Business History articles from October 2002

Business History archives from October 2002

Mutuality tested: the rise and fall of mutual fire insurance offices in eighteenth-century London.
October 1, 2002... The current wave of demutualisation in financial services, particularly of building societies and insurance companies, has created a huge public interest in this process, not least because of the millions of people involved in potential...

The internationalisation of ownership of the Spanish railway companies, 1858-1936.
October 1, 2002... The creation of an international market within Europe, with flows of finance and capital across the continent, became a reality from the mid-1850s. Railways were amongst the first sectors to feel the effects of this development, as in most...

Henri Deterding, Royal Dutch/Shell and the Dutch market for petrol, 1902-46.
October 1, 2002... Four oil companies dominate the Dutch market for petrol: Shell, Esso, Texaco and Mobil/BP (which includes Aral and Elf). On 1 April 1997, these firms controlled 74 per cent of petrol sales. (1) This percentage was extremely large, compared to...

Assessing information quality theories: the USSCo. joint venture with William Holyman & Sons and Huddart Parker Ltd, 1904-35.
October 1, 2002... While adopting different investigative apparatus, scholars in fields allied to business history have attributed central importance to information and knowledge in shaping economic processes. For example, Mark Casson argues that it is a mistake...

British engineering and the New Zealand market, 1945-60.
October 1, 2002... It is of prime importance to the United Kingdom that, to the greatest possible extent, the Sterling Area should be developed by United Kingdom plant and equipment.... [Any] failure on our part to supply will mean the placing of orders in North...

The Economic Development of Modern Japan. (Review Article).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... STEVEN TOLLIDAY (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Japan, 1868-1945: From the Meiji Restoration to the Second World War (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001. 2 vols. Vol. 1, pp.xxvii + 664, vol. 2, xxiii + 663. ISBN 1 85898 190 5 (2 volume...

Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain 1799-1914. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... MARTIN DAUNTON, Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799-1914 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp.xiii + 438; ISBN 0 521 80372 1, [pounds sterling]35). Budgets and taxes have always played a central part in...

The Letter-Books of W. Gilbertson and Co. Ltd, Pontardawe 1890-1929. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... P.W. JACKSON (ed.), The Letter-Books of W. Gilbertson and Co. Ltd, Pontardawe, 1890-1929 (Cardiff: South Wales Record Society publication no. 16, Swansea: West Glamorgan Archives Service, 2001. Pp.xii + 420; illus. H/back ISBN 0 9525961 6 4,...

The City of London, Volume IV: A Club No More, 1945-2000. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... DAVID KYNASTON, The City of London, Volume IV: A Club No More, 1945-2000 (London: Chatton & Windus, 2001. Pp.886. ISBN 0 7011 6949 4, [pounds sterling]30). David Kynaston is to be congratulated on completing the four volumes of his...

The Diary of Charles Wood of Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil, 1766-1767. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JOSEPH GROSS (ed.), The Diary of Charles Wood of Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil, 1766-1767 (Cardiff: Merton Priory Press, 2001. Pp.xxix + 237; illus. H/back ISBN 1 898937 48 6, [pounds sterling]20). This book is essentially a...

Full a full. La industria paperera de l'Anoia (1700-1998): Continuitat i modernitat. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... MIQUEL GUTIERREZ I POCH, Full a full. La industria paperera de l'Anoia (1700-1998): Continuitat i modernitat (Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, Biblioteca Abat Oliva 220, 1999. Pp.8 with photographs + 311. H/back ISBN 84 8415...

Danmark og de multinationale virksomheder for 1950. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... PER BOJE, Danmark og de multinationale virksomheder for 1950 (Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag, 2000. Pp.203; illus. P/back ISBN 87 7838 508 3, dkr. 250) The book on Denmark and the multinationals before 1950 is an initial outline of...

La chasse a l'hectolitre'. La Brasserie Muller a Neuchatel (1885-1953). (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... HELENE PASQUIER, 'La chasse a l'hectolitre'. La Brasserie Muller a Neuchatel (1885-1953) (Neuchatel, Switzerland: Alphil, 2001, Pp.158. ISBN 2 940235 02 3, [euro]23). Reflecting the punchy spirit which leads the business and economic...

Insead: From Intuition to Institution.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JEAN-LOUIS BARSOUX, Insead: From Intuition to Institution (London: Macmillan Press Ltd, 2000. Pp.xii + 249; photos. H/back ISBN 0 333 80398 1, [pounds sterling]32). In this study of a significant business school, Barsoux manages to avoid...

Es un motor espanol!: Historia empresarial de Barreiros. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JOSE LUIS GARCIA RUIZ and MANUEL SANTOS REDONDO, Es un motor espanol!: Historia empresarial tie Barreiros (Madrid: Sintesis, 2001, Pp.365. ISBN 84 7738 900 4, no price given). The Spanish carmaker Eduardo Barreiros, as Gabriel Tortella...

The Growth of the Italian Economy, 1820-1960. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JON COHEN and GIOVANNI FEDERICO, The Growth of the Italian Economy, 1820-1960 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 Pp.viii + 133. H/back ISBN 0521 66150 1, [pounds sterling]19.95; p/back ISBN 0521 66692 9, [pounds sterling]7.95). ...

Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... VINCENT CURCIO, Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xiv + 699; illus. ISBN 0 19 507896 9, [pounds sterling]26.99). This is an excellent biography of one of the leading...

Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JONATHAN J. BEAN, Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2001. Pp.xii + 224. ISBN 0 8131 2187 6, $29.95). Some recent well-known comedies...

Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92. .(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... XIAOLAN BAO, Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92 (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001. Pp.xvi + 330. ISBN 0 252 02631 4, $44.95). Historians of gender and race are...

The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization from the 1940s to the 1970s.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... PHILIP SCRANTON (ed.), The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization from the 1940s to the 1970s (Athens, Georgia and London: University of Georgia Press, 2001. Pp.xiv + 310. H/back 0820322180, [pounds sterling]41.95). This collection of...

The American Manufactory: Art, Labor, and the World of Things in the Early Republic. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... LAURA RIGAL, The American Manufactory: Art, Labor, and the World of Things in the Early Republic (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 253; illus. H/back ISBN 0 691 015589 9, [pounds sterling]35; p/back ISBN 0 691 089515,...

Contesting the New South Order: The 1914-1915 Strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills. .(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... CLIFFORD M. KUHN, Contesting the New South Order: The 1914-1915 Strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Pp.xii + 320; illus; maps. H/back ISBN 0 8078 2644 8, $49.95; p/back ISBN 0 8078 4973...

The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... DAN ROTTENBERG, The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2001. Pp.vii + 262; illus. H/back ISBN 0 8122 3626 2, [pounds sterling]21). This book is a...

Moose Pastures and Mergers: The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG, Moose Pastures and Mergers: The Ontario Securities Commission and the Regulation of Share Markets in Canada, 1940-1980 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. Pp.x + 424. H/back ISBN 0 8020 3510 8. Cdn. $60, [pounds...

The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... MICHAEL L. BERGER, The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. Pp.xxviii + 487. ISBN 0 313 24558 4, [pounds sterling]83.95). The automobile was the most important technological...

The Japanese Industrial Economy: Late Development and Cultural Causation. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... IAN INKSTER, The Japanese Industrial Economy: Late Development and Cultural Causation (London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Pp.xii + 161; illus. ISBN 0 415 25001 3, [pounds sterling]55). Arguably, the most intriguing question in economic...

Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization and Economic Growth. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... CARL MOSK, Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization and Economic Growth (Armonk, NY and London: M.E. Sharpe, 2001. Pp.xviii + 293. H/back ISBN 0 7656 0700 X, [pounds sterling]55; p/back ISBN 0 7656 0701 8, [pounds sterling]22.50)....

Western Capitalism in China: A History of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... W.A. THOMAS, Western Capitalism in China: A History of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001. Pp.xii + 328; illus. ISBN 0 7546 0246 X, [pounds sterling]47.50). The financial history of China has been dominated over the years...

Commercial Networks in Modern Asia.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... S. SUGIYAMA AND LINDA GROVE (eds.), Commercial Networks in Modern Asia (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001. Pp.xiii + 270; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 0 7007 1419 7, [pounds sterling]50). This very fine book has helped to advance our...

Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy. .(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... JOHN H. DUNNING (ed.), Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.506. H/back. ISBN 0 19 829536 7, [pounds sterling]55). Over the past two decades or so, the world economy has...

Railways in Britain and the United States, 1830-1940: Studies in Economic and Business History. .(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... GEOFFREY CHANNON, Railways in Britain and the United States, 1830-1940: Studies in Economic and Business History (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001. Pp.xi + 341; illus.; maps. H/back ISBN 1 84014 253 7, [pounds sterling]45). In this volume Geoffrey...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2002... A scanning error occurred in the first paragraph of Katrina Honeyman's review of Richard Grassby, Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001),...

Books received.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... THE ECONOMIST, Globalisation: Making Sense of an Integrating World (London: Profile Books, 2001. Pp.xi + 324. H/back ISBN 1 86197 348 9, [pounds sterling]20). MITCHEL Y. ABOLAFIA, Making Markets: Opportunism and Restraint on Wall Street...