map. ISBN 972 98481 06, Esc. 1.000). In contrast to existing literature which considers port...

Chemistry, Society and Environment: A New History of the British Chemical Industry.(Review)
April 1, 2001... COLIN A. RUSSELL (ed.), Chemistry, Society and Environment: A New History of the British Chemical Industry (London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000. Pp.372. illus.; tables. H/back ISBN 0 85404 599 6, [pound]59.50). Like thc advertiser's...

British Breweries: An Architectural History.(Review)
April 1, 2001... LYNN PEARSON, British Breweries: An Architectural History (London: The Hambledon Press, 1999. Pp.xii + 255; illus. H/back ISBN 1 85285 1910, [pound]25). Historians of the brewing industry have been concerned with three major issues: the...

A Victorian Scientist and Engineer: Fleeming Jenkin and the Birth of Electrical Engineering.(Review)
April 1, 2001... GILLIAN COOKSON and COLIN A. HEMPSTEAD, A Victorian Scientist and Engineer: Fleeming Jenkin and the Birth of Electrical Engineering (Aldershot: Ashgatc, 2000. Pp.xxii + 217; illus. H/back ISBN 075460079 3, [pound]45). Fleeming Jenkin, as...

Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry: An Economic and Business History 1870-1960.(Review)
April 1, 2001... ROGER LLOYD-JONES. and M.J. LEWIS, with the assistance of M. EASON, Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry: An Economic and Business History 1870-1960 (Aldershot: Ashgatc, 2000. Pp.3 18; illus. H/back ISBN 1 85928 457 4, [pound]47.50). ...

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.(Review)
April 1, 2001... GEOFFREY JONES, Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.x + 414. ISBN 0 19 829450 6, [pound]48). Having undertaken detailed studies on thc...

Smoking in Popular British Culture, 1800-2000.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MATTHEW HILTON, Smoking in Popular British Culture, 1800-2000 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp.xii + 284; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5256 4; p/back ISBN 0 7190 5257 2, [pound]15.99). One of the most striking cultural...

The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945.(Review)
April 1, 2001... HOWARD COX, The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xxii + 401; illus. H/back ISBN 0 19 829221 X, [pound]35). In 1902, one at' the earliest and most...

The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906-1959.(Review)
April 1, 2001... G.C. PEDEN, The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906-1959 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xiv + 581; tables; figures. ISBN 0 19 820707 7, [pound]65). George Peden is foremost amongst those scholars who have tried to...

The Merchant Princes. Family, Fortune and Philanthropy: Cadbury, Sainsbury and John Lewis.(Review)
April 1, 2001... CAROL KENNEDY, The Merchant Princes. Family, Fortune and Philanthropy: Cadbury, Sainsbury and John Lewis (London: Hutchinson, 2000. Pp.ix + 309; H/back ISBN 009 178447 6, [pound]17.99). This is not a coherent comparative study, in thc sense...

After the Slump: Industry and Politics in 1930s Britain and Germany.(Review)
April 1, 2001... CHRISTOPH BUCHHEIM and REDVERS GARSIDE (eds.), After the Slump: Industry and Politics in 1930s Britain and Germany (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2000. Pp.xi + 235. P/back ISBN 3 631 349122, [pound]24). These revised conference proceedings...

Managers and Mantras: One Company's Struggle for Simplicity.(Review)
April 1, 2001... CHARLOTTE BUTLER and JOHN KEARY, Managers and Mantras: One Company's Struggle for Simplicity (Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2000. Pp.xviii + 352. ISBN 0471 83558 7, [pound]35). This book is a superb contribution to contemporary...

The British Economy since 1945: Engaging with the Debate.(Review)
April 1, 2001... ROGER MIDDLETON, The British Economy since 1945: Engaging with the Debate (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000. Pp.xix + 198. P/back ISBN 0 333 68483 4, [pound]13.50). This is the latest volume in Macmillan's 'British History in Perspective'...

Historical Accounting Records: A Guide for Archivists and Researchers.(Review)
April 1, 2001... ROSEMARY E. BOYNS, TREVOR BOYNS and JOHN RICHARD EDWARDS, Historical Accounting Records: A Guide for Archivists and Researchers (London: Society of Archivists, 2000. Pp.x + 109: illus. ISBN 0 902886 58 4, [pound]10). Historians as well as...

French Elites and the Threat of Modernity, 1900-1940.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MARJORIE A BEALE, French Elites and the Threat of Modernity, 1900-1940 (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. Pp.231. H/back ISBN 0 8018 6274 4, [pound]31). This new book was originally a PhD on France as an economic and business...

Paper for the World: The Finnish Paper Mills' Association: Finnpap, 1918-1996.(Review)
April 1, 2001... SAKARI HEIKKINEN, Paper for the World: The Finnish Paper Mills' Association: Finnpap, 1918-1996 (Helsinki: Otava Publishing Company, 2000. Pp.523; illus. H/back ISBN 951 1 16330 2, no price given). The Finnish Paper Mills' Association...

Blauw in de lucht: Koninklijke Luchrvaart Maatschappij, 1919-1999.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MARC L.J. DERIKX, Blauw in de lucht: Koninklijke Luchrvaart Maatschappij, 1919-1999 (The Hague: SDU Uitgcvers, 1999. Pp.390; illus.; graphs. P/back ISBN 90 12 08750 3, no price given). 'Blue in the Air', a reference to the predominant...

La coordination des transports en France, de 1918 a nos jours.(Review)
April 1, 2001... NICOLAS NEIERTZ, La coordination des transports en France, de 1918 a nos jours (Paris: Comite pour l'histoire economique et financiere de Ta France, 1999. Pp.798. P/back ISBN 2 11 089827 5, FF 249). In his foreword, Francois Caron observes...

Orto y ocaso de la industria textil sevillana.(Review)
April 1, 2001... FRANCISCO JAVIER FERNANDEZ ROCA, HYTASA (1937-1980) Orto y ocaso de la industria textil sevillana (Sevilie: Diputacion de Sevilla, 1998. Pp.506. H/back ISBN 84 7798 145 0, no price given). Hilaturas y Tejidos Andaluces, S.A. (Andalusian...

Impresa e industria in Italia dall'Unita' a oggi.(Review)
April 1, 2001... FRANCO AMATORI and ANDREA COLLI, Impresa e industria in Italia dall'Unita' a oggi (Venice: Marsilio, 1999. Pp.414. ISBN 88 317 7289 9, Lire 48.000, Euro 24.79). By using the firm as its focus, this remarkable textbook succeeds in...

Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era.(Review)
April 1, 2001... DAVID COATES, Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000. Pp.xi + 304. P/back ISBN 0 7456 2059 0, [pounds]16.99). Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, comparisons between capitalism and...

A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markers and Economnic Development in an Era of Nation-Building.(Review)
April 1, 2001... HOWARD BODENKORN, A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markers and Economnic Development in an Era of Nation-Building (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.250. ISBN 0521 66285 0, [pound]40). Thc task of this...

Cultivating california: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920.(Review)
April 1, 2001... DAVID VAUGHT, Cultivating california: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875-1920 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Pp.x + 280; illus.; maps. ISBN 0 8018 6221 3, [pound]29.50). In this book, David Vaught seeks to...

Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America.(Review)
April 1, 2001... DAVID L. MORTON, Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America (New Brunswisk, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000. Pp.xii + 220; illus. H/back ISBN 08135 27465, [pound]39.95; p/back ISBN 0 8135 27473, [pound]17.50)....

Americanization and Its Limits: Reworking US Technology and Management in Post-War Europe and Japan.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JONATHAN ZEITLIN and GARY HERRIGEL (cds.), Americanization and Its Limits: Reworking US Technology and Management in Post-War Europe and Japan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xvi + 410. H/back ISBN 019 829555, [pound]45). An...

Canada's National System of Innovation.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JORGE NIOSI with ANDRE MANSEAU and BENOIT GODIN. Canada's National System of Innovation (Montreal, Kingston, London and Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Prcss, 2000. Pp.xvi + 222; H/back ISBN 0 7735 2012 0, $C65). During the twentieth...

Testing the New Deal: The General Textile Strike of 1934 in the American South.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JANET IRONS, Testing the New Deal: The General Textile Strike of 1934 in the American South (Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Prcss, 2000. Pp.ix + 262; illus.; map. H/back ISBN 0 252 02527 X, $45; p/back ISBN 0 252 06840 X,...

Contests for Corporate Control: corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MARY A. O'SULLIVAN, Contests for Corporate Control: corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.x + 332. H/back ISBN 0 19 829346 1, [pound]45). This is an...

Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JOHN A. JAKLE and KEITH A. SCULLE, Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age (Baltimore, MD and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Pp.xiii + 394, ISBN 0 8018 6109 8, [pound]29). The restaurant business in the United...

Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea.(Review)
April 1, 2001... D. LOMBARD and J. AUBIN (eds.), Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 375; illus.; maps. ISBN 0 19 564 1094, [pound]40). This is a curious volume, long in...

An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-J990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JOHN DRABBLE, An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-J990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000. Pp.xxiii + 320. H/back ISBN 0 333 55299 7 [pound]60; p/back ISBN 983 56 0019 8, [pound]19.50). This book is...

Conflict and cooperation in Sino-British Business, 1860-1911: The Impact of the Pro-British Commercial Network in Shanghai.(Review)
April 1, 2001... EIICHI MOTONO, Conflict and cooperation in Sino-British Business, 1860-1911: The Impact of the Pro-British Commercial Network in Shanghai (Basingstoke: Macmillan in association with St Antony's College, 2000. Pp.xiii + 229; figures; tables....

The History of Mitsubishi corporation in London, 1915 to the Present Day.(Review)
April 1, 2001... PERNILLE RUDLIN, The History of Mitsubishi corporation in London, 1915 to the Present Day (London and New York: Routledge, 2000. Pp.x + 245. ISBN 0 415 22872 7, [pound]55). Pernille Rudlin's study of the activities of Mitsubishi's London...

America and the Japanese Miracle: The Cold War Context of Japan's Postwar Economic Revival, 1950-1960.(Review)
April 1, 2001... AARON FORSBERG, America and the Japanese Miracle: The Cold War Context of Japan's Postwar Economic Revival, 1950-1960 (Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp.xviii + 332, ISBN 0 8078 2528 X, [pound]33.50). ...

Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis.(Review)
April 1, 2001... DAVID R. MEYER, Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.xiii + 272; illus.; maps. H/back 0 521 64344 9, [pound]45). Has Hong Kong's position as the global metropolis for Asia come to an end with...

Finance, Governance, and Competitiveness in Japan.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MASAHIKO AOKI and GARY R. SAXONHOUSE (eds.), Finance, Governance, and Competitiveness in Japan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, Pp.viii + 290; illus. ISBN 019829721 1, [pounds]65. This book is a festschrift in honour of Hugh Patrick,...

The Internet and Society.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JAMES SLEVIN, The Internet and Society (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000. Pp.xi + 266. H/back ISBN 0 7456 2086 8, [pound]50; p/back ISBN 0 7456 2087 6, [pound] 14.99). Thc internet has become part and parcel of the everyday lives of millions...

Great Writers on Organizations.(Review)
April 1, 2001... ROBERT R. LOCKE DEREK S. PUGH and DAVID J. HICKSON, Great Writers on Organizations (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2000. Pp.v + 328. ISBN 0 7546 20417, [pound]42.50). This is thc second omnibus edition of a book that covers a wide...

Multinationals, Technology and National Competitiveness.(Review)
April 1, 2001... MARINA PAPANASTASSIOU and ROBERT PEARCE, Multinationals, Technology and National Competitiveness (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999. Pp.xiii + 261. ISBN 1 85898 822 5, [pound]59.95). The causes of, and remedies, for the decline of Britain's...

Poverty, Wealth, Dictatorship, Democracy: Resource Scarcity and the Origins of Dictatorship.(Review)
April 1, 2001... JACK BARKSTROM, Poverty, Wealth, Dictatorship, Democracy: Resource Scarcity and the Origins of Dictatorship (Englewood, CO: Pericles Press, 1998, Pp.535. ISBN 0 96102240 X, $21.95). Jack Barkstrom's book is aimed at accomplishing a theory...

Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951.(Review)
April 1, 2001... DAVID STRADLING, Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Pp.x + 270; illus. ISBN 0 80168 6083 0, [pound]33). In the age of...