Archiv für Juli 2013

Measuring Up: A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950 . By Moramay Lopez-Alonso. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Published in 2012. xvii, 276 pp., $65.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Trevon D. Logan, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 618-619Abstract

The Making of Law: The Supreme Court and Labor Legislation in Mexico, 1875–1931 . By William J. Suarez-Potts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2012. Pp. x, 348. $60.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Michael Huberman, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 616-618Abstract

The Economy of Israel from the Foundation of the State through the Twenty-First Century. . By Paul Rivlin. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2011. Pp. xvi, 288. $90.00, hardcover; $31.99, paper.

Book Reviews Ephraim Kleiman, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 615-616Abstract

Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan . By Martin Dusinberre. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. 2012. Pp. xiv, 247. $55.00, cloth.

Book Reviews Philip Brown, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 613-614Abstract

Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America. . By Jonathan Levy. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press. 2012. Pp. 432. $35.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Barbara Hahn, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 611-613Abstract

The United States and the Global Economy: From Bretton Woods to the Current Crisis. . By Frederick S. Weaver. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2011. Pp. 192. $34.95, hardcover.

Book Reviews Christopher M. Meissner, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 610-611Abstract

German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709–1920 . By Farley Grubb. New York: Routledge Explorations in Economic History. 2011. Pp. xxvi, 433. $190.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Martina Viarengo, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 608-610Abstract

Economic Development in the Americas Since 1500: Endowments and Institutions . By Stanley L. Engerman, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Stephen Haber, Elisa V. Mariscal, and Eric M. Zolt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: NBER Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development. 2011. Pp. 444. $34.99, paper.

Book Reviews J. Bradford DeLong, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 603-605Abstract

America’s First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837 . By Alasdair Roberts. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press. 2012. Pp. 255. $26.00, hardcover; $18.95, paper.

Book Reviews Howard Bodenhorn, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 606-608Abstract

Norman B. Ream: Forgotten Master of Markets . By Paul Ryscavage. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2013. Pp. xxi, 281. $85.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Evan Roberts, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 73 Issue 02, pp 605-606Abstract