Business History articles from October 1999

Business History archives from October 1999

The Historical Development of Business Philanthropy: Social Responsibility in the New Corporate Economy.
October 1, 1999... According to neo-liberal economists such as Friedman and Hayek, the prime function of any business enterprise is to generate profits; its central responsibility is to shareholders. The idea that business owners should also seek to perform...

'Objectionable Parasites': The Crown Agents and the Purchase of Crown Colony Government Stores, 1880-1914 [1].
October 1, 1999... This article discusses the Crown Agent purchase of colonial government supplies from the perspective of principal-agent theory. It is argued that, in order to maximise their own welfare, the Agents adopted a quality bias and used an...

Pearson and Public Works Construction in Mexico, 1890-1910.
October 1, 1999... S. Pearson & Son, forerunner to the present-day Pearsons PLC, started as a general works contractor in the 1860s and emerged as a global enterprise mainly on the strength of public works contracts undertaken for the Mexican government between...

Challenging the Loss of an Empire: Gonzalez & Byass of Jerez.
October 1, 1999... After the loss of the Spanish American markets, Spanish entrepreneurs faced considerable challenges in order to penetrate or consolidate European markets. Sherry exporting was one of their most successful responses. Very few entrepreneurs...

The Emergence of Big Business: The Largest Corporate Employers of Labour in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States c. 1907 [1].
October 1, 1999... This article, which builds on previous studies published in Business History, documents the largest employers of labour in the Edwardian United Kingdom. It provides a more comprehensive coverage than hitherto by indicating several important...

Anglo-American Securities Regulation: Cultural and Political Roots.
October 1, 1999... STUART BANNER, Anglo-American Securities Regulation: Cultural and Political Roots, 1690--1860 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 318. H/back ISBN 052162231X, [pounds]40). This is a well researched, carefully written...

Where Iron Runs Like Water!: A New History of Carron Iron Works.
October 1, 1999... BRIAN WATTERS, Where Iron Runs Like Water!: A New History of Carron Iron Works, 1759--1982 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1998. Pp.vi + 241; illus; maps. ISBN 0 85976 505 9, [pounds] 10.95). Brian Watters, a former employee and a local historian,...

Building the Georgian City.
October 1, 1999... JAMES AYRES, Building the Georgian City (New Haven, CT, and London: Yale University Press. Pp.vii + 280. H/back ISBN 0 300 07548 0, [pounds]45). This book discusses the development of the building trades in Britain between the late...

The British Malting Industry.(Review)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... CHRISTINE CLARK, The British Malting Industry since 1830 (London: The Hambledon Press, 1998. Pp.xvii + 300; illus. H/back ISBN 1 85285 170 8, [pounds]35). Anyone who has worked on the history of brewing or distilling or food-processing has...

The History of Tourism.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... PAUL SMITH (ed.), The History of Tourism: Thomas Cook and the Origins of Leisure Travel (London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1998. Vol.1: pp.v + 59; vol.2: pp.v + 112; illus.; vol.3: pp.v + 124; vol.4: pp.v + 129. H/back ISBN 0 415 19316 8,...

Made in Lancashire: A History of Regional Industrialisation.
October 1, 1999... GEOFFREY TIMMINS, Made in Lancashire: A History of Regional Industrialisation (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 365. H/back ISBN 0 7190 4539 8, [Pounds]50). This book surveys in detail and in depth a large and...

Leading the Way: A History of Lancashire's Roads.
October 1, 1999... ALAN CROSBY (ed.), Leading the Way: A History of Lancashire's Roads (Preston: Lancashire County Books, 1998, Pp.xxiii + 328; illus.; maps. P/back ISBN 1 871236 33 9, [pounds]14.95). This well-illustrated and readable book aims to present 'a...

Issues of Regional Identity in Honour of John Marshall.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... EDWARD ROYLE (ed.), Issues of Regional Identity in Honour of John Marshall (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 252; maps. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5028 6, [pounds]40). This volume is a collection of ten essays (listed at the...

The Car and British Society: Class, Gender and Motoring.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... SEAN O'CONNELL, The Car and British Society: Class, Gender and Motoring, 1896-1939 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. Pp.xi + 240; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5148 7, [pounds]45; p/back ISBN 0 7190 5506 7, [pounds]14.99). Of the...

Major Recessions: Britain and the World.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... J.C.R. DOW, Major Recessions: Britain and the World, 1920-1995 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp.xvii + 471, 71 figures; 117 tables. H/back ISBN 0 19 828858 1, [pounds]55). Completed shortly before his death this long-awaited...

The British Economy.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... REX POPE, The British Economy since 1914: A Study in Decline? (London: Longman, 1998. Pp.vi + 140. ISBN 0 58230194 7, [pounds]7.75). This is an efficient review of the debates on the performance of the British economy since 1914, which...

The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... NICK TIRATSOO and JIM TOMLINSON, The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-64; Thirteen Wasted Years? (London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.x + 211. H/back ISBN 0 415 15870, [pounds]20). This is the second instalment of Tiratsoo and...

Cotton: A Select Bibliography on Cotton in North West England.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... TERRY WYKE and NIGEL RUDYARD (eds.), Cotton: A Select Bibliography on Cotton in North West England (Manchester: Bibliography of North West England, 1997. Pp.295. ISBN 0947 969 144, [pounds] 19.95). This is the seventeenth volume in the...

Les draps de Sedan.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... GERARD GAYOT, Les draps de Sedan, 1646-1870 (Paris: editions de I'EHESS, 1998. Pp.579. H/back ISBN 2 7132 12413, 300FF). With a splendid iconography, many maps, graphs, figures and pedigrees of some ten manufacturing families, this book is...

L'argent de la traite: Milieu negrier, capitalisme et developpement: un modele.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... OLIVIER PETRE-GRENOUILLEAU, L'argent de la traite: Milieu negrier, capitalisme et developpement: un modele (Paris: Aubier, 1996. Pp.423. ISBN 2 7007 2279 5). La Traite des noirs, collection Que Sais-je? (Paris: Presses universitaires de France,...

L'hotel aristocratique. Le marche de luxe a Paris au XVIIIe siecle.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... NATACHA COQUERY, L'hotel aristocratique. Le marche de luxe a Paris au XVIIIe siecle (Paris: publications de La Sorbonne. 1988. Pp.444. ISBN 2 85944 343 6, 180FF). Consumption was an art practised skilfully by members of eighteenth-century...

Capitalism, Politics, and Railroads in Prussia.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... JAMES M. BROPHY, Capitalism, Politics, and Railroads in Prussia, 1830-1870 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1998. Pp.xi + 273. ISBN 0 8142 0751 0, $50). In this thorough study, James Brophy, of the University of Delaware,...

Histoire de banques, Credit du Nord.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... HUBERT BONIN, Histoire de banques, Credit du Nord, 1848--1998 (Paris: Editions Hervas, 1998. Pp. 203; illus. H/back ISBN 2 84334 008 X, no price given). Contract history suffers prejudice from most French academics. They have often been...

Historia de la empresa mundial y de Espana.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... JOSE LUIS GARCIA RUIZ (ed.), Historia de la empresa mundial y de Espana (Madrid: Editorial Sintesis, 1998. Pp. 351. ISBN 84 7738 552 1, no price given). The teaching of business history is a relatively new development in Spanish...

Woman and Work in Russia.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... JANE MCDERMID and ANNA HILLYAR, Woman and Work in Russia, 1880--1930: A Study in Continuity through Change (Harlow: Longman, 1998. Pp.v + 236. P/back ISBN 0 582 27986 0, [pounds]12.99). The aim of this book is to study the work experiences...

Mellom naeringsliv og politikk: Kreditkassen.(Review)
October 1, 1999... SVERRE KNUTSEN, EVEN LANGE and HELGE W. NORDVIK, Mellom naeringsliv og politikk: Kreditkassen, 1918--1998 (Oslo: Universitets for Laget, 1998. Pp.494. H/back ISBN 8200 12845 8, no price given). In 1913 Kreditkasse was the fourth largest...

Ardal. Verket og Bygda.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... ROLV PETTER AMDAM, DAG GJESTLAND and ANDREAS HOMPLAND (eds.), Ardal. Verket og Bygda, 1947--1997 (Oslo: Det norske samlaget, 1997, Pp.xii + 302, Illus.; maps, ISBN 82 521 4686 4, no price given). The Norwegian Ardal verke is part of the...

Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... R.W. DAVIES, Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv + 96; maps. H/back ISBN 0 521 62260 3, [pounds]19.95; p/back ISBN 0 521 62742 7, [pounds]6.95). This book is the latest...

From Millwrights to Shipwrights to the Twenty-First Century: Explorations in a History of Technical Communications in the United States.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... R. JOHN BROCKMAN, From Millwrights to Shipwrights to the Twenty-First Century: Explorations in a History of Technical Communications in the United States (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1998. Pp.464; illus.; tables; graphs. H/back ISBN 57273 076...

The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... DAVID M. PLETCHER, The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865--1900 (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 458; maps. H/back ISBN 0 8262 1127 5, [pounds]35.95). ...

Railroads of Indiana.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... RICHARD S. SIMONS and FRANCIS H. PARKER, Railroads of Indiana (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 297; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 253 33351 2, $49.95). Authors Simons and Parker, both established authorities in the...

From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... ALBERT J. CHURELLA, From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. Pp.viii + 215. ISBN 0 691 02776 5, $45). ...

MacMillan: The American Grain Family.(Review)
October 1, 1999... W. DUNCAN MACMILLAN, with PATRICIA CONDON JOHNSTON, MacMillan: The American Grain Family (Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 1998. Pp.xi + 336. H/back ISBN 1 890434 04 3, $30). History and biography often intersect, as Alfred D....

Air-conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... GAIL COOPER, Air-conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900--1960, Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology No.23 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Pp.x + 229. illus. ISBN 0 8018 5716 3...

So Many Worlds: Invention, Management, Philosophy and Risk in the Life of Leroy Hill.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... Leroy Hill was born in 1894 and brought up in California. He took an engineering degree at Berkeley before enlisting in the US Navy. Before the end of the First World War he had gained managerial experience as an aeronautical engineer at the...

Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... MARGARET LESLIE DAVIS, Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 339; illus., maps, notes bibliography. H/back ISBN 0 520 20292 9, $35)....

Forged Consensus: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the United States.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... DAVID M. HART, Forged Consensus: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the United States, 1921-1953 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998, pp.xiv + 267. H/back ISBN 0 6910 2667 X, [pounds]30). In this case the book's title...

The Farmer's Benevolent Trust: Law and Agricultural Cooperation in Industrial America.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... VICTORIA SAKER WOESTE, The Farmer's Benevolent Trust: Law and Agricultural Cooperation in Industrial America, 1865-1945 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 369; illus.; maps; tables. H/back ISBN 0 8078 2421 6,...

The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... MICHAEL D. BORDO, CLAUDIA GOLDIN and EUGENE N. WHITE (eds.), The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (Chicago, IL and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp.xvii + 474; ISBN 0 226 06589...

The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... GEORGE P. BAKER and GEORGE DAVID SMITH, The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xiv + 257. ISBN 0 521 642604, $24.95). Baker and Smith were...

Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th Century America.(Review)
October 1, 1999... DAVID C. MOWERY and NATHAN ROSENBERG, Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th Century America (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.x + 214; tables; figs. H/back ISBN 0 521 64119 5, [pounds]27.95). In this slender...

Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... OSCAR ZANETTI and ALEJANDRO GARCIA, Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959 (Chapel Hill, NC and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp.xxviii + 496; illus.; maps. P/back ISBN 0 8078 4692 9, [pounds]22.95). Cuba was...

Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute-Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... GORDON T. STEWART, Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute-Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998, Pp.xiv + 258. ISBN 0 7190 5439 7, [pounds]47.50). In a curious piece of timing, this volume by...

Transnational Corporations and Business Networks: Hong Kong Firms in the ASEAN Region.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... HENRY WAI-CHUNG YEUNG, Transnational Corporations and Business Networks: Hong Kong Firms in the ASEAN Region (London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xxi + 297. ISBN 0415 14016 1, [pounds]50). Readers who like a blend of theory and empirical research...

The Reserve Bank of India.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... G. BALACHANDRAN, The Reserve Bank of India, 1951-1967 (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 1190; illus. H/back ISBN 0 19 564468 9, [pounds]29.50). This is the second commissioned volume of the history of the Reserve Bank of...

Exchange-Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... DEREK H. ALDCROFT and MICHAEL J. OLIVER, Exchange-Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp.xiii + 224. H/back ISBN 185898 320 7, [pounds]49.95). International monetary arrangements before 1914 were based...

The Rise and Fall of Mass Production.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... STEVEN TOLLIDAY (ed.), The Rise and Fall of Mass Production (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1998: The International Library of Critical Writings in Business History: Vol.1, Pp.x + 480; Vol.11, Pp.viii + 366. ISBN 1 85898 042 9, [pounds]195). ...

The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... JEFF SMITH, The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music (Columbia, OH: Columbia University Press, 1998. Pp.x + 288. H/back ISBN 0 231 10862 1, $49.5O; p/back ISBN 0 231 10862 X, [pounds]19). Around 1949 I saw the film Paleface and...

Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... LANCE DAY and IAN McNEIL (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology (London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xiii + 844. H/back ISBN 0 415 06042 7, [pounds]40; p/back ISBN 0 415 19399 0, [pounds]25). This is a reference work that can...

Management Education in Historical Perspective.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... LARS ENGWALL and VERA ZAMAGNI (eds.), Management Education in Historical Perspective (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1998. Pp.v + 177. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5183 5, [pounds]35). There are many reasons to welcome this...

International Banking in an Age of Transition: Globalisation, Automation, Banks and their Archives.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... S. KINSEY and L. NEWTON (eds.), International Banking in an Age of Transition: Globalisation, Automation, Banks and their Archives (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. Pp.xii + 208. ISBN 1 85928 384 5, [pounds]39.50). A wide-ranging book such as...

The Changing Boundaries of the Firm: Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations.(Review)
October 1, 1999... MASSIMO G. COLOMBO (ed.), The Changing Boundaries of the Firm: Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations (London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.256. ISBN 0 415 15470 7, [pounds]50). This book attempts to provide new insights into firm boundaries and...

Political Competition, Innovation and Growth.(Review)
October 1, 1999... PETER BERNHOLZ, MANFRED E. STREIT and ROLAND VAUBEL (eds.), Political Competition, Innovation and Growth (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1998. Pp.vii + 308. H/back ISBN 3 540 64680 9, DM55). The view that competition amongst political and legal...

Economic Crises and Restructuring in History: Experiences of Small Countries.(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 1999... TIMO MYLLYNTAUS (ed.), Economic Crises and Restructuring in History: Experiences of Small Countries (St Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, 1998. Pp.viii + 425. ISBN 3 89590 061 3, DM 70). In connection with the Twelfth International...