Business History Review articles from September 1990

Business History Review archives from September 1990

Incorporating the star: the intersection of business and aesthetic strategies in early American film.
September 22, 1990... Incorporating the Star: The Intersection of Business and Aesthetic Strategies in Early American Film Scholars generally have studied the emergence of American film stars in one of two ways: as an aesthetic, cultural phenomenon or...

The rise and fall of Ace Records: a case study in the independent record business.
September 22, 1990... The Rise and Fall of Ace Records: A Case Study in the Independent Record Business The record industry in the United States was controlled until the 1950s by a half dozen major companies, which produced music directed primarily...

Postal subsidies for the press and the business of mass culture, 1880-1920.
September 22, 1990... Postal Subsidies for the Press and the Business of Mass Culture, 1880-1920 Low second-class postage made it easy for national magazines and regional newspapers to reach their readers in the late nineteenth century. But the Post...

What have lawyers done for American business? The case of Baker & Botts of Houston.
September 22, 1990... What Have Lawyers Done For American Business? The Case of Baker & Botts of Houston Although lawyers made crucial contributions to the development of business, scholars have said little about their role. As the following article...

The Barrow Family and the Barataria and Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829-1925.
September 22, 1990... The Barrow Family and the Barataria and Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829-1925 The Barrow Family and the Barataria and Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829-1925. By Thomas A. Becnel...

Defending a Way of Life: An American Community in the Nineteenth Century.
September 22, 1990... Defending a Way of Life: An American Community in the Nineteenth Century Defending a Way of Life: An American Community in the Nineteenth Century. By Michael Cassity * Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. xv + 259 pp. Notes,...

Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People Since 1900.
September 22, 1990... Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and Its People since 1900 Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and Its People since 1900. Edited by Clifford E. Clark, Jr. * St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989. xiv + 607 pp....

Stanny: The Gilded Life of Stanford White.
September 22, 1990... Stanny: The Gilded Life of Stanford White. By Paul R. Baker * New York: The Free Press, 1989. xi + 483 pp. Illustrations, notes, note on sources, and index. $24.95. Before the recent emphasis on working-class, minority, and women's studies,...

The Politics of Philanthropy: Abraham Flexner and Medical Education.
September 22, 1990... The Politics of Philanthropy: Abraham Flexner and Medical Education. By Steven C. Wheatley * Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. xx + 249 pp. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. Cloth, $37.50; paper, $14.95....

Efficiency, Scientific Management, and Hospital Standardization: An Anthology of Sources.
September 22, 1990... Efficiency, Scientific Management, and Hospital Standardization: An Anthology of Sources. Edited by Edward T. Morman * New York: Garland Publishing, 1989. xxx + 274 pp. Maps, charts, illustrations, tables, notes, and select bibliography....

Black, White, and Southern: Race Relations and Southern Culture, 1940 to the Present.
September 22, 1990... Black, White and Southern: Race Relations and Southern Culture, 1940 to the Present. By David R. Goldfield * Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. xviii + 321 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical essay, and index. $24.95. Black,...

United States Railroad Policy: Uncle Sam at the Throttle.
September 22, 1990... United States Railroad Policy: Uncle Sam at the Throttle. By Jeffrey Orenstein * Chicago, Ill.: Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1990. ix + 186 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $23.95. This is a lightweight book on a heavyweight topic. Jeffrey...

Dillard's: The First Fifty Years.
September 22, 1990... Dillar's: The First Fifty Years. By Leon Joseph Rosenberg * Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988. xx + 141 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $15.95. Leon Rosenberg's Dillard's is an...

Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T.
September 22, 1990... Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T. By Alan Stone * New York: Basic Books, 1989. xi + 381 pp. Notes and index. $21.95. Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T does more than recount the story of one of the longest and most noteworthy antitrust cases...

Reinventing the Wheel: Ford's Spectacular Comeback.
September 22, 1990... Reinventing the Wheels: Ford's Spectacular Comeback Reinventing the Wheels: Ford's Spectacular Comeback. By Alton F. Doody and Ron Bingaman * New York: Perennial Library of HarperCollins, 1990. XV + 136 pp. Paper, $8.95 It is not...

The Generous Corporation: A Political Analysis of Economic Power.
September 22, 1990... The Generous Corporation: A Political Analysis of Economic Power The Generous Corporation: A Political Analysis of Economic Power. By Neil J. Mitchell * New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1989. x + 163 pp. Tables, notes, and index....

Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth.
September 22, 1990... Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth. By Dale W. Jorgenson, Frank M. Gollop, and Barbara M. Fraumeni * Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1988. 567 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes,...

The New Money Masters: Winning Investment Strategies of Soros, Lynch, Steinhardt, Rogers, Neff, Wanger, Michaelis, Carret.
September 22, 1990... The New Money Masters: Winning Investment Strategies of Soros, Lynch, Steinhardt, Rogers, Neff, Wanger, Michaelis, Carret The New Money Masters: Winning Investment Strategies of Soros, Lynch, Steinhardt, Rogers, Neff, Wanger, Michaelis,...

Negotiating Freer Trade: The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the Trade Agreements of 1938.
September 22, 1990... Negotiating Freer Trade: The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the Trade Agreements of 1938 Negotiating Freer Trade: The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the Trade Agreements of 1938. By Ian M. Drummond and Norman...

Between Profit and State: Intermediate Organizations in Britain and the United States.
September 22, 1990... Between Profit and State Between Profit and State: Intermediate Organizations in Britain and the United States. By Alan Ware * Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989. xii + 308 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $42.00. In this...

The Promise of Privatization: A Challenge for U.S. Policy.
September 22, 1990... The Promise of Privatization The Promise of Privatization: A Challenge for U.S. Policy. Edited by Raymond Vernon * New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1988. vii + 295 pp. Charts, tables, appendix, notes, and index. Cloth, $22.95; paper,...

France and Panama: The Unknown Years, 1894-1908.
September 22, 1990... France and Panama France and Panama: The Unknown Years, 1894-1908. By James M. Skinner * New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1989. viii + 310 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, and bibliography. $40. 90. The New Panama Canal Company,...

Energy Politics in Columbia.
September 22, 1990... Energy Politics in Columbia Energy Politics in Columbia. By Rene De La Pedraja * Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. xi + 244 pp. Maps, notes, and index. $27.50. Energy Politics in Colombia is Rene De La Pedraja's sequel volume to his...

Comparative Economic Systems: Preindustrial and Modern Case Studies.
September 22, 1990... Comparative Economic Systems: Preindustrial and Modern Case Studies Comparative Economic Systems: Preindustrial and Modern Case Studies. By Manuel Gottlieb Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. xv + 382 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and...

Capitalism, Culture and Economic Regulation.
September 22, 1990... Capitalism, Culture and Economic Regulation Capitalism, Culture and Economic Regulation. Edited by Leigh Hancher and Michael Moran. New York: Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press, 1990. x + 314 pp. Notes and index. $55.00. The...

A Social and Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe.
September 22, 1990... A Social and Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe A Social and Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe. By Gerold Ambrosius and William H. Hubbard Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. xv + 368 pp. Maps, charts,...

George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) and the Development of the British Cooperative Movement.
September 22, 1990... George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) and the Development of the British Cooperative Movement George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) and the Development of the British Cooperative Movement. By Barbara J. Blaszak Dyfed, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press,...

The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day.
September 22, 1990... The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day. By Ben Fine New York:...

Debating Coal Closures: Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute, 1984-5.
September 22, 1990... Debating Coal Closures: Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute, 1984-5 Debating Coal Closures: Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute, 1984-5. Edited by David Cooper and Trevor Hopper * New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. vi +...

Alvey: Britain's Strategic Computing Initiative.
September 22, 1990... Alvey: Britain's Strategic Computing Initiative Alvey: Britain's Strategic Computing Initiative. By Brian Oakley and Kenneth Owen * Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1990. xv + 337 pp. Tables, appendixes, references, bibliography, and index....

Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits.
September 22, 1990... Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits. Edited by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines * London: Frank Cass, 1990. ii + 361 pp. Charts, tables, and notes. 27.00 [pounds].

Business in the Age of Depression and War.
September 22, 1990... Business in the Age of Depression and War Business in the Age of Depression and War. Edited by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines * London: Frank Cass, 1990. xiii + 326 pp. Tables and notes. 27.00 [pounds]. These two volumes are a most useful...

Le Negoce International XIIIe-XXe Siecle.
September 22, 1990... Le Negoce International [XIII.sup.e]-[XX.sup.e] Siecle Le Negoce International [XIII.sup.e]-[XX.sup.e] Siecle. Edited by Francois M. Crouzet * Paris: Economica, 1989. 249 pp. Maps, tables, and notes. 200F. The seventeen papers contained in...

Von der Dampfbarkasse zum Containerschiff: Werften und Schiffbau in Bremen und der Unterweserregion.
September 22, 1990... Von der Dampfbarkasse zum Containerschiff Von der Dampfbarkasse zum Containerschiff: Werften und Schiffbau in Bremen und der Unterweserregion. Edited by Peter Kuckuk and Hartmut Roder * Bremen: Steintor, 1988. 323 pp. Maps, charts,...

Banche Locali e Sviluppo Dell'Economia: Parma e la Cassa di Risparmio.
September 22, 1990... Banche Locali e Sviluppo Dell'Economia: Parma e la Cassa di Risparmio. Banche Locali e Sviluppo Dell'Economia: Parma e la Cassa di Risparmio. By Gian Luigi Basini and Giancarlo Forestieri * Milan, Italy: Cassa di Risparmio di Parma, 1989. iv...

Russian Economic History: The Nineteenth Century.
September 22, 1990... Russian Economic History: The Nineteenth Century Russian Economic History: The Nineteenth Century. By Arcadius Kahan. Edited by Roger Weiss * Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1989. xii + 244 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and...

Asia's Next Giant: South Kore and Late Industrialization.
September 22, 1990... Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization. By Alice H. Amsden * New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi + 379 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index....