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Business History Review archives from December 1987
Lost opportunities for compromise in the bank war: a reassessment of Jackson's veto message.
December 22, 1987... In this article Professor Perkins reexamines President Andrew Jackson's objections to the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States, as expressed in his famous veto message of 1832. He observes that, in addition to its...
Flotation booms in the cotton spinning industry, 1870-1890: a comparative study.
December 22, 1987... In this wide-ranging article, Professor Yonekawa identifies and examines in detail the burst of cotton spinning company formation that occurred in the late nineteenth century among the major cotton-producing nations of the world. His...
Administrative politics and labor policy in the First World War: the U.S. employment service and the Seattle labor market experiment.
December 22, 1987... Although Woodrow Wilson's administration was slow to develop a coherent, comprehensive labor policy during the First World war, it did experiment with a scheme designed to test the effectiveness of centralized government control over the labor...
America's China Trade in Historical Perspective: the Chinese and American Performance.
December 22, 1987... America's China Trade in Historical Perspective: The Chinese and American Performance. Edited by Ernest R. May and John K. Fairbank. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986. vi + 388 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, bibliography,...
Franklin of Philadelphia.
December 22, 1987... Franklin of Philadelphia. By Esmond Wright. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986. xvii + 404 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.
On the first page of Esmond Wright's generally engaging biography of...
Traders, Planters, and Slaves: Market Behavior in Early English America.
December 22, 1987... Traders, Planters, and Slaves: Market Behavior in Early English America. By David W. Galenson. New York: Cambridge University, Press, 1986, xiv + 230 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index....
The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913.
December 22, 1987... he Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854-1913. By Vincent P. Carosso, with the assistance of Rose C. Carosso. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987. xvii + 888 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliographical note, and...
The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800-1930.
December 22, 1987... The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800-1930. By Edward J. Davies 11. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. 277 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts,...
Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women, and Work Culture in American Cigar Factories, 1900-1919.
December 22, 1987... Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women, and Work Culture in American Cigar Factories, 1900-1919. By Patricia A. Cooper. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. xvi + 350 pp. Illustrations, tables, note on sources, oral history bibliography,...
West of Wichita; Settling the High Plains of Kansas, 1865-1890.
December 22, 1987... West of Wichita: Settling the. High Plains of Kansas, 1865-1890. By Craig Miner. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. vii + 303 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.
Reviewed by Paula M. Nelson
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Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States, 1607-1983.
December 22, 1987... Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States, 1607-1983. By jimmy M. Skaggs. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1986. xiii + 263 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $28.50.
Reviewed by...
The Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America.
December 22, 1987... The Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America. By Christine Meisner Rosen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xii + 395 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, notes, and index. $39.50.
Reviewed by...
Fair Play in the Marketplace: The First Battle for Pure Food and Drugs.
December 22, 1987... Fair Play in the Marketplace: The First Battle for Pure Food and Drugs. By Mitchell Okun. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1986. xii + 345 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, and index. $27.50.
Reviewed by Donna J. Wood...
The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940.
December 22, 1987... The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940. By David 0. Levine. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University, Press, 1986. 282 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index, $29.95.
Reviewed by Guy Alchon
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Rural Worlds Lost: The American South, 1920-1960.
December 22, 1987... Rural Worlds Lost: The American South, 1920-1960. By jack Temple Kirby. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. xix + 390 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. Cloth, $40.00; paper,...
Energy and the Federal Government: Fossil Fuel Policies, 1900-1946.
December 22, 1987... Energy and the Federal Government: Fossil Fuel Policies, 1900-1946. By John G. Clark. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. xxiii + 511 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, and index. $39.95.
Reviewed by Stephen J....
The Bigness Complex: Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy.
December 22, 1987... The Bigness Complex: Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy. By Walter Adams and James W. Brock. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. xiii + 426 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $22.95.
Reviewed by Theodore P....
Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism.
December 22, 1987... Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism. By William K. Carroll. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1986. xvii + 284 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $30.00.
Reviewed by H. V. Nelles
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African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
December 22, 1987... African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Herbert S. Klein. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 311 pp. Maps, tables, bibliographical notes, and index. $22.95.
Reviewed by Francisco A. Searano
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Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom.
December 22, 1987... Costa Rica before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom. By Lowell Gudmundson. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. xvi + 204 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index....
Sir Robert Clayton and the Origins of English Deposit Banking, 1658-1685.
December 22, 1987... Sir Robert Clayton and the Origins of English Deposit Banking, 1658-1685. By Frank T. Melton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xii + 259 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, and index. $49.50.
Reviewed by...
Speculators and Patriots: Essays in Business History.
December 22, 1987... Speculators and Patriots: Essays in Business History. Edited by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines. Totowa, N.J.: Frank Cass, 1986. viii + 139 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $29.50.
Reviewed by W. J. Reader
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The Genesis of Industrial Capital: A Study of the West Riding Wool Textile Industry, c. 1750-1850.
December 22, 1987... The Genesis of Industrial Capital: A Study of the West Riding Wool Textile Industry, c. 1750-1850. By Pat Hudson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xx + 345 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and...
Victorian Shipping, Business and Imperial Policy: Donald Currie, The Castle Line and Southern Africa.
December 22, 1987... Victorian Shipping, Business and Imperial Policy: Donald Currie, the Castle Line and Southern Africa. By Andrew Porter. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. x + 332 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and...
British Railways, 1948-1973: A Business History.
December 22, 1987... British Railways, 1948-1973: A Business History. By T. R. Gourvish. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xxvii + 781 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, select bibliography, and index. $89.50.
Reviewed...
Money and Liberty in Modern Europe: A Critique of Historical Understanding.
December 22, 1987... Money and Liberty in Modern Europe: A Critique of Historical Understanding. By William M. Reddy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xii + 264 pp. Maps, charts, notes, and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $10.95.
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The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-1951.
December 22, 1987... The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-1951. By Alan S. Milward. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. xxi + 527 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $38.50; paper, $12.95.
Reviewed by Thomas A....
Wilhelm und Carl Friedrich von Siemens: Die zweite Unternehmergeneration.
December 22, 1987... Wilhelm und Carl Friedrich von Siemens: Die zweite Unternehmergeneration. Edited by Herbert Goetzeler and Lothar Schoen. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1986. 131 pp. Illustrations. DM 40.
Reviewed by Wilfried Feldenkirchen
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Odessa; A History, 1794-1914.
December 22, 1987... Odessa: A History, 179-4-1914. By Patricia Herlihy. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986. xviii + 411 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.
Reviewed by John P. McKay
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The Big Strikes; Queensland, 1889-1965.
December 22, 1987... The Big Strikes: Queensland, 1889-1965. Edited by D. J. Murphy. Manchester, N. H. : University of Queensland Press, 1983. xix + 303 pp. Illustrations. Cloth, $19.95; paper, $12.95.
Reviewed by Andrew Moore
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