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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 1989
Entrepreneurial dominance in businesses large and small, past and present.
March 22, 1989... Reiterating and broadening a theme broached by its author over a decade ago, this article seeks to redirect the attention of business historians to the central role of the individual entrepreneur in American economic history. In both giant...
Black-owned businesses in the South, 1790-1880.
March 22, 1989... This essay analyzes the changing configuration of black-owned businesses in the South over nearly a century. It divides region into two sections-the Lower South and the Upper South-and examines changes that occurred prior to 1840, during the...
The Black businessman in the postwar South: North Carolina, 1865-1880.
March 22, 1989... ROBERT C. KENZER is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University.
He would like to acknowledge those institutions that provided the financial assistance that made this study's research possible: the Marguerite Eyer Wilbur...
Entrepreneurship as diplomacy: Nelson Rockefeller and the development of the Brazilian capital market.
March 22, 1989... ELIZABETH A. COBBS is assistant professor of history at the University of San Diego.
This article analyzes the creation of the Fundo Crescinco, a mutual fund that Nelson Rockefeller started in Brazil in the 1950s as part of a larger...
"Rich beyond the dreams of avarice": the Guggenheims in Chile.
March 22, 1989... This article focuses on the roles of business-government relations, technology, financing, entrepreneurship, and management in the evolution of multinational corporations. It describes the Guggenheims' successive involvements in Mexican...
The entrepreneurial spirit in Colonial America: the foundations of modern business history.
March 22, 1989... EDWIN J. PERKINS is professor of history at the University of Southern California. Business History Review 63 (Spring 1989): 160-186, (c) 1989 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College.
This wide-ranging discussion of the extent of...
Fifty Years of Fortitude, the Maritime Career of Captain Jotham Blaisdell of Kennebunk, Maine, 1810-1860.
March 22, 1989... Fifty Years of Fortitude, the Maritime Career of Captain Jotham Blaisdell of Kennebunk, Maine, 1810-1860. By Kendrick Price Daggett Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1988. xiv + 173 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, and...
History of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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History of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. By John E Stoper West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 1987. xiv + 419 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography and index. 29.50.
Reviewed by Richard...
Growing Through History With Colorado: the Colorado National Banks, the First 125 Years, 1862-1987.
March 22, 1989... Growing Through History with Colorado: The Colorado National Banks, the First 125 Years, 1862-1987. By Thomasl Noel Denver: Colorado National Banks and the Colorado Studies Center, 1987. xxiv + 160 pp. Illustrations. No price available.
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The Pioneer Western Bank - First of Denver: 1860-1980.
March 22, 1989... The Pioneer Western Bank-First of Denver: 1860-1980. By Eugene H. Adams, Lyle W Dorsett, and Robert S. Pulcipher Denver: First Interstate Bank of Denver and the State Historical Society of Colorado, 1984. xii + 219 pp. Illustrations and maps....
But Also Good Business: Texas Commerce Banks and the Financing of Houston and Texas, 1886-1986.
March 22, 1989... But Also Good Business: Texas Commerce Banks and the Financing of Houston and Texas, 1886-1986. By Walter J Buenger and Joseph A. Pratt College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. xvi + 450 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables,...
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service: Middle-Class Workers in Victorian America.
March 22, 1989... Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service: Middle-Class Workers in Victorian America. By Cindy Sondik Aron New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. viii + 234 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, and index. $29.95.
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Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980.
March 22, 1989... Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902-1980. By David A. Hounshell and John Kenly Smith, Jr, New York: Cambridg University Press, 1988. xx + 756 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $39.95....
Conspicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933.
March 22, 1989... Conspicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933. By Donald Finlay Davis Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1988. xiii + 282 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $29.95.
Reviewed by Olivier Zunz
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Solidarity and Fragmentation: Working People and Class Consciousness in Detroit, 1875-1900.
March 22, 1989... Solidarity and Fragmentation: Working People and Class Consciousness in Detroit, 1875-1900. By Richard Jules Oestreicher Urbana: University of illinois Press, 1986. xix + 263 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, and index. $24.95.
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The Legacy of the Ludlow Massacre: a Chapter in American Industrial Relations.
March 22, 1989... The Legacy of the Ludlow Massacre: A Chapter in American Industrial Relations. By Howard M. Gitelman Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press, 1988. xv + 355 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.
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American Rubber Workers and Organized Labor, 1900-1941.
March 22, 1989... American Rubber Workers and Organized Labor, 1900-1941. By Daniel Nelson Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988. xi + 339 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical notes, and index. $32.50.
Reviewed by Stephen Amberg
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The Rise of the Corporate Commonwealth: U.S. Business and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century.
March 22, 1989... The Rise of the Corporate Commonwealth: U.S. Business and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century. By Louis Galambos and Joseph Pratt New York: Basic Books, 1988. xvi + 286 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.
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The Transformation of Old Age Security: Class and Politics in the American Welfare State.
March 22, 1989... The Transformation of Old Age Security: Class and Politics in the American Welfare State. By Till Quadagno Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. xiii + 253 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $27.50.
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The Marshall Plan: America, Britain, and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952.
March 22, 1989... The Marshall Plan: America, Britain, and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952. By Michael J. Hogan New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiv + 482 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $34.50.
Reviewed by Ellis W Hawley...
Stock Market Anomalies.
March 22, 1989... Stock Market Anomalies- Edited bY Elroy Dimson New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xid + 295 pp. Charts, tables, notes, references, and index. $39.50.
Reviewed by Malcolm R- Burns
This important book contains the papers...
The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan.
March 22, 1989... The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan. By Mansel G. Blackford Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. xi + 176 pp. Illustrations, suggested readings, and index. Cloth, $19,95; paper, $8.95....
The Sixth Great Power: a History of One of the Greatest of All Banking Families - the House of Barings, 1762-1929.
March 22, 1989... The Sixth Great Power: A History of One of the Greatest of All Banking Families-The House of Barings, 1762-1929. By Philip Ziegler New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. x + 430 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography,...
Markets and Bagmen: Studies in the History of Marketing and British Industrial Performance, 1830-1939.
March 22, 1989... Markets and Bagmen: Studies in the History of Marketing and British Industrial Performance, 1830-1939.'Edited by P- P T Davenport-Hines Brookfield, Vt.: Gower Publishers, 1986. xii + 193 pp. Illustrations, figures, and tables. 55.50.
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English Historical Economics, 1870-1926: the Rise of Economic History and Neomercantilism.
March 22, 1989... English Historical Economics, 1870-1926: The Rise of Economic History and Neomercantilism. By Gerald M. Koot New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. viii + 277 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $39.50.
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The History of the British Coal Industry; Volume 4: 1913-1946: the Political Economy of Decline.
March 22, 1989... The History of the British Coal Industry. Volume 4: 1913-1946: The Political Economy of Decline. By Barry Supple New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. xxv + 733 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index....
Wages and Unemployment Policy, 1936-1985.
March 22, 1989... Wages and Unemployment Policy, 1936-1985. By Russell Jones Winchester, Mass.: Allen & Unwin, 1987. xviii + 175 pp. Tables, notes, select bibliography, and index. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $14.95.
Reviewed by Derek H. Aldcroft
Russell...
British Historical Statistics.
March 22, 1989... British Historical Statistics. By B. R Mitchell New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xi + 886 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, and index. $135.00.
Reviewed by Forrest H. Capie
Brian Mitchell's name must surely now be at the...
The History of N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken; Volume 1: the Origin of the Dutch Incandescent Lamp Industry.
March 22, 1989... The History of N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. Volume 1: The Origin of the Dutch Incandescent Lamp Industry. By A. Heeiding, trans. Derek S. Jordan New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xiii + 343 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables,...
Arbeitszeitverkurzung und Sozialer Wandel: der Kampf um die Achtstundenschicht in der Deutschen und Amerikanischen Eisenund Stahlindustrie, 1880-1929.
March 22, 1989... Arbeitszeitverkurzung und sozialer Wandel: Der Kampf um die Achtstundenschicht in der deutschen und amerikanischen Eisenund Stahlindustrie, 1880-1929. By Irmgard Steinisch Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1986. xiv + 640 pp. Tables, notes,...
The Ottoman Empire and European Capitalism, 1820-1913: Trade, Investment and Production.
March 22, 1989... The Ottoman Empire and European Capitalism, 1820-1913: Trade, Investment and Production. B; Sevket Pamuk New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xii + 278 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $42.00.
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Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890.
March 22, 1989... Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890. By Robert Vicat Turrell New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xviii + 297 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $42.50.
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The Misunderstood Miracle: Industrial Development and Political Change in Japan.
March 22, 1989... The Misunderstood Miracle: Industrial Development and Political Change in Japan. BY David Friedman, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univrsity Press, 1988. viii + 265 pp. Tables, notes, and index. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $12.95.
Reviewed by Michael...
