Business History articles from October 2001

Business History archives from October 2001

Sectoral differences in English bank asset structures and the impact of mergers, 1860-1913. (ARTICLES).(Statistical Data Included)(Industry Overview)
October 1, 2001... This article presents new data on the sectoral breakdown of bank asset holdings in order to examine the suggestion that the absorption of numerous provincial banks by larger London-based banks led to a general increase in the liquidity of the...

Mortgage banking strategies in egypt, 1880-1914: credit foncier egyptien investment and local borrowing. (ARTICLES).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... The late nineteenth century origin of modern banking in the Middle East has never been a neglected topic. The Middle East financial market was always an important component of private European investment in non-Western countries. Consequently,...

The transfer of technology to latecomer economies in the nineteenth century: the case of minas gerais, brazil. (ARTICLES).
October 1, 2001... The prime influence behind the more or less rapid rates of economic growth of the Western European economies during the last two hundred years has been technological progress. (1) Technological progress is a necessary element of economic...

The early years of a german institution: the kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau in the 1950s. (ARTICLES).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... In 1998, the oldest German institution from the post-war years, the Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), initially established under an English name as the Reconstruction Loan Corporation, (1) which had survived without major changes to its...

History and the global corporate governance revolution: the uk perspective. (ARTICLES).
October 1, 2001... For those who are interested in international aspects of the organisation and management of business enterprises, these are fascinating times. Market forces are allegedly serving to destabilise traditional business structures and cause some...

The Complete Tradesman: A Study of Retailing, 1550-1820. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... NANCY COX, The Complete Tradesman: A Study of Retailing, 1550-1820 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000). Pp.xiv + 270; illus; tables. H/back ISBN 1 85928 169 9, [pounds sterling]45. The history of retailing has suffered from a chronological schism...

King copper: south wales and the copper trade, 1584-1895. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... RONALD REES, King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade, 1584-1895 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000. Pp.viii + 179; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7083 1588 7, [pounds sterling]30; p/back ISBN 0 7083 1589 5, [pounds sterling]14.99). In...

Suffolk enterprise: a guide to the county's companies and their historical records. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... CHRISTINE CLARK and ROGER MANNING, Suffolk Enterprise: A Guide to the County's Companies and their Historical Records (Norwich:Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia, 2000. Pp.112; illus. ISBN 0906219 51 5, [pound...

Firms, networks and business values: the british and american cotton industries since 1750. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... MARY B. ROSE, Firms, Networks and Business Values: The British and American Cotton Industries since 1750 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.352. H/back ISBN 0 521 78255 4, [pounds sterling]40). In this synthesising work, Mary...

Understanding the industrial revolution. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... CHARLES MORE, Understanding the Industrial Revolution (London: Routledge, 2000. Pp.ix + 188. H/back ISBN 0 415 18405 5, [pounds sterling]45; P/back ISBN 0 415 18405 3, [pounds sterling]13.99). There is a burgeoning literature on the British...

The Coventry Motor Industry: Birth to Renaissance. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... DAVID THOMS and TOM DONNELLY, The Coventry Motor Industry: Birth to Renaissance (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. Pp.ix + 242; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7546 01080, [pounds sterling]45). The Coventry Motor Industry: Birth to Renaissance is a...

Cheated not Poisoned? Food Regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... MICHAEL FRENCH and JIM PHILLIPS, Cheated not Poisoned? Food Regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp.213. H/back ISBN 0 7190 5605 5, [pounds sterling]40). `When I was young', a mature...

Ferranti: a history. building a family business. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... JOHN F. WILSON, Ferranti: A History. Building a Family Business, 1882-1975 (Lancaster: Carnegie, 2000. Pp.xviii + 621; illus. ISBN 1 85936 080 7, [pounds sterling] 25). This tour de force of the history of the Ferranti business is long...

Building relationships. the history of bovis. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... PETER COOPER, Building Relationships. The History of Bovis, 1885-2000 (London: Cassell, 2000. Pp.240; illus. ISBN 0 297 82533 X, [pounds sterling]25). Building Relationships charts the history of Bovis from its origins among the legions of...

The business of decolonization: british business strategies in the gold coast. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... SARAH STOCKWELL, The Business of Decolonization: British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xi + 265; map. ISBN 0 19 820848 0, [pounds sterling]48. This is a systematically researched study of...

The first world war and the international economy. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... CHRIS WRIGLEY (ed.), The First World War and the International Economy (Cheltenham and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2000. Pp.x + 232. ISBN 1 85898 675 3, [pounds sterling]59.95). Trotsky's dictum that war is the locomotive of history...

Popular filmgoing in 1930s britain: a choice of pleasures. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... JOHN SEDGWICK, Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000. Pp.x + 316. ISBN 0 85989 660 9, [pounds sterling]45). Sedgwick's attempt to bring about a new kind of synthesis of economic...

British petroleum and global oil, 1950-1975: the challenge of nationalism. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... JAMES BAMBERG, British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.xxviii + 637; illus; maps; tables. H/back ISBN 0 521 25951 7, [pounds sterling]80; p/back ISBN 0521 78515...

Haute cuisine -- how the french invented the culinary profession. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... AMY B. TRUBEK Haute Cuisine -- How the French Invented the Culinary Profession (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. P/back ISBN 0 8122 3553 3 [pounds sterling]18.50). In many nations, the excellence of a restaurant and by...

Gestion et croyances. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... SIG-ECOLE SUPERIEURE UNIVERSITAIRE DE GESTION-UT UNIVERSITE DES TOULOUSE, Gestion et Croyances (Management and Beliefs), Collection Histoire, gestion, organisations, No.8. Huitiemes recontres, 25-26 novembre 1999 (Presses de l'Universite des...

Advertising and the european city: historical perspectives. (BOOK REVIEWS).(CLEMENS WISCHERMANN and ELLIOTT SHORE)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... CLEMENS WISCHERMANN and ELLIOTT SHORE, Advertising and the European City: Historical Perspectives (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. Pp.xviii + 225; illus. H/back ISBN 1 84014 237 5, [pounds sterling]49.50). The appearance of Advertising and the...

Mercato e impresa in europa: l'azienda gonzalez de la sierra nel commercio gaditano tra xviii e xix secolo..(Review)
October 1, 2001... AMEDEO LEPORE, Mercato e Impresa in Europa: L'Azienda Gonzalez de la Sierra nel Commercio Gaditano tra XVIII e XIX Secolo (Ban: Cacucci Editore, 200. Pp.xxxvi + 432. ISBN 88 8422 046 7. Lire 65.000: Euros 33,57). In many ways Spanish...

Spelet i saleninvest. (BOOK REVIEWS).(HANS SJOGREN)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... HANS SJOGREN, Spelet i Saleninvest (Stockholm: Ekerlids Forlag, 1999. Pp.440. ISBN 91 88595 31 5). Hans Sjogren's first-rate study of Saleninvest is a history of a company that declined in ten years from a position of prominence within its...

A house dividing: economic development in pennsylvania before the civil war. (BOOK REVIEWS).(JOHN MAJEWSKI)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... JOHN MAJEWSKI, A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania Before the Civil War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xx + 214; maps. H/back ISBN 0 521 59023, [pounds sterling]30). In A House Dividing, John Majewski...

Selling the true time: nineteenth-century timekeeping in america. (BOOK REVIEWS).(IAN R. BARTKY)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... IAN R. BARTKY, Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. Pp.xvi + 310; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 8047 3874 2, [pounds sterling]27.50). This book is about the selling...

Banking panics of the gilded age. (BOOK REVIEWS).(ELMUS WICKER)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... ELMUS WICKER, Banking Panics of the Gilded Age (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.xvii + 160. H/back ISBN 0 521 77023 8, [pounds sterling]32.50). This is a short book with a specific purpose -- to show that there was no...

Consumers in the country: technology and social change in rural america. (BOOK REVIEWS).(RONALD R. KLINE)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... RONALD R. KLINE, Consumers in the country: Technology and Social change in Rural America (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Pp.xii + 372; illus. ISBN 0 8018 6248 5, [pounds sterling]31). This book examines the effects of...

How international conglomerates took over publishing and changed the way we read. (BOOK REVIEWS).(ANDRE SCHIFFRIN)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... ANDRE SCHIFFRIN, How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read (London & New York: Verso, 2000. Pp.viii + 181. H/back ISBN 1 85984 763 3, [pounds sterling]16). This short book is written by a man who has...

American business and political power: public opinion, elections, and democracy. (BOOK REVIEWS).(MARK A. SMITH)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... MARK A. SMITH, American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Pp.x + 245; illus. H/back ISBN 0226764621, $39; p/back ISBN 0226764648, $16). This...

An all-consuming century: why commercialism won in modern america. (BOOK REVIEWS).(GARY CROSS)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... GARY CROSS, An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 320; illus. ISBN 0 231 113129, $27.50). Gary Cross has produced a volume with a provocative thesis for...

American business, 1920-2000: how it worked. (BOOK REVIEWS).(THOMAS K McCRAW)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... THOMAS K McCRAW, American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked (Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson Inc., 2000. Pp.xii + 270; illus. P/back ISBN 0882959859). This study addresses a gap in business history literature by offering a synthesis and...

Power loss: the origins of deregulation and restructuring in the american electric utility industry. (BOOK REVIEWS).(RICHARD F. HIRSH)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... RICHARD F. HIRSH, Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility Industry (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Pp.x + 406. ISBN 0 262 08273 0603 X, [pounds sterling]33.50). From the early 1940s...

Kodak and the lens of nostalgia. (BOOK REVIEWS).(NANCY MARTHA WEST)(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... NANCY MARTHA WEST, Kodak and the Lens of Nostalgia (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 2000. Pp.xviii + 242; illus. H/back ISBN 0 8139 1958 4, [pounds sterling]41.50; P/back ISBN 0 8139 1959 2, [pounds sterling]12.50)....

The long-distance bus industry in the usa. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... MARGARET WALSH, The Long-Distance Bus Industry in the USA (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. Pp.xvii + 245; illus. H/back ISBN 0 7546 0207 9, [pounds sterling]42.50) This is not a completely new book. Six of the ten chapters have been published...

The rural entrepreneurs: a history of the stock and station agent industry in australia and new zealand. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Brief Article)(Review)
October 1, 2001... SIMON VILLE, The Rural Entrepreneurs: A History of the Stock and Station Agent Industry in Australia and New Zealand (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.xiii + 259; illus.; tables. ISBN 0 521 64265 5, [pounds sterling]40). ...

Holiday business: tourism in australia since 1870. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by JIM DAVIDSON and PETER SPEARRITT)(Review)
October 1, 2001... JIM DAVIDSON and PETER SPEARRITT, Holiday Business: Tourism in Australia since 1870 (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 2000. Pp.xxxi + 416; illus.; maps. ISBN 0 522 84884 2, A$65.95). What threatens to be a...

Latin America and the World Economy since 1800. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... JOHN H. COATSWORTH and ALAN M. TAYLOR (eds.), Latin America and the World Economy since 1800 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Pp.xv + 484. ISBN 0 674 51281 2, [pounds sterling]16.50). Though some of the contributions to this...

Encountering chinese networks: western, japanese and chinese corporations in china. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by SHERMAN COCHRAN)(Review)
October 1, 2001... SHERMAN COCHRAN, Encountering Chinese Networks: Western, Japanese and Chinese Corporations in China, 1880-1937 (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000. Pp.xii + 257; illus. H/back ISBN 0 520 21625 3, [pounds sterling]25). The...

Evolution of seiko, 1892-1923: history of the japanese clock and watch industry, volume 3. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by HOSHIMI UCHIDA)(Review)
October 1, 2001... HOSHIMI UCHIDA, Evolution of Seiko, 1892-1923: History of the Japanese Clock and Watch Industry, Volume 3 (Tokyo: Seiko Corporation, 2000. Pp.148. No ISBN). This small book traces the formative years of Seiko, one of the world's great...

The rise of modern business in great britain, the united states, and japan. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by MANSEL G. BLACKFORD)(Review)
October 1, 2001... MANSEL G. BLACKFORD, The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2nd Edn., Revised and Updated, 1998. Pp.249; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 8078 2426 7, $39.95;...

Creative industries: contracts between art and commerce. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by RICHARD E. CAVES)(Review)
October 1, 2001... RICHARD E. CAVES, Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 454. ISBN 0 674 00164 8, [pounds sterling]30.95). This is an intriguing book covering a wide range of the...

History by numbers: an introduction to quantitative approaches. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by PAT HUDSON)(Review)
October 1, 2001... PAT HUDSON, History by Numbers: An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches (London: Arnold, 2000. Pp.xxi + 278; illus. P/back ISBN 0 340 61468 4, [pounds sterling]14.99). The explicit aim of this book is to introduce historians to the...

An entrepreneurial theory of the firm. (BOOK REVIEWS).(by FREDERIC SAUTET)(Review)
October 1, 2001... FREDERIC 2. SAUTET, An Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm (London: Routledge, 2000, Pp.xviii + 181. H/back, ISBN 0415 229774, [pounds sterling]50). Although contemporary society plays proper regard to the role of the entrepreneur in...

Working out gender perspectives from labour history. (BOOK REVIEWS).(edited by MARGARET WALSH)(Review)
October 1, 2001... MARGARET WALSH (ed.), Working Out Gender Perspectives from Labour History (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Pp.ix + 235. ISBN 0 7546 0058 0, [pounds sterling]47.50). This is an ambitious and welcome book which sets out to demonstrate the insights...

Digital Capitalism: Networking the Global Market System. (BOOK REVIEWS).(Review)
October 1, 2001... DAN SCHILLER, Digital Capitalism: Networking The Global Market System (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Pp.320. H/back ISBN 0262 69233 3, [pounds sterling]19.95). It is hardly a secret that the Internet represents an economic space that is...