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Business History Review archives from June 1987
The business ethic for boys: The Saturday Evening Post and Post boys. (young boys were hired to sell the Saturday Evening Post)
June 22, 1987... The Business Ethic for Boys: The Saturday Evening Post and the Post Boys
The Saturday Evening Post was committed to business--the idea of business, the growth of business, the man of business. Business, declaimed a 1903 editorial, "is the...
Heman E. Perry and black enterprise in Atlanta, 1908-1925.
June 22, 1987... Heman E. Perry and Black Enterprise in Atlanta, 1908-1925
Atlanta has been heralded as a significant center of business activity among African-Americans for much of the twentieth century, and a great deal of the black entrepreneurial success...
The new wave, the old guard, and the bank committee: William J. Grede at J.I. Case Company, 1953-1961.
June 22, 1987... The New Wave, the Old Guard, and the Bank Committee: William J. Grede at J. I. Case Company, 1953-1961
When Bill Grede walked into the boardroom of the J. I. Case Company in Racine, Wisconsin, on 1 February 1960 to accept the presidency of...
The Kansas City Southern Railway and the Dutch connection. (Dutch capitalist involvement in building American railroads)
June 22, 1987... The Kansas City Southern Railway and the Dutch Connection
The important role Dutch capitalists played in the development of American railroads during the second half of the nineteenth century is largely forgotten today.1 Yet millions of...
Engines of change: an exhibition on the American industrial revolution. (National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.)
June 22, 1987... "Engines of Change': An Exhibition on the American Industrial Revolution. At the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH) is a major tourist...
Origins of the Federal Reserve System: money, class, and corporate capitalism, 1890-1913.
June 22, 1987... Origins of the Federal Reserve System: Money, Class, and Corporate Capitalism, 1890-1913.
By James Livingston. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1986. ix
250 pp. Notes, appendixes, and index. $27.50.)
This book's primary...
Engines of change: the American industrial revolution, 1790-1860.
June 22, 1987... Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860.
By Brooke Hindle and Steven Lubar. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. 309 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. Cloth,...
Frances Willard: a biography.
June 22, 1987... Frances Willard: A Biography.
By Ruth Bordin. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. xv
294 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.)
When Frances Willard died in 1898, she was not only the...
The great yellow fleet: a history of American railroad refrigerator cars.
June 22, 1987... The Great Yellow Fleet: A History of American Railroad Refrigerator Cars.
By John H. White. (San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books, 1986. 188 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $44.95.)
This compilation...
Railroads and the character of America, 1820-1887.
June 22, 1987... Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887.
By James A. Ward. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. xii 200 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $14.95.)
Contributing to the broad range of recent works...
Life in the oil fields.
June 22, 1987... Life in the Oil Fields.
By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1986. xi 263 pp. Map, illustrations, and index. $19.95.)
Roger and Diana Olien recently produced two important works on the oil industry,...
The vital few: the entrepreneur and American economic progress.
June 22, 1987... The Vital Few: The Entrepreneur and American Economic Progress. Expanded edition.
By Jonathan Hughes. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. xiv 610 pp. Bibliographical notes and index. Paper, $11.95.)
This is an expanded edition...
GM passes Ford, 1918-1938: designing the General Motors performance-control system.
June 22, 1987... GM Passes Ford, 1918-1938: Designing the General Motors Performance-Control System.
By Arthur J. Kuhn. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1986. xii 380 pp. Charts, bibliography, and index. $29.75.)
Arthur Kuhn...
American workers, American unions, 1920-1985.
June 22, 1987... American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985.
By Robert H. Zieger. (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. xii 233 pp. Bibliographic essay and index. Cloth, $25.00; paper, $9.95.)
Business historians may be...
Harvard University Press: a history.
June 22, 1987... Harvard University Press: A History.
By Max Hall. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986. 257 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $20.00.)
In case anyone has forgotten, 1986 was the year of Harvard. The...
Small business U.S.A.: the role of small companies in sparking America's economic transformation.
June 22, 1987... Small Business U.S.A.: The Role of Small Companies in Sparking America's Economic Transformation.
By Steven Solomon. (New York: Crown Publishers, 1986. 358 pp. Appendixes, notes, and index. $19.95.)
I really like this book. Steven...
TVA and the Tellico Dam, 1936-1979: a bureaucratic crisis in post-industrial America.
June 22, 1987... TVA and the Tellico Dam, 1936-1979: A Bureaucratic Crisis in Post-Industrial America.
By William Bruce Wheeler and Michael J. McDonald. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. xii 290 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables,...
Oil and the American century: the political economy of U.S. foreign oil policy, 1941-1954.
June 22, 1987... Oil and the American Century: The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Oil Policy, 1941-1954.
By David S. Painter. (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. xii 302 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $32.50.)...
American choices: social dilemmas and public policy since 1960.
June 22, 1987... American Choices: Social Dilemmas and Public Policy since 1960.
Edited by Robert H. Bremner, Gary W. Reichard, and Richard J. Hopkins. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1986. xii 272 pp. Tables, notes, and index. $30.00.)
If...
A conjunction of interests: business, politics, and tariffs, 1825-1879.
June 22, 1987... A Conjunction of Interests: Business, Politics, and Tariffs, 1825-1879.
By Ben Forster. (Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, 1986. ix 288 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $35.00; paper, $15.95.)
As the...
Women, production, and patriarchy in late medieval cities.
June 22, 1987... Women, Production, and Patriarchy in Late Medieval Cities.
By Martha C. Howell. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1986. xv
285 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.)
In the towns of northern...
The age of manufactures: industry, innovation and work in Britain, 1700-1820.
June 22, 1987... The Age of Manufactures: Industry, Innovation and Work in Britain, 1700-1820.
By Maxine Berg. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 378 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, 4.95.)
Maxine Berg's new...
Inventing retirement: the development of occupational pensions in Britain.
June 22, 1987... Inventing Retirement: The Development of Occupational Pensions in Britain.
By Leslie Hannah. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xi 201 pp. Charts, tables, notes, note on sources, and index. $39.50.)
Leslie Hannah's history...
Britain's Investment overseas on the eve of the first World War: the use and abuse of numbers.
June 22, 1987... Britain's Investment Overseas on the Eve of the First World War: The Use and Abuse of Numbers.
By D. C. M. Platt. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. xii 179 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.)
George...
L'industrie siderurgique en France pendant la Revolution et l'Empire.
June 22, 1987... L'Industrie siderurgique en France pendant la Revolution et l'Empire.
By Denis Woronoff. (Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1984. 592 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and...
Industry and politics in the Third Reich: Ruhr coal, Hitler, and Europe.
June 22, 1987... Industry and Politics in the Third Reich: Ruhr Coal, Hitler, and Europe.
By John Gillingham. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. xii 183 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $20.00.)
The nature of the...
The German inflation, 1914-1923: causes and effects in international perspective.
June 22, 1987... The German Inflation, 1914-1923: Causes and Effects in International Perspective.
By Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich. Translated by Theo Balderston. Originally published in 1980 as Die Deutsche Inflation. (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1986. xi...
The commercial revolution in nineteenth-century China: the rise of Sino-Western mercantile capitalism.
June 22, 1987... The Commercial Revolution in Nineteenth-Century China: The Rise of Sino-Western Mercantile Capitalism.
By Yen-p'ing Hao. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. xv 394 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $37.50.)...
Regionale wirtschaftspolitik in der kriegswirtschaft: staat, industrie und verbande wahrend des ersten weltkriges in Baden.
June 22, 1987... Regionale Wirtschaftspolitik in der Kriegswirtschaft: Staat, Industrie und Verbande wahrend des Ersten Weltkrieges in Baden.
By Hermann Schafer. (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1983. xxxii 416 pp. DM 42.)
Hermann Schafer sets out to...