Volume 82; Issue 1

The Business History Review

Volume 82; Issue 1

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The Expert Consumer: Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society. Edited by Alain Chatriot, Maire-Emmanuelle Chessel, and Matthew Hilton. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. ix + 209 pp. Tables, notes, index. Cloth, $94.94. ISBN: 0-7546-5501-6.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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Multinational Enterprises and Institutional Regulation in the Life-Insurance Market in Spain, 1880–1935

Pons Pons, Jerònia

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Industrialization of Rural China. By Chris Bramall. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xii + 424 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $99.00. ISBN: 0-199-27593-9.

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english

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China's Financial Transition at a Crossroads. Edited by Charles W. Calomiris. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. x + 420 pp. Figures, tables, references, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-231-14192-5.

Perkins, Dwight H.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750–1920. By Marie Eileen Francois. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. xiii + 415 pp. Notes, illustrations, tables, index, appendixes. Paper, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-8032-6923-1.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel. By Terry Gourvish. Research by Mike Anson. New York: Routledge, 2006. xxi + 521 pp. Figures, tables, maps, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $93.95. ISBN: 0-415-39183-0.

Wilson, John F.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Fable of the Keiretsu: Urban Legends of the Japanese Economy. By Yoshiro Miwa and J. Mark Ramsayer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. xiii + 181 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $32.50. ISBN: 0-226-53270-4.

Lincoln, James R.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860–1930. By Dwayne R. Winseck and Robert M. Pike. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2007. xx + 429 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $89.95. ISBN: 0-822-33912-0.

Headrick, Daniel R.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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9

Selecting Risks in an Anonymous World: The Agency System for Life Insurance in Antebellum America

Ann Murphy, Sharon

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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10

Taste, Trade and Technology: The Development of the International Meat Industry since 1840. By Richard Perren. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. xi + 285 pp. Tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $99.95. ISBN: 0-7546-3648-8.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Rulers, Guns, and Money: The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism. By Jonathan A. Grant. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. xi + 288 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-674-02242-7.

Engel, Jeffrey A.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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La Compagnie genevoise des Colonies suisses de Sétif (1853–1956): Un cas de colonisation privée en Algérie [La Compagnie genevoise des Colonies suisses de Setif (1853–1956): A Case of Private Colonization in Algeria]. By Claude Lützelschwab. Bern: Peter Lang, 2006. xxii + 412 pp. Figures, tables, maps, glossary, appendix, bibliography, notes. Cloth, €43.20. ISBN: 3-039-11146-6.

Donzé, Pierre-Yves

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe. By John Krige. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2006. viii + 376 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $40.00. ISBN: 0-262-11297-3.

Servos, John W.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Regulatory Regimes and Multinational Insurers before 1914

Pearson, Robin, Lönnborg, Mikael

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia. By Andrew M. Schocket. De Kalb: Northern Illinois Press, 2007. xiii + 274 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $42.00. ISBN: 978-0-87580-369-2.

Crothers, A. Glenn

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century. By Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2006. xxvi + 318 pp. Index, notes, illustrations. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-814-21036-8.

Walsh, Margaret

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Empresas y grupos empresariales en América Latina, España y Portugal [Firms and Business Groups in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal]. Edited by Mario Cerutti. Monterrey: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León-Universidad de Alicante, 2006. 372 pp. Tables, figures, notes. Paper. ISBN: 970-694-224-6.

Valdaliso, Jesús M.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants. By Kathleen M. Barry. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2007. xv + 304 pp. Photo-graphs, bibliography, notes, index. Paper, $22.95. ISBN: 0-822-33946-5.

Richter, Amy G.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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George Gallup in Hollywood. By Susan Ohmer. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. xiii + 281 pp. Index, notes, illustrations. Cloth. $69.50; paper, $24.50. ISBN: cloth, 0-231-12132-6; paper, 0-231-12133-4.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Ecrire, Compter, Mesurer: Vers une histoire des rationalités pratiques [Writing, Counting, Measuring: Toward a History of Practical Intelligence]. Edited by Natacha Coquery, François Menant, and Florence Weber. Paris: Editions rue d'Ulm/Presses de l'Ecole normale supérieure, 2006. 277 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, references, notes. Paper, €35.00. ISBN: 2-728-80372-2.

Murray, James M.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Spice Route: A History. By John Keay. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. xv + 286 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $27.50. ISBN: 0-520-24896-1.

Salvucci, Linda K.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century. By Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xxii + 242 pp. Notes, index, photographs, illustrations. Cloth, $50.00. ISBN: 0-801-88600-7.

Kinney, Thomas A.

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2008

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english

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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900. By David Edgerton. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xviii + 270 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $26.00. ISBN: 0-195-32283-5.

Hochfelder, David

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2008

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BHR volume 82 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

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Announcements

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Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life. By Davarian L. Baldwin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xiv + 363 pp. Photographs, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $22.50. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-8078-3099-4; paper, 978-0-8078-5799-1.

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The Business History Review

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english

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The Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business. By Stephanie Capparell. New York: Free Press, 2007. xvii + 349 pp. Photographs, bibliography, index. Cloth, $25.00. ISBN: 0-743-26571-8.

Weems, Robert E.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660–1720. By Natasha Glaisyer. Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell and Brewer, 2006. x + 220 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $75.00. ISBN: 0-861-93281-1.

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BHR volume 82 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

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Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire. By Richard Bak. New York: Wiley, 2003. 320 pp. Cloth, $27.95. ISBN: 978-0-471-23487-6. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century. By Steven Watts. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 640 pp. Cloth, $30.00; paper, $16.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-375-40735-2; paper, 978-0-375-70725-4. In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolis. By David Roberts. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2006. 326 pp. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN: 978-0-814-33284-9.

Anastakis, Dimitry

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The Business History Review

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2008

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The Business of Women: Female Enterprise and Urban Development in Northern England, 1760–1830. By Hannah Barker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xi + 189 pp. Tables, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $85.00. ISBN: 0-19-929971-4.

Humphries, Jane

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2008

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The Currency of Socialism: Money and Political Culture in East Germany. By Jonathan R. Zatlin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xviii + 377 pp. Figures, tables, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $75.00. ISBN: 978-0-521-86956-0.

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Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets: The Bank of the United States in Mississippi, 1831–1852. By Richard Holcombe Kilbourne Jr. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2006. v + 202 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $99.00. ISBN: 1-851-96890-3.

Davis, Ronald L. F.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Quill-Driving: British Life-insurance Clerks and Occupational Mobility, 1800–1914

Alborn, Timothy

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina. By S. Max Edelson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006. xiii + 383 pp. Figures, illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN: 978-0-674-02303-1.

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The Business History Review

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Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920–1975. By Susannah Walker. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2007. xiii + 250 pp. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $40.00. ISBN: 0-8131-2433-9.

Gill, Tiffany M.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century. By Jeffry A. Frieden. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. xvii + 556 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $29.95; paper $17.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-393-05808-6; paper, 0-978-393-32981-0.

Reagan, Patrick D.

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Multinational Enterprises and Institutional Regulation in the Life-Insurance Market in Spain, 1880-1935

Jerònia Pons Pons

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The Business History Review

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2008

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2008

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Multinational Enterprises and Institutional Regulation in the Life-Insurance Market in Spain, 1880-1935

Jerònia Pons Pons

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 2.27 MB

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Selecting Risks in an Anonymous World: The Agency System for Life Insurance in Antebellum America

Sharon Ann Murphy

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 2.51 MB

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Back Matter

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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China's Financial Transition at a Crossroadsby Charles W. Calomiris

Review by: Dwight H. Perkins

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 347 KB

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The Currency of Socialism: Money and Political Culture in East Germanyby Jonathan R. Zatlin

Review by: Michael Allen

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The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 353 KB

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Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empireby Richard Bak;The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Centuryby Steven Watts;In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolisby David Roberts

Review by: Dimitry Anastakis

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The Business History Review

Year:

2008

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english

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PDF, 781 KB

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Quill-Driving: British Life-Insurance Clerks and Occupational Mobility, 1800-1914

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The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.55 MB

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Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolinaby S. Max Edelson

Review by: Emma Hart

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 366 KB

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The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Centuryby Clay McShane; Joel A. Tarr

Review by: Thomas A. Kinney

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The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 358 KB

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A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750-1920by Marie Eileen Francois

Review by: Edward Beatty

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 358 KB

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The Expert Consumer: Associations and Professionals in Consumer Societyby Alain Chatriot; Maire-Emmanuelle Chessel; Matthew Hilton

Review by: Matthias Judt

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 352 KB

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The Best Transportation System in the World: Railroads, Trucks, Airlines and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Centuryby Mark H. Rose; Bruce E. Seely; Paul F. Barrett

Review by: Margaret Walsh

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The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 442 KB

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Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Centuryby Jeffry A. Frieden

Review by: Patrick D. Reagan

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 358 KB

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The Fable of the Keiretsu: Urban Legends of the Japanese Economyby Yoshiro Miwa; J. Mark Ramsayer

Review by: James R. Lincoln

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 447 KB

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Rulers, Guns, and Money: The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialismby Jonathan A. Grant

Review by: Jeffrey A. Engel

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 356 KB

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The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720by Natasha Glaisyer

Review by: Larry Neal

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 352 KB

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George Gallup in Hollywoodby Susan Ohmer

Review by: Sarah E. Igo

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 440 KB

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Regulatory Regimes and Multinational Insurers before 1914

Robin Pearson and Mikael Lönnborg

Journal:

The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.27 MB

english, 2008

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Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975by Susannah Walker

Review by: Tiffany M. Gill

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The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 442 KB

english, 2008

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American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europeby John Krige

Review by: John W. Servos

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 441 KB

english, 2008

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La Compagnie genevoise des Colonies suisses de Sétif (1853-1956): Un cas de colonisation privée en Algérie [La Compagnie genevoise des Colonies suisses de Sétif (1853-1956): A Case of Private Colonization in Algeria]by Claude Lützelschwab

Review by: Pierre-Yves Donzé

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 440 KB

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Taste, Trade and Technology: The Development of the International Meat Industry since 1840by Richard Perren

Review by: Sydney Watts

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 440 KB

english, 2008

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Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930by Dwayne R. Winseck; Robert M. Pike

Review by: Daniel R. Headrick

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 442 KB

english, 2008

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The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnelby Terry Gourvish; Mike Anson

Review by: John F. Wilson

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 358 KB

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Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Lifeby Davarian L. Baldwin

Review by: Luther Adams

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The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 439 KB

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Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendantsby Kathleen M. Barry

Review by: Amy G. Richter

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The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 358 KB

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Front Matter

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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PDF, 1.07 MB

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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900by David Edgerton

Review by: David Hochfelder

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 278 KB

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The Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier in American Businessby Stephanie Capparell

Review by: Robert E. Weems, Jr.

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 362 KB

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Histoire de la Société générale: Volume I, 1864–1890: Naissance d'une banque [History of the Société générale: Volume I, 1864–1890: Birth of a Bank]. By Hubert Bonin. Geneva: Librarie Droz, 2006. 723 pp. Index, notes, appendix, tables. Paper, €68.47. ISBN: 2-600-01038-6.

Stoskopf, Nicolas

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The Business History Review

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2008

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english

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Empresas y grupos empresariales en América Latina, España y Portugal [Firms and Business Groups in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal]by Mario Cerutti

Review by: Jesús M. Valdaliso

Journal:

The Business History Review

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 366 KB

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The Industrialization of Rural Chinaby Chris Bramall

Review by: Yixin Chen

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The Business History Review

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2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 451 KB

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