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Business History Review archives from September 1987
The Du Pont experiments in scientific management: efficiency and safety, 1911-1919.
September 22, 1987... [paragraph] In this article, Professor Stabile examines the
experimentation with Frederick Taylor's principles of
scientific management by managers at the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours Powder Company. Despite their initial interest...
Domestic politics and foreign investment: British development of Mexican petroleum, 1889-1911.
September 22, 1987... [paragraph] Business historians and students of political economy
quite often analyze the success of foreign investors in the
periphery in terms of the entrepreneur's competitive advantage and
of the host country's beneficial...
Big business in interwar Germany: organizational innovation at Vereinigte Stahlwerke, IG Farben, and Siemens.
September 22, 1987... [paragraph] In interwar Germany, the overall economic importance of big
business rapidly increased, as concentration was seen as a suitable
means of coping with Germany's post-First World War problems. Growing
and integrating...
The collapse of the Weimar Republic: political economy and crisis.
September 22, 1987... The Collapse of the Weimar Republic: Political Economy and Crisis. By David Abraham. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1986. Originally published Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981. liii + 352 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index....
Civilization and capitalism, 15th-18th century. Volume 3: the perspective of the world.
September 22, 1987... Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century. Volume 3: The Perspective of the World. By Fernand Braudel. Translated by Sian Reynolds. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. 699 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, and index. $35.00.
In...
Holland on the Hudson: an economic and social history of Dutch New York.
September 22, 1987... Holland on the Hudson: An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York. By Oliver A. Rink. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1986. 285 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.
The seventeenth...
Proprietors, patronage, and paper money: legislative politics in New Jersey, 1703-1776.
September 22, 1987... Proprietors, Patronage, and Paper Money: Legislative Politics in New Jersey, 1703-1776. By Thomas L. Purvis. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1986. xii + 348 pp. Maps, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographical essay, and index....
The inland empire: unfolding years, 1879-1929.
September 22, 1987... The Inland Empire: Unfolding Years, 1879-1929. By John Fahey. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. xii + $98 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.
In our times, life as a historian of the American West...
The anti-monopoly persuasion: popular resistance to the rise of big business in the Midwest.
September 22, 1987... The Anti-Monopoly Persuasion: Popular Resistance to the Rise of Big Business in the Midwest. By Steven L. Piott. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. x + 194 pp. Notes, bibliographic essay, and index. $35.00.
As America's modern,...
The rise of the urban South.
September 22, 1987... The Rise of the Urban South. By Lawrence H. Larsen. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1985. xi + 220 pp. Tables, notes, essay on sources, and index. $22.00.
In this slim volume, Lawrence H. Larsen combines two ambitious and not...
Business enterprise in American history.
September 22, 1987... Business Enterprise in American History. By Mansel G. Blackford and K. Austin Kerr. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. xi + 456 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, select bibliography, and index. Paper, $23.95.
The explosion of business...
The entrepreneurs: an American adventure.
September 22, 1987... The Entrepreneurs: An American Adventure. By Robert Sobel and David B. Sicilia. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. x + 278 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $29.95.
This book is a spin-off in coffee-table format of a television...
Worker and community: response to industrialization in a nineteenth-century American city, Albany, New York, 1850-1884.
September 22, 1987... Worker and Community: Response to Industrialization in a Nineteenth-Century American City, Albany, New York, 1850-1884. By Brian Greenberg. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985. ix + 227 pp. Maps, chart, table, notes, bibliography,...
The money game in old New York: Daniel Drew and his times.
September 22, 1987... The Money Game in Old New York: Daniel Drew, and His Times. By Clifford Browder. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986. viii + 319 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $28.00.
The Money Game in Old New...
Counter cultures: saleswomen, managers, and customers in American department stores, 1890-1940.
September 22, 1987... Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores, 1890-1940. By Susan Porter Benson. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. xvii + 322 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographic essay, and...
The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985.
September 22, 1987... The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985. By Don L. Hofsommer. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1986. xviii + 373 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $44.50.
Don Hofsommer's history of the Southern Pacific...
The making of a profession: a century of electrical engineering in America.
September 22, 1987... The Making of a Profession: A Century of Electrical Engineering in America. By A. Michal McMahon. New York: IEEE Press, 1984. xv + 304 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $39.95.
To mark its centennial anniversary, the Institute of...
A search for public administration: the ideas and career of Dwight Waldo.
September 22, 1987... A Search for Public Administration: The Ideas and Career of Dwight Waldo. By Brack Brown and Richard J. Stillman II. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1986. vii + 196 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $22.50.
As academic...
Ailing steel: the transoceanic quarrel.
September 22, 1987... Ailing Steel: The Transoceanic Quarrel. By Walter H. Goldberg. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. xxiv + 535 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $37.50.
The aim of this book, according to its author-editor Walter...
Innovation and market structure: lessons from the computer and semiconductor industries.
September 22, 1987... Innovation and Market Structure: Lessons from the Computer and Semiconductor Industries, By Nancy S. Dorfman. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1987. xiv + 263 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $32.00.
In recent years, a...
RCA and the VideoDisc: the business of research.
September 22, 1987... RCA and the VideoDisc: The Business of Research. By Margaret B. W. Graham, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xiv + 258 pp. Illustrations, charts, appendix, notes, and index. $19.95.
Over the past twenty-five years many of America's...
National styles of regulation: environmental policy in Great Britain and the United States.
September 22, 1987... National Styles of Regulation: Environmental Policy in Great Britain and the United States. By David Vogel. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1986. 325 pp. Notes and index. Paper, $12.95.
David Vogel's book comparing environmental...
In its corporate capacity: the seminary of Montreal as a business institution, 1816-1876.
September 22, 1987... In Its Corporate Capacity: The Seminary of Montreal as a Business Institution, 1816-1876. By Brian Young. Buffalo, N.Y.: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986. xix + 295 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index....
Technology on the frontier: mining in old Ontario.
September 22, 1987... Technology on the Frontier: Mining in Old Ontario. By Dianne Newell. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1986. 220 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $19.50.
Dianne Newell set...
Monopoly's moment: the organization and regulation of Canadian utilities, 1830-1930.
September 22, 1987... Monopoly's Moment: The Organization and Regulation of Canadian Utilities, 1830-1930. By Christopher Armstrong and H. V. Nelles. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1986. xvii + 393 pp. Tables, notes, and index. $34.95.
Christopher...
The end of the Antwerp mart. Volume 2: the queen's merchants and the revolt of the Netherlands.
September 22, 1987... The End of the Antwerp Mart. Volume 2: The Queen's Merchants and the Revolt of the Netherlands. By G. D. Ramsay. Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, 1986. vii + 231 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $37.50.
In his...
Business life and public policy: essays in honour of D.C. Coleman.
September 22, 1987... Business Life and Public Policy: Essays in Honour of D. C. Coleman. Edited by Neil McKendrick and R. B. Outhwaite. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xiv + 263 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $44.50.
These essays, which...
The American peril: challenge to Britain and the North Atlantic, 1901-1904.
September 22, 1987... The American Peril: challenge to Britain on the North Atlantic, 1901-1904. By Vivian Vale. Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, 1984. viii + 256 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, and index. $40.00.
In May 1902, the British...
British multinationals: origins, management and performance.
September 22, 1987... British Multinationals: Origins, Management and Performance. Edited by Geoffrey Jones. Brookfield, Vt.: Gower Publishing Company, 1986. xii + 212 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, select bibliography, and index. $55.95.
Geoffrey...
The process of occupational sex-typing: the feminization of clerical labor in Great Britain, 1870-1936.
September 22, 1987... The Process of Occupational Sex-Typing: The Feminization of Clerical Labor in Great Britain, 1870-1936. By Samuel Cohn. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1986. viii + 278 pp. Tables, appendixes, references, and index. $34.95.
In...
Diesel; technology and society in industrial Germany.
September 22, 1987... Diesel: Technology and Society in Industrial Germany. By Donald E. Thomas, Jr. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1987. xii + 279 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $26.95.
Rudolf...
American money and the Weimar Republic.
September 22, 1987... American Money and the Weimar Republic. By William C. McNeil. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. x + 352 pp. Charts, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.
"Neither borrower nor lender be" has not been the motto of many...
Peasants and lords in modern Germany: recent studies in agricultural history.
September 22, 1987... Peasants and Lords in Modern Germany: Recent studies in Agricultural History. Edited by Robert G. Moeller. Winchester, Mass.: Allen & Unwin, 1986. iv + 267 pp. Tables, notes, and index. $29.95.
Beginning in the 1960s, in the wake of the...
Towards a new frontier: history of the Bank of Baroda, 1908-1983.
September 22, 1987... Towards a New Frontier: History of the Bank of Baroda, 1908-1983. By Dwijendra Tripathi and Priti Misra. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1985. xvi + 313 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. Rupees 160.
Dwijendra...
America versus Japan: a comparative study.
September 22, 1987... America versus Japan A Comparative Study. Edited by Thomas K. McCraw. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 1986. ix + 463 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $29.95.
America versus Japan represents an achievement, but an ambiguous...