Archiv für Mai 2014

Industry and Revolution: Social and Economic Change in the Orizaba Valley, Mexico . By Gómez-Galvarriato Aurora. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2013. Pp. 351. $49.95, hardcover.

Book Reviews James Bessen, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 642-644Abstract

An Economic History of Bengal, 1757–1947 . By Islam M. Mufakharul. Dhaka: Adorn Books. 2012. Pp. xv, 222. $29.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Shameel Ahmad, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 640-642Abstract

Paths Toward the Modern Fiscal State . By He Wenkai. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2013. Pp. xx, 417. $55.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Dan Bogart, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 639-640Abstract

Legacies of the War on Poverty . Edited by Bailey Martha J. and Danziger Sheldon. New York: Russell Sage Foundation (The National Poverty Series on Poverty and Public Policy). 2013. Pp. xii, 309. $39.95, paper.

Book Reviews Gavin Wright, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 637-638Abstract

America’s Assembly Line . By Nye David E.. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 2013. Pp. xii, 360. $29.95, hardcover.

Book Reviews Changkeun Lee, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 635-637Abstract

The Great Inflation: The Rebirth of Modern Central Banking . Edited by Bordo Michael D. and Orphanides Athanasios. Chicago: University of Chicago Press and NBER.. Pp. 532. $120.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Pierre Siklos, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 634-635Abstract

Run to Glory and Profits: The Economic Rise of the NFL During the 1950s . By Surdam David George. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2013. Pp. x, 433. $55.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Trevon D. Logan, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 632-633Abstract

Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780–1940 . By Parrillo Nicholas R.. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press. 2013. Pp. xi, 568. $125.00, hardcover; $55.00, paper.

Book Reviews Logan Everett Sawyer, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 630-632Abstract

Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250–1650 . By Gelderblom Oscar. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2013. Pp. xii, 293. $31.50, hardcover.

Book Reviews Thomas Max Safley, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 628-630Abstract

Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350–550 AD . By Brown Peter. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 2012. Pp. xxx, 759. $24.95, paper.

Book Reviews Jonathan P. Conant, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 74 Issue 02, pp 627-628Abstract