Business History Review articles from December 1990

Business History Review archives from December 1990

Japanese multinationals in the United States: continuity and change, 1879-1990.
December 22, 1990... Japanese Multinationals in the United States: Continuity and Change, 1879-1990 A great deal of attention has recently been focused on the extent of Japanese direct investment in the United States. In the following historical...

"A triumph in modern philanthrophy": age criteria in labor management at the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1875-1930.
December 22, 1990... "A Triumph in Modern Philanthropy": Age Criteria in Labor Management at the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1875-1930 No act of the Company's Directorate, or the Officers who have been prominently identified with the pension work, will redound so much...

Bad work practices and good management practices: the consequences of the extension of managerial control in British and Japanese manufacturing since 1950.
December 22, 1990... Bad Work Practices and Good Management Practices: The Consequences of the Extension of Managerial Control in British and Japanese Manufacturing since 1950 What does management do when it manages? Clearly it performs certain universal...

'Scale and Scope': a review colloquium. (a discussion of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.'s book)
December 22, 1990... Scale and Scope: A Review Colloquium Beyond the Three-Pronged Investment My view of Scale and Scope comes not only from the vantage point of an economist, but from that of an economist who once tried without notable success to find an...

Response to the contributors to the review colloquium on 'Scale and Scope.' (Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.'s answer to critics of his book)
December 22, 1990... Response to the Contributors to the Review Colloquium on Scale and Scope I begin with F.M. Scherer's comments, because they emphasize the need for precision in definition, particularly when the subjects discussed are approached from...

The Law in America: 1607-1861.
December 22, 1990... Law in America This volume includes nine essays, most of which were written for a conference sponsored by the New-York Historical Society to commemorate the 250th anniversary of John Peter Zenger's trial for seditious libel. Two of the...

Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies.
December 22, 1990... Rum and the American Revolution Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies. By John J. McCusker * New York: Garland Publishing Company, Inc., 1989. viii + 1367 pp. Charts,...

The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860.
December 22, 1990... The Roots of Rural Capitalism The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860. By Christopher Clark * Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990. xii + 339 pp. Tables, appendix, and index. $32.50. In the 1980s,...

Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780-1910.
December 22, 1990... Men, Women, and Work Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780-1910. By Mary H. Blewett * Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. xxii + 444 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes,...

Ruffin: Family and Reform in the Old South.
December 22, 1990... Ruffin: Family and Reform in the Old South Ruffin: Family and Reform in the Old South. By David F. Allmendinger, Jr. * New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xiv + 274 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index....

Edmund Ruffin and the Crisis of Slavery in the Old South: The Failure of Agricultural Reform.
December 22, 1990... Edmund Ruffin and the Crisis of Slavery in the Old South Edmund Ruffin and the Crisis of Slavery in the Old South: The Failure of Agricultural Reform. By William M. Mathew * Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. xiv + 286 pp. Maps,...

Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery.
December 22, 1990... Without Consent or Contract Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery. By Robert William Fogel * New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. 539 pp. Charts, maps, illustrations, tables, notes, references, and index....

Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry.
December 22, 1990... Where the Sun Never Shines Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry. By Priscilla Long * New York: Paragon House, 1989. xxv + 420 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $24.95. "Pray for the...

The Conrey Placer Mining Company: A Pioneer Gold-Dredging Enterprise in Montana, 1897-1922.
December 22, 1990... The Conrey Placer Mining Company The Conrey Placer Mining Company: A Pioneer Gold-Dredging Enterprise in Montana, 1897-1922. By Clark C. Spence * Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 1990. x + 161 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes,...

New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America.
December 22, 1990... New and Improved New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America. By Richard S. Tedlow * New York: Basic Books, 1990. xi + 481 pp. Charts, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $24.95. Advertising men...

American Popular Music and its Business: The First Four Hundred Years.
December 22, 1990... American Popular Music and Its Business American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. By Russell Sanjek * New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. xvi + 469 pp.; vi + 482 pp.; vi + 734 pp. Bibliography and index....

Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West.
December 22, 1990... Henry J. Kaiser Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West. By Mark S. Foster * Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989. xiv + 358 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $29.95. Today, whether they know it or...

Up Another Notch: Institution Building at Mead.
December 22, 1990... Up Another Notch Up Another Notch: Institution Building at Mead. By William H. A. Carr * New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1989. ix + 228 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, and index. $24.95. James W. McSwiney, who ran Mead...

Frederick Taylor and the Public Administration Community: A Reevaluation.
December 22, 1990... Frederick Taylor and the Public Administration Community Frederick Taylor and the Public Administration Community: A Reevaluation. By Hindy Lauer Schachter * Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. x + 175 pp. Notes, bibliography,...

The Dread of Plenty: Agricultural Relief Activities of the Federal Government in the Middle West, 1933-1939.
December 22, 1990... The Dread of Plenty: Agricultural Relief The Dread of Plenty: Agricultural Relief Activities of the Federal Government in the Middle West, 1933-1939. By Michael W. Schuyler * Manhattan, Kans.: Sunflower University Press, 1989. xiii + 237 pp....

Regulation and the Reagan Era: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest.
December 22, 1990... Regulation and the Reagan Era Regulation and the Reagan Era: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest. Edited by Roger E. Meiners and Bruce Yandle * New York: Holmes & Meier, 1989. xv + 304 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. Cloth,...

The Insecure Alliance: Energy Crises and Western Politics Since 1944.
December 22, 1990... The Insecure Alliance: Energy Crises and Western Politics The Insecure Alliance: Energy Crises and Western Politics since 1944. By Ethan B. Kapstein * New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xv + 257 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes,...

Oil in the World Economy.
December 22, 1990... Oil in the World Economy Oil in the World Economy. Edited by R. W. Ferrier and A. Fursenko * New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1990. 224 pp. Figures, tables, and index. $69.50. This collection of original papers derived from a session...

The Emergence of Biotechnology: Institutions and Markets in Industrial Innovation.
December 22, 1990... The Emergence of Biotechnology: Institutions and Markets in Industrial Innovation. By Luigi Orsenigo . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xi + 230 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $49.95. How does technological change...

The Internationalisation of Research and Development by Multinational Enterprises.
December 22, 1990... The Internationalisation of Research and Development by Multinational Enterprises. By Robert D. Pearce . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. xiii + 209 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00. This book addresses a growing...

Multinationals and Canada-United States Free Trade.
December 22, 1990... Multinationals and Canada-United States Free Trade. By Alan M. Rugman . Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1990. xii + 193 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, references, and index. $29.95. Although the publication date is 1990, this...

A Family Business? The Making of an Intelligent Business Elite.
December 22, 1990... A Family Business? The Making of an International Business Elite. By Jane Marceau . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xii + 247 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, references, and index. $42.50. The spectacular postwar rise of...

Regions and Industries: A Perspective on the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
December 22, 1990... Regions and Industries: A Perspective on the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Edited by Pat Hudson . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xiii + 277 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, and index. $49.50. This collection of essays is an...

Planned to Death: The Annihilation of a Place Called Howdendyke.
December 22, 1990... Planned to Death: The Annihilation of a Place called Howdendyke. By. J. Douglas Porteous * Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, 1989. xiii + 254. Maps, charts, illustrations, tables, references, and index. $45.00. Howdendyke, a port...

External Economic Policy Since the War, vol 1: the Post-War Finanvial Settlement.
December 22, 1990... External Economic Policy since the War External Economic Policy since the War: volume 1: The Post-War Financial Settlement. By L. S. Pressnell * London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1986. xiv + 501 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes,...

Women, Work, and the French State: Labour Protection and Social Patriarchy, 1879-1919.
December 22, 1990... Women, Work, and the French State Women, Work, and the French State: Labour Protection and Social Patriarchy, 1879-1919. By Mary Lynn Stewart * Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989. ix + 277 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes,...

Work and Wages: Natural Law, Politics and the Eighteenth Century French Trades.
December 22, 1990... Work and Wages: Natural Law Work and Wages: Natural Law, Politics and the Eighteenth Century French Trades. By Michael Sonenscher * New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xi + 427 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendix, notes bibliography,...

Finnish Industry in Transition, 1885-1920: Responding to Technological Changes.
December 22, 1990... Finnish Industry in Transition Finnish Industry in Transition, 1885-1920: Responding to Technological Changes. By Timo Myllyntaus * Helsinki: The Museum of Technology, 1989. 86 pp. Charts, illustrations, tables, appendixes, and notes. FIM...

Wom Zollverein zum Industriestaat: Die wirtschaftlich-soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands: 1834-1914.
December 22, 1990... Vom Zollverein zum Industriestaat Vom Zollverein zum Industriestaat: Die wirtschaftlich-soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands 1834 bis 1914. By Richard H. Tilly * Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1990. 237 pp. Charts, tables, references,...

Russia's Cotton Workers and the New Economic Policy: Shop-floor Culture and State Policy, 1921-1929.
December 22, 1990... Russia's Cotton Workers and the New Economic Policy: Shop-floor Culture and State Policy, 1921-1929. By Chris Ward . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xvii + 304 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and...

Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952.
December 22, 1990... Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952. By Howard B. Schonberger . Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1989. xi + 347 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $26.00; paper, $16.50. Over the...