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Author's correction
Oct 01, 2008; ... Author's correction: On page 212 of the Summer 2008 issue of the Review, the paperback sales of Scale and Scope by Alfred D ....
Introduction
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the midst of the globalization that has taken center stage at the dawn of the twenty-first century, business and economic developments at the local, regional, and national levels in emergent economies, such as those of Latin America, offer fertile ground for comparative perspectives in ...
Laws versus Contracts: Shareholder Protections and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950
Oct 01, 2008; ... This article examines some of the institutional conditions that facilitated the development of equity markets in Brazil. A critical factor was the addition to corporate bylaws of protections for investors, which enabled relatively large corporations in Brazil to attract investors in large ...
Networks and Entrepreneurship: The Modernization of the Textile Business in Porfirian Mexico
Oct 01, 2008; ... In Mexico, as in other parts of the world, the introduction of modern transportation and communications brought about major changes in the production and distribution of goods and in firms' management and structure. Between 1880 and 1910, the Mexican textile sector was modernized through the ...
Foreign Investments in Electric Utilities: A Comparative Analysis of Belgian and American Companies in Argentina, 1890-1960
Oct 01, 2008; ... This article analyzes the performance of foreign electric-utility companies and the evolution of the electric-power industry in Argentina from 1890 until the end of the 1950s, when the electric utilities were nationalized. It focuses on the decisions and strategies of the subsidiaries controlled ...
Negotiating under the Monroe Doctrine: Weetman Pearson and the Origins of U.S. Control of Colombian Oil
Oct 01, 2008; ... Before World War I, most foreign investment in Latin America came from Britain. By World War II, however, the United States had become the main and unchallenged foreign investor in the region. This analysis of the negotiations that took place between the British firm (Pearson and Son) and the ...
Business History in Latin America: A Historiographical Perspective
Oct 01, 2008; ... In this survey of the trajectory of Latin American business history, the focus is on its development over the course of the past twenty years, when the discipline began to be recognized as a field of specialization within historical studies. The first section is a consideration of the origins of ...
Announcements
Oct 01, 2008; ... THOMAS K. McCRAW FELLOWSHIP IN U.S. BUSINESS HISTORY. Harvard Business School announces a new opportunity for scholarly research: the Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in U.S. Business History. This new award will enable established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business ...
Banking History and Archives in Latin America
Oct 01, 2008; ... In recent years, business history has become a rich and varied terrain for research in Latin America. In this essay, I will present an overview of key aspects of banking history in the region, with an emphasis on the sources that are available in Argentina and Mexico. The extensive archives that ...
História da Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro [History of the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange]
Oct 01, 2008; ... História da Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro [History of the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange]. By Maria Bárbara Levy. Rio de Janeiro: IBMEC, 1977. Reviewed by Gail D. Triner The financial history of Latin America has recently gained attention and has attracted an increasing ...
The Industrialization of São Paulo
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Industrialization of São Paulo. By Warren Dean. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969. 263 pp. Cloth, $23.00. ISBN: 0-292-70004-0. Reviewed by Anne G. Hanley The Industrialization of São Paulo was the book that inspired me to become a Brazilian historian. Warren Dean ...
A Century of Banking in Latin America: To Commemorate the Centenary in 1962 of the Bank of London & South America Limited
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Century of Banking in Latin America: To Commemorate the Centenary in 1962 of the Bank of London & South America Limited. By David Joslin. London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Reviewed by Rory Miller The foundation of scholarly business history in Britain is frequently ...
Empresarios Colombianos del Siglo XIX [Colombian Entrepreneurs of the Nineteenth Century]
Oct 01, 2008; ... Empresarios Colombianos del Siglo XIX [Colombian Entrepreneurs of the Nineteenth Century]. By Luis Fernando Molina Londoño. Bogotá: Ediciones Unlandes, 2006. 434 pp. Tables, maps, bibliography, notes, index. ISBN: 978-958695-223-1. Reviewed by Frank Safford Luis Fernando Molina ...
Favored Flowers: Culture and Economy in a Global System
Oct 01, 2008; ... Favored Flowers: Culture and Economy in a Global System. By Catherine Ziegler. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. vii + 306 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, figures, tables, illustrations. Cloth, $79.95; paper, $22.95. ISBN: cloth, 0-822-34007-2; paper, 0-822-34026-3. Reviewed by Vicki ...
Bunge & Born: Crecimiento y Diversificación de un grupo económico [Bunge & Born: Growth and Diversification of an Economic Group]
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bunge & Born: Crecimiento y Diversificación de un grupo económico [Bunge & Born: Growth and Diversification of an Economic Group]. By Jorge Schvarzer. Buenos Aires: CISEA-GEL, 1989. 83 pp. Reviewed by Raúl Jacob My, possibly surprising, choice of a book that made a ...
Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class
Oct 01, 2008; ... Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class. By Aviva Chomsky. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. xiii + 397 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $84.95; paper, $23.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-822-34173-4; paper, ...
Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950. By Sterling Evans. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007. xxiii + 314 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, figures, tables, maps, illustrations. Cloth, ...
Colored Property: State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America
Oct 01, 2008; ... Colored Property: State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America. By David M. P. Freund. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. xii + 514 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 0-226-26275-8. Reviewed by Jennifer L. Hochschild Colored ...
Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills
Oct 01, 2008; ... Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills. By David Stradling. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. xxvii + 311 pp. Illustrations, maps, photographs, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 978-0-295-98747-7. Reviewed by Alan Barrish Although the ...
Hotel: An American Story
Oct 01, 2008; ... Hotel: An American Story. By A. K. Sandoval-Strausz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. 375 pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $37.50. ISBN: 978-0-300-10616-9. Reviewed by Reiko Hillyer In this lavishly illustrated and engagingly written book, A. K ....