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Business History Review is a journal covering business and economic history. It was founded in 1926 and is published quarterly by the Harvard Business School.Subjects include business, economics, history and genealogy. The editor is Geoffrey Jones.
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Business History Review archives from March 1986
Le Marche Foncier A La Veille De La Revolution.(Book Review)
March 22, 1986... Le Marche foncier a la veille de la Revolution: Les mouvements de propriete beaucerons dans les regions de Maintenon et de Janville de 1761 a 1790. By Gerard Beaur. (Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1984. 359...
Undercover and underground: labor spies and mine management in the early twentieth century. (use of industrial spies in copper mine)
March 22, 1986... [paragraph] In this article Professor Hyde examines in detail the use of
industrial spies at a large Michigan copper mine in the early twentieth
century. While many historians have argued that labor spies were powerful
...
Structural change and competition in the United States tire industry, 1920-1937. (development of oligopolistic competition, analysis of industry structure)
March 22, 1986... [paragraph] In this case study, Dr. French examines the responses to
overcapacity in a mass production industry and traces the development
of oligopolistic competition. Previous studies have emphasized technology
and the...
News as a public good: cooperative ownership, price commitments, and the success of the Associated Press. (history of wire news services)
March 22, 1986... [paragraph] In this article Professor Shmanske examines the history of the
wire service industry with special attention to two economic peculiarities:
the "public good" nature of news dissemination and the different ownership
...
Charles E. Mitchell: scapegoat of the crash? (investment banker labeled unscrupulous is vindicated)
March 22, 1986... [paragraph] Extremely successful both as an investment and as a
commercial banker, Charles E. Mitchell was identified by contemporaries as
the epitome of the unscrupulous "money changers" whose speculative dealings
they felt...
Business history at the Hagley Museum and Library. (description of collection of materials in prominent business library)
March 22, 1986... [paragraph] From its beginnings in the private library of Pierre S.
du Pont, the Hagley Museum and Library has grown into a leading
resource for business historians, particularly for those interested
in the development of...
America's business.
March 22, 1986... America's Business.
By James Oliver Robinson. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1985. x 277 pp. $17.95.)
This book is a short overview and synthesis of "America's business' from the earliest colonial days to the present. It divides the...
Frontiers of change: early industrialism in America.
March 22, 1986... Frontiers of Change: Early Industrialism in America.
By Thomas C. Cochran. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. 179 pp. Cloth, $17.50; paper, $7.95.)
It is not often that one is asked to review a book published four years...
America at middle age: a new history of the United States in the twentieth century.
March 22, 1986... America at Middle Age: A New History of the United States in the Twentieth Century.
By Louis Galambos. (New York: New Press, McGraw-Hill, 1982. 164 pp. $14.95.)
In America at Middle Age Louis Galambos offers us a strange mixture...
The American West transformed: the impact of the Second World War.
March 22, 1986... The American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War.
By Gerald D. Nash. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. x 304 pp. $35.00.)
A dozen years after publication of The American West in the Twentieth Century: A...
A prosperous people: the growth of the American economy.
March 22, 1986... A Prosperous People: The Growth of the American Economy.
By Edwin J. Perkins and Gary M. Walton. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1985. xiii 240 pp. Paper, $14.95.)
Edwin Perkins and Gary Walton have written the best...
The great merger movement in American business, 1895-1904.
March 22, 1986... The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904.
By Naomi R. Lamoreaux. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. xii
208 pp. $29.95.)
Naomi Lamoreaux's monograph bridges the old business history and the new...
The electrical workers: a history of labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-1960.
March 22, 1986... The Electrical Workers: A History of Labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-1960.
By Ronald W. Schatz. (Urbana: University of Illinois press, 1983. xv 279 pp. $22.95.)
The Electrical Workers is part business, part labor,...
The right to manage: industrial relations policies of American business in the 1940s.
March 22, 1986... The Right to Manage: Industrial Relations Policies of American Business in the 1940s.
By Howell John Harris. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. ix
296 pp. $21.50.)
In The Right to Manage, Howell John Harris makes a...
Family firm to modern multinational: Norton Company, a New England enterprise.
March 22, 1986... Family Firm to Modern Multinational: Norton Company, a New England Enterprise.
By Charles W. Cheape. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. xv 424 pp. $25.00.)
Today the Norton Company ranks roughly at midpoint on the Fortune...
Off the track: the decline of the intercity passenger train in the United States.
March 22, 1986... Off the Track: The Decline of the Intercity Passenger Train in the United States.
By Donald M. Itzkoff. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. xii 164 pp. $28.95.)
This extremely well written volume provides a short but...
The decline of transit: urban transportation in German and U.S. cities, 1900-1970.
March 22, 1986... The Decline of Transit: Urban Transportation in German and U.S. Cities, 1900-1970.
By Glenn Yago. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ix 293 pp. $29.95.)
Glenn Yago is a sociologist who is concerned about the decline in...
Railroads, reconstruction, and the gospel of prosperity: aid under the Radical Republicans, 1865-1877.
March 22, 1986... Railroads, Reconstruction, and the Gospel of Prosperity: Aid under the Radical Republicans, 1865-1877.
By Mark W. Summers. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. xiii
361 pp. $37.50.)
At the end of the Civil War the...
The limits of symbolic reform: the New Deal and taxation, 1933-1939.
March 22, 1986... The Limits of Symobolic Reform: The New Deal and Taxation, 1933-1939.
By Mark H. Leff. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. x 308 pp. $32.50.)
In the past fifteen years revisionist interpretations of the New Deal have...
The pragmatic imagination: a history of the Wharton School, 1881-1981.
March 22, 1986... The Pragmatic Imagination: A History of the Wharton School, 1881-1981.
By Steven A. Sass. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. xxiii 351 pp. $25.00.)
"This is not only the story of the Wharton School,' Steven A....
The mirror makers.
March 22, 1986... The Mirror Makers.
By Stephen Fox. (New York: William Morrow, 1984. 383 pp. $17.95.)
In 1929, advertising agent Frank Presbrey published his massive History and Development of Advertising. Since then, despite the astounding rise...
From working girl to working mother: the female labor force in the United States, 1830-1980.
March 22, 1986... From Working Girl to Working Mother: The Female Labor Force in the United States, 1830-1980.
By Lynn Y. Weiner. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985. xii 187 pp. $17.95.)
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show a...
Free Frank: a Black pioneer on the Antebellum frontier.
March 22, 1986... Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier.
By Juliet E. K. Walker. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983. xii 223 pp. $20.00.)
Juliet Walker has written the biography of her great-great-grandfather, Free...
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: a bibliography, 1905-1984.
March 22, 1986... Joseph Alois Schumpeter: A Bibliography, 1905-1984.
Compiled by Michael I. Stevenson. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. xviii 137 pp. $29.95.)
The twentieth century has produced three great economists. Alfred Marshall...
The subarctic fur trade: native social and economic adaptations.
March 22, 1986... The Subarctic Fur Trade: Native Social and Economic Adaptations.
Edited by Shepard Krech III. (Vancourver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. xix 194 pp. $23.95.)
The Subarctic Fur Trade is a collection of papers...
Dudley Docker: the life and times of a trade warrior.
March 22, 1986... Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior of a Trade Warrior
By R. P. T. Davenport-Hines. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. xii 295 pp. $44.50.)
To the British--and probably to only a minority of them--the...
A monetary history of the United Kingdom, 1870-1982.
March 22, 1986... A Monetary History of the United Kingdom, 1870-1982. Volume 1: Data, Sources, Methods.
By Forrest Capie and Alan Webber. (Winchester, Mass.: Allen & Unwin, 1985. xxiv 596 pp. $50.00.)
In 1963 and 1970, Milton Friedman and Anna...
British air strategy between the wars.
March 22, 1986... British Air Strategy between the Wars.
By Malcolm Smith. (New York: The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1984. 360 pp. $34.95.)
In British Air Strategy between the Wars Malcolm Smith provides a detailed account of Britain's...
The Scottish hosiery and knitwear industry, 1680-1980.
March 22, 1986... The Scottish Hosiery and Knitwear Industry, 1680-1980.
By Clifford Gulvin. (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1984. ix
163 pp. $31.00.)
During the three centuries of its existence the Scottish hosiery and knitwear...
British trade and enterprise in the Baltic states, 1919-1925.
March 22, 1986... British Trade and Enterprise in the Baltic States, 1919-1925.
By Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen-Lievonen. (Helsinki: Societas Historical Finlandiae, 1984. 312 pp. 14.50.)
In this book British commercial and economic relations with the Baltic...
The North American role in the Spanish imperial economy, 1760-1819.
March 22, 1986... The North American Role in the Spanish Imperial Economy, 1760-1819.
Edited by Jacques A. Barbier and Allan J. Kuethe. (Dover, N. H.: Longwood Publishing Group, 1984. viii 232 pp. $35.00.)
This volume began as a symposium at the...
Le resistible declin des societes industrielles.
March 22, 1986... Le Resistible declin des societes industrielles.
By Francois Caron. (Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin, 1985. 330 pp. Fr 120.)
The crise of the 1970s and especially the economic difficulties encountered by French Socialists since...
The economic rise of the Hapsburg Empire, 1750-1914.
March 22, 1986... The Economic Rise of the Hapsburg Empire, 1750-1914.
By David F. Good. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. xvi
309 pp. $32.00.)
One of the commonplaces among scholars of European history has been the view that the...
Private enterprise in Eastern Europe: the non-agricultural private sector in Poland and the GDR, 1945-1983.
March 22, 1986... Private Enterprise in Eastern Europe: The Non-Agricultural Private Sector in Poland and the GDR, 1945-1983.
By Anders slund. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. xvi 294 pp. $29.95.)
Although the abolition of private ownership of...
Kikkoman: company, clan and community.
March 22, 1986... Kikkoman: Company, Clan and Community.
By W. Mark Fruin. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. v 356 pp. $30.00.)
W. Mark Fruin's Kikkoman is a path-breaking accomplishment in Japanese business history. While many inadequately...
