Business History articles from April 2002

Business History archives from April 2002

British business history: a review of the periodical literature for 2000. (Survey Article).
April 1, 2002... Previous periodical literature surveys of British business history comment on the diversity of the discipline. This article therefore aims to review as wide a range of research as possible. Papers were selected for inclusion on the basis of two...

Barriers to innovation in marketing in the mid-nineteenth century: merchant-manufacturer relationships.
April 1, 2002... Increasingly, attempts to understand the long-run development of British business are focusing on the decades leading up to and including the mid-nineteenth century. (1) It is in this period that we might find the accretion of conditions that...

Between informal networks and formal contracts: international investment in Greece during the 1920s.
April 1, 2002... The institutional framework of international business has taken a variety of forms over time. (1) Network arrangements based on personal relations and trust were in the past a common feature of international finance. (2) This article examines...

Australian firms abroad before 1970: why so few, why those, and why there?
April 1, 2002... Australia has been a recipient of large flows of foreign direct investment from the early nineteenth century onwards. Multinationals owned more than a third of the assets in key sectors such as manufacturing, mining, insurance and banking by...

Financial fragility, growth strategies and banking failures: the major Norwegian banks and the banking crisis, 1987-92.
April 1, 2002... During the period 1987-92, Norway experienced an extensive banking crisis, which reached its nadir in the autumn of 1991. Norwegian banks lost an incredible 76 billion NOK during the crisis. (1) The losses suffered by three largest Norwegian...

The Autobiography of David Whitehead of Rawtenstall (1790-1865). (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... STANLEY CHAPMAN (ed.), The Autobiography of David Whitehead of Rawtenstall (1790--1865) (Helmshore: Helmshore Local History Society, 2001. Pp.xviii + 207; illus. ISBN 0 906881 10 2, [pounds sterling]15). This is a rare thing, the...

An Economic History of London, 1800-1914. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... MICHAEL BALL and DAVID SUNDERLAND, An Economic History of London, 1800-1914(Taylor and Francis Books, 2001. Pp.x + 470. H/back ISBN 0 41524691 1, [pounds sterling]75). From being rather neglected by economic historians, London has now...

Low & Co.: A Family Business History. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... STEWART HOWE, William Low & Co.: A Family Business History (Dundee: Abertay Historical Society, 2000, pp.ix + 86; illus.; map. P/back ISBN 0 900019 36 0, [pounds sterling]7.50). This is the fortieth publication by the enterprising Abertay...

Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool: Mercantile Business and the Making of a World Port. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... GRAEME J. MILNE, Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool: Mercantile Business and the Making of a World Port (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000. Pp.viii + 43. H/back ISBN 0 85323 606 2, [pounds sterling]33.95. P/back ISBN 0 85323...

The British Economy in the Twentieth Century. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... ALAN BOOTH, The British Economy in the Twentieth Century (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001. Pp.x + 244. P/back ISBN 0 333 69842 8, [pounds sterling]15.99). This is one of a series of introductory texts on various aspects of British history....

The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... PATRICIA CLAVIN, The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 (Houndmills: Macmillan, 2000. Pp.viii + 244, 11 tables. H/back ISBN 0 333 60680 9, [pounds sterling]45; p/back ISBN 0 333 60681 7, [pounds sterling]13.99). This enjoyable and...

The Business of Medicine: The Extraordinary History of Glaxo, a Baby Food Producer which Became One of the World's Most Successful Pharmaceutical Companies. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... EDGAR JONES, The Business of Medicine: The Extraordinary History of Glaxo, a Baby Food Producer which Became One of the World's Most Successful Pharmaceutical Companies (London: Profile Books, 2001. Pp.xxiii + 520; illus. H/back ISBN 1 86197...

La Boutique et la Ville. Commerce, Commercants, Espaces et Clienteles, 16e-20e Siecles. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... NATACHA COQUERY (ed.), La Boutique et la Ville. Commerce, Commercants, Espaces et Clienteles, 16e-20e Siecles (Tours: Centre d'Histoire de la Ville Moderne et Contemporaine, 2000. Pp.505; illus., maps. FF160). This work is a voluminous and...

Banques et Enterprises Industrielles en Europe de l'Ouest, XIXe-XXe Siecles: Aspects Nationaux et Regionaux. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... PHILIPPE MARGUERAT, LAURENT TISSOT and YVES FROIDEVAUX (eds.), Banques et Enterprises Industrielles en Europe de l'Ouest, XIXe-XXe Siecles: Aspects Nationaux et Regionaux (Geneva: Universite de Neuchatel, Librairie Droz, 2000. Pp.270. ISBN 2...

Industriele 'collaboratie' in Belgie. De Galopin-doctrine, de Emissiebank en de Belgische industrie in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... P. NEFORS, Industriele 'collaboratie' in Belgie. De Galopin-doctrine, de Emissiebank en de Belgische industrie in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (Leuven/Louvain: Van Halewijck, 2000. Pp.344. ISBN 9056172697, NLG 49.50). In 1977 the American...

Guide to the International Archives and Collections at the IISH, Amsterdam. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... JAAP HAAG and ATIE VAN DER HORST (eds.), Guide to the International Archives and Collections at the IISH, Amsterdam (Amsterdam: Stichting beheer IISG, 1999. Pp.608. ISBN 90 6861 186 0, no price given). This volume is a new - much more...

Doing Business with the Nazis: Britain's Economic and Financial Relations with Germany, 1931-1939. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... NEIL FORBES, Doing Business with the Nazis: Britain's Economic and Financial Relations with Germany, 1931--1939 (London: Frank Cass, 2000. Pp.xix + 250; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7146 5082 X, [pounds sterling]42; p/back ISBN 0 7146 8168 7, [pounds...

L'Occupation, l'Etat Francais et les Enterprises. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... OLIVIER DARD, JEAN-CLAUDE DAUMAS and FRANCOIS MARCOT (eds.), L'Occupation, l'Etat Francais et les Enterprises (Paris: ADHE, 2000. Pp.487. P/back ISBN 2 912912 06 7, FF180). It might appear that the attitude, mutual relationships and the...

Bonniers -- en mediefamilj. Forlag, konglomerat och mediekoncern 1953-1990. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... MATS LARSSON, Bonniers -- en mediefamilj. Forlag, konglomerat och mediekoncern 1953-1990 (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers forlag, 2001. Pp.416. ISBN 91 0 057541 0, no price given). Mats Larsson's interesting account of one of the most important...

Tourism in Transition: Economic Change in Central Europe. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... ALLAN WILLIAMS and VLADIMIR BALAZ, Tourism in Transition: Economic Change in Central Europe (London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. Pp.xi + 256, graphs, tables. H/back ISBN 1 86064 578 X, [pounds sterling]45; p/back ISBN 1 86064 579 8, [pounds...

Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... DONNA J. RILLING, Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Pp.xii + 261; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 8122 3580 0, $45; [pounds sterling]31.50). Studies...

Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... EDWARD J. BALLEISEN, Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp.xv + 322. H/back ISBN 0 8078 2600 6, [pounds sterling]41.95; p/back ISBN 0 8078 4916...

Big Business and the State: Historical Transitions and Corporate Transformation, 1880s-1990s. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... HARLAND PRECHEL, Big Business and the State: Historical Transitions and Corporate Transformation, 1880s-1990s (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. Pp.xvi + 317. ISBN 0 7914 4594 1, $25.95). This ambitious study analyses...

Wealth, Waste, and Alienation: Growth and Decline in the Connellsville Coke Industry. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... KENNETH WARREN, Wealth, Waste, and Alienation: Growth and Decline in the Connellsville Coke Industry (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001. Pp.xix + 297. H/back ISBN 0 8229 4132 5, $35; p/back ISBN 0 8229 5744 2, $19.95). ...

The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, volume III: The Twentieth Century. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... STANLEY ENGERMAN and ROBERT E. GALLMAN (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, volume III: The Twentieth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.x + 1190. H/back ISBN 05215 53082, [pounds sterling]60). ...

Much More than a Game: Players, Owners, & American Baseball Since 1921. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ROBERT F. BURK, Much More than a Game: Players, Owners, & American Baseball Since 1921 (Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp.xi + 372; illus. P/back ISBN 0 8078 4908 1, [pounds sterling]16.95). Much More...

Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... DAVID BLANKE, Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000. Pp.xiii + 282. H/back ISBN 0 8214 1347 3, $59.95; p/back ISBN 0 8214 1348 1, $21.95). Since the early...

Selling Themselves: The Emergence of Canadian Advertising. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... RUSSELL JOHNSTON, Selling Themselves: The Emergence of Canadian Advertising (Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2001. Pp.viii + 355; illus. H/back ISBN 0 8020 4495 6, [pounds sterling]35). Selling Themselves is a...

Systems, Experts and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... AGATHA C. HUGHES and THOMAS P. HUGHES (eds.), Systems, Experts and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2000. Pp. 513. ISBN 0262 082853, [pounds...

Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MARTIN KENNEY (ed.), Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. Pp.xvii + 285. H/back ISBN 0 8047 3733 9, [pounds sterling]27.50; p/back ISBN 0 8047 3734 7, [pounds...

The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... PAUL W. MACAVOY, The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. Pp.xv + 140. H/back ISBN 0 300 08381 5, [pounds sterling]27.50). This book describes the development of...

Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959-2000. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MANSEL BLACKFORD Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959--2000 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001. Pp.x + 277, illus: maps. H/back ISBN 0 7006 1086 3, $35). For the northern European, the prospect of a holiday to...

American Technology. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CARROLL PURSELL (ed.), American Technology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. Pp.x + 362; illus. H/back ISBN 0 6312 1996 X, [pounds sterling]50; p/back ISBN 0 6312 1997 8, [pounds sterling]15.99). American Technology contains ten essays by social...

Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance, 1856-1881. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CHRISTOPHER CLAY, Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance, 1856-1881 (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000. Pp.xx + 698. H/back ISBN 1 8606 4476 7, [pounds sterling]45). This is a work of immense historical scholarship...

Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General Electric in China. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CHRISTOPHER BO BRAMSEN, Open Doors: Vilhelm Meyer and the Establishment of General Electric in China (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press for Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2001. Pp.xvi + 320; illus.; map. H/back ISBN 0 7007 14049 (Curzon), ISBN...

Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... WILLIAM M. TSUTSUI, Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp.xi + 279; illus. ISBN 0691 07456 9, $21.95). The manufacturing sector can be aptly...

An Enduring Legacy; Building Bridges and Carving Niches. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... G. LOH, GOH CHOR BOON and TAN TENG LANG, An Enduring Legacy; Building Bridges and Carving Niches (Singapore: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.viii + 280. ISBN 0 19 594005 9, [pounds sterling]19.99). In the last three decades, Singapore has...

A Pictorial History of Indian Business. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, A Pictorial History of Indian Business (New Delhi: Oxford University Press 1999. Pp.ix + 409. P/back ISBN 019 565376 9, [pounds sterling]39.99). Anniversaries are not only occasions...

From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... DAVID G. MCKENDRICK, RICHARD F. DONER and STEPHAN HAGGARD, From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. Pp.xvi + 351; illus.; maps. H/back...

Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... RICHARD GRASSBY, Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp.xix + 505. ISBN 0 521 78203 1, [pounds sterling]40). This empirically laden...

The Fashion Business: Theory, Practice, Image. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... NICOLA WHITE and IAN GRIFFITHS (eds.), The Fashion Business: Theory, Practice, image (Oxford: Berg, 2000. Pp.xii + 211; illus. H/back ISBN 1 85973 354 9, [pounds sterling]42.99; p/back ISBN 1 85973 359 X, [pounds sterling]14.99). This...

Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... NANCY F. KOEHN, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2001. Pp.469; illus. ISBN 157851 221 2, [pounds sterling]29.99). Nancy Koehn's book is about the...

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... ANGUS MADDISON, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective (Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001. Pp.383. H/back ISBN 92 64 18608 5, [pounds sterling]44; p/back ISBN 92 64 18608 5, [pounds sterling]19). In...

Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry 1795-2000. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... AMY K. GLASMEIER, Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry 1795-2000 (New York: Guilford Press, 2000, Pp.xviii + 311. H/back ISBN 1 57230 5894, [pounds sterling]30). The watchmaking industry has long attracted the...

The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... MAURO F. GUILLEN, The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp.xiii + 282. ISBN 0 691 05705 2, $35). The basic idea of this...