Archiv für Februar 2016

A Peculiar Sample: A Reply to Steckel and Ziebarth

Research Articles Jonathan Pritchett, Herman Freudenberger, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 139-162Abstract

Typhoid Fever, Water Quality, and Human Capital Formation

Research Articles Brian Beach, Joseph Ferrie, Martin Saavedra, Werner Troesken, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 41-75Abstract

The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. By Zachary M. Schrag. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint 2014. Pp. xiii, 355. $29.95, paper.

Book Reviews Jason Barr, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 251-252Abstract

The Foundations of Worldwide Economic Integration: Power, Institutions, and Global Markets, 1850–1930. By Christof Dejung and Niels P. Petersson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 288. $99.99, hardcover; $32.99, paper.

Book Reviews Claire Louise Brennecke, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 291-292Abstract

The Affluent Society Revisited. By Mike Berry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. vi, 204. $60.00, cloth.

Book Reviews Art Carden, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 285-286Abstract

Capitalism by Gaslight: Illuminating the Economy of Nineteenth-Century America. By Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson, editors Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Pp. 328. $49.95, cloth.

Book Reviews Paul D. Naish, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 270-271Abstract

The Defortification of the German City, 1689–1866 . By Yair Mintzker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. 302. £64.99, hardback; £22.99, paper.

Book Reviews Jakob Schneebacher, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 233-234Abstract

Opium and Empire . By Richard J. Grace. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014. Pp. xxiii, 453. $34.95, cloth.

Book Reviews Stacie Kent, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 231-232Abstract

Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV’s Franc. By Guy Rowlands. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pp. xiv + 265 pp. $115, hardcover.

Book Reviews Eugene N. White, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 249-251Abstract

Staying Afloat: Risk and Uncertainty in Spanish Atlantic World Trade, 1760–1820 . By Jeremy Baskes. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2013. Pp. xiv, 393. $70.00, hardcover.

Book Reviews Alan Dye, The Journal of Economic History, Volume 76 Issue 01, pp 242-244Abstract