Business History Review articles from March 1987

Business History Review archives from March 1987

Technology, capital and consolidation: the performance of De Beers Mining Company Limited, 1880-1889.
March 22, 1987... Technology, Capital, and Consolidation: The Performance of De Beers Mining Company Limited, 1880-1889 The spectacular growth of diamond mining in South Africa after 1867 resulted in the rapid concentration of industrial and financial...

The Associated Press antitrust suit; a philosophical clash over ownership of First Amendment rights.
March 22, 1987... The Associated Press Antitrust Suit: A Philosophical Clash over Ownership of First Amendment Rights The social revolution engendered by the New Deal brought traumatic changes to many American institutions, as government sought to make...

How Britain turned to free trade. (Parliament decision in 1820)
March 22, 1987... How Britain Turned to Free Trade When Britain turned to free trade in 1820, the event was the triumph of a principle that had been gathering force for a century and now was formally endorsed by Parliament. The Tory Government declared...

Laboring on the periphery: management and workers at the A.M. Byers Company, 1900-1956.
March 22, 1987... Laboring on the Periphery: Managers and Workers at the A. M. Byers Company, 1900-1956 Much of the recent literature on labor relations and managerial structure in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries emphasizes the...

The end of the practical man: entrepreneurship and higher education in Germany, France and Great Britain, 1880-1940.
March 22, 1987... The End of the Practical Man: Entrepreneurship and Higher Education in Germany, France and Great Britain, 1880-1940. By Robert R. Locke. (Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1984. xii 363 pp. Charts, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and...

A vigorous spirit of enterprise: merchants and economic development in revolutionary Philadelphia.
March 22, 1987... A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise: Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia. By Thomas M. Doerflinger. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. xvi 413 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables,...

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: pathway to the nation's capital.
March 22, 1987... The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Pathway to the Nation's Capital. By Thomas F. Hahn. (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984. viii 269 pp. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, and index. $21.00.) Thomas F. Hahn has long been a...

A history of industrial power in the United States, 1780-1930. Volume 2: steam power.
March 22, 1987... A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780-1930. Volume 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. xxii 732 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, and...

Labor's true women: carpet weavers, industrialization, and labor reform in the gilded age.
March 22, 1987... Labor's True Women: Carpet Weavers, Industrialization, and Labor Reform in the Gilded Age. By Susan Levine. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1984. xii 191 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $24.95.) Not a...

The Moxie Encyclopedia. Volume 1. The history.
March 22, 1987... The Moxie Encyclopedia. Volume 1. The History. By Q. David Bowers. (Vestal, N.Y.: The Vestal Press, Ltd., 1985. 760 pp. Illustrations and index. $19.95.) Moxie was a patent medicine energetically promoted by its manufacturer, Dr....

The state and the unions: labor relations, law, and the organized labor movement in America, 1880-1960.
March 22, 1987... The State and the Unions: Labor Relations, Law, and the Organized Labor Movement in America, 1880-1960. By Christopher L. Tomlins. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. xvi 348 pp. Notes, bibliographic essay, and index. Cloth,...

Business and government: essays in 20th-century cooperation and confrontation.
March 22, 1987... Business & Government: Essays in 20th-Century Cooperation and Confrontation. Edited by Joseph R. Frese, S. J., and Jacob Judd. (Tarrytown, N.Y.: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1985. xii 233 pp. Notes and index. $25.00.) The complex relation...

Herbert Hoover and the Republican era: a reconsideration.
March 22, 1987... Herbert Hoover and the Republican Era: A Reconsideration. Edited by Carl E. Krog and William R. Tanner. (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1984. xii 268 pp. Tables, notes, and bibliographical essay. Cloth, $26.50; paper,...

American forestry: a history of national, state and private cooperation.
March 22, 1987... American Forestry: A History of National, State and Private Cooperation. By William G. Robbins. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. xv 344 pp. Tables, notes, and index. $26.95.) This study, we are told in the...

Regulatory policy and the social sciences.
March 22, 1987... Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences. Edited by Roger Noll. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. xi 400 pp. Charts, tables, bibliography, and appendix. $37.50.) For historians of business or public policy, this...

Deregulating the airlines.
March 22, 1987... Deregulating the Airlines. By Elizabeth E. Bailey, David R. Graham, and Daniel P. Kaplan. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1985. xviii 243 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.) This interim report...

Coal firms under the new social regulation.
March 22, 1987... Coal Firms under the New Social Regulation. By Richard A. Harris. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1985. x 188 pp. Tables, references, and index. $30.00.) Though an extremely important development, the emergence of the "new'...

Synthetic rubber: a project that had to succeed.
March 22, 1987... Synthetic Rubber: A Project That Had To Succeed. By Vernon Herbert and Attilio Bisio. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. xi 243 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $45.00.) The wartime creation of...

Performance of the U.S. railroads since World War II: a quarter century of private operation.
March 22, 1987... Performance of the U. S. Railroads since World War II: A Quarter Century of Private Operation. By Kent T. Healy. (New York: Vantage Press, 1985. vii 295 pp. Maps, charts, tables, and notes. $17.95.) When Kent T. Healy, Thomas...

Aurora: gateway to the Rockies.
March 22, 1987... Aurora: Gateway to the Rockies. By Steven F. Mehls, Carol J. Drake, and James E. Fell, Jr. (Evergreen, Colo.: Cordillera Press, 1985. 243 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $17.95.) When founded in 1889, separated...

Railways and the economic development of Western Europe, 1830-1914.
March 22, 1987... Railways and the Economic Development of Western Europe, 1830-1914. Edited by Patrick O'Brien. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. xiv 243 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $30.00.) The "new' economic history of railroads has...

The bad Yankee, el peligro Yankee: American entrepreneurs and financiers in Mexico.
March 22, 1987... The Bad Yankee, El Peligro Yankee: American Entrepreneurs and Financiers in Mexico. By Gene Z. Hanrahan. (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Documentary Publications, 1985. Vol. 1: 156 400 pp.; vol.2: 281 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, sources,...

The Pacific Alliance: United States foreign policy and Japanese trade recovery, 1947-1955.
March 22, 1987... The Pacific Alliance: United States Foreign Policy and Japanese Trade Recovery, 1947-1955. By William S. Borden. (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. xiii 320 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.) As...

Wings of judgment: American bombing in World War II.
March 22, 1987... Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II. By Ronald Schaffer. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. xiv 272 pp. Map, notes, essay on sources, and index. $19.95.) In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt said: "The...

The economic history of the Maritime provinces.
March 22, 1987... The Economic History of the Maritime Provinces. By S. A. Saunders. Edited by T. W. Acheson. (Fredericton, N.B.: Acadiensis Press, 1984. Originally published 1939. 139 pp. Tables, appendix, and notes. Cloth, $24,95; paper, $11.95 Can.)...

Trade, tribute, and transportation: the sixteenth-century political economy of the Valley of Mexico.
March 22, 1987... Trade, Tribute, and Transportation: The Sixteenth-Century Political Economy of the Valley of Mexico. By Ross Hassig. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. xvi 364 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, references, and...

Transnational corporations versus the state: the political economy of the Mexican auto industry.
March 22, 1987... Transnational Corporations versus the State: The Political Economy of the Mexican Auto Industry. By Douglas C. Bennett and Kenneth E. Sharpe. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985. xiii 300 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes,...

The awakening giant: continuity and change in Imperial Chemical Industries.
March 22, 1987... The Awakening Giant: Continuity and Change in Imperial Chemical Industries. By Andrew M. Pettigrew. (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985. xxi 542 pp. Charts, tables, references, and index. Cloth, $34.95; paper, $19.95.) It may be...

Shop floor bargaining and the state: historical and comparative perspectives.
March 22, 1987... Shop Floor Bargaining and the State: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeitlin. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. vii 261 pp. Notes and index. $34.50.) This book is concerned...

The Moscow business elite: a social and cultural portrait of two generations, 1840-1905.
March 22, 1987... The Moscow Business Elite: A Social and Cultural Portrait of Two Generations, 1840-1905. By Jo Ann Ruckman. (Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1984. xii 275 pp. Charts, notes, bibliography, and index. $24.00.) The...

The evolution of labor relations in Japan: heavy industry, 1853-1955.
March 22, 1987... The Japanese Automobile Industry: Technology and Management at Nissan and Toyota. By Michael A. Cusumano. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985. xx 487 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and...

Miners, millhands, and mountaineers: industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930.
March 22, 1987... Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930. By Ronald D. Eller. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1982. xxvi 272 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, and index....