Business History Review back issues from April 2005:
Recasting the Organizational Synthesis: Structure and Process in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Apr 01, 2005; ... Two major forces have been remaking the organizational setting of the United States in the recent past. The third industrial revolution and globalization are having a dramatic impact on the structure and process of American economic institutions and on the nation's political process. This third ...
Corporate Learning and Quality Control at the Bell System, 1877-1929
Apr 01, 2005; ... From 1877 to 1929 the Bell System extended its qualityassurance capabilities, a step that was critical to the company's ability to certify the reliability of its equipment and apparatus and to provide economical service. Learning in this context involved the gradual development of an ...
Announcements
Apr 01, 2005; ... The Editorial Advisory Board of the Business History Review and the Newcomen Society of the United States announce the winner of the 2001-2003 NEWCOMEN-HARVARD BOOK AWARD in BUSINESS HISTORY. Robert F. Freeland, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at ...
INI: 50 años de industrialización en España [INI: Fifty years of industrialization in Spain]
Apr 01, 2005; ... INI: 50 años de industrialización en España [INI: Fifty years of industrialization in Spain]. By Pablo Martín Aceña and Francisco Comín. Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1991. 684 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. euro39.00. ISBN: 84-239-6238-5. In 1991, when INI: 50 años de industrialización ...
Storia d'Italia. Annali 15: L'Industria [History of Italy. Volume 15: Industry]/L'Impresa italiana nel Novecento [Italian business in the twentieth century]
Apr 01, 2005; ... Storia d'Italia. Annali 15: L'Industria [History of Italy. Volume 15: Industry]. Edited by Franco Amatori, Duccio Bigazzi, Renato Giannetti, and Luciano Segreto. Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1999. xvii + 1332 pp. Bibliography, index. Paper, euro82.63. ISBN: 88-06-14345-X. L'Impresa ...
Double-Entry Bookkeeping in Early-Twentieth-Century China
Apr 01, 2005; ... Rare materials recently released by the Zigong City Archives shed light on the accounting system that was created by salt-mining businesses in Zigong. The materials include forty-seven accounting books prepared by eight firms in the industry from 1908 to 1930. In this study, the materials are ...
Les logiques de l'entreprise: La rationalisation dans l'industrie française de l'entre-deux-guerres [Firm logic: Rationalization in French industry during the interwar period]
Apr 01, 2005; ... Les logiques de l'entreprise: La rationalisation dans l'industrie française de l'entre-deux-guerres [Firm logic: Rationalization in French industry during the interwar period]. By Aimée Moutet. Paris: Editions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1997. 495 pp. Map, bibliography, ...
A History of the Federal Reserve
Apr 01, 2005; ... A History of the Federal Reserve. Volume 1: 1913-1951. By Allan H. Meltzer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. xiii + 800 pp. Tables, figures, references, notes, index. Cloth, $75.00. ISBN: 0-266-51999-6. Large books often have a simple message. Allan Meltzer's History of the ...
Organisationskultur som læreproces og kommunikation: Svendborg Fingarveri, 1931-1990 [Organizational culture as learning process and communication: Svendborg Tannery, 1931-1990]
Apr 01, 2005; ... Organisationskultur som læreproces og kommunikation: Svendborg Fingarveri, 1931-1990 [Organizational culture as learning process and communication: Svendborg Tannery, 1931-1990]. By Jørgen Gleerup. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 1998 (2nd ed., 2003). 207 pp. Illustrations, ...
Ajia Kokusai Tsushochitsujo to Kindai Nippon [International trade orders in Asia and Modern Japan]
Apr 01, 2005; ... Ajia Kokusai Tsushochitsujo to Kindai Nippon [International trade orders in Asia and Modern Japan]. By Naoto Kagotani. Nagoya: Nagoya University Press, 2000.505 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. ¥ 6500. ISBN: 4-815-80376-5. Reinterpreting the course of Asian industrialization ...
From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry
Apr 01, 2005; ... From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry. By Martin Campbell-Kelly. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. xiv + 372 pp. Illustrations, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 0-262-03303-8. Software-the infinite variations of coded zeroes ...
The Clerk's Tale: Young Men and Moral Life in Nineteenth-Century America
Apr 01, 2005; ... The Clerk's Tale: Young Men and Moral Life in Nineteenth-Century America. By Thomas Augst. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. xii + 321 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $62.00; paper, $25.00. ISBN: cloth 0-226-03219-1; 0-226-03220-5. In the late 1950s, Henry ...
Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America
Apr 01, 2005; ... Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America. By David Paul Nord. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. viii + 212 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 0-195-17311-2. Over the past twenty years, David Paul Nord has authored a series of influential ...
Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present
Apr 01, 2005; ... Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present. By Thomas J. Misa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xx + 324 pp. Illustrations, photographs, tables, figures, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $56.95; paper, $19.95. ISBN: cloth 0-801-87808-X; ...
Ponzi: The Man and His Legendary Scheme
Apr 01, 2005; ... Ponzi: The Man and His Legendary Scheme. By Mitchell Zuckoff. New York: Random House, 2005. xiii + 396 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, photographs. Cloth, $25.95. ISBN: 1-400-06039-7. This review is fairly brief and unabashedly breezy, because the author has not, in truth, aimed for a ...
Some Wore Bobby Sox: The Emergence of Teenage Girl Culture, 1920-1945
Apr 01, 2005; ... Some Wore Bobby Sox: The Emergence of Teenage Girl Culture, 1920-1945. By Kelly Schrum. New York: Palgrave, 2004. xii + 209 pp. Illustrations, figures, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 1-4039-6176-X. What are the habits of the teenage girl? Ask the question this way, and you will ...
The Commodification of Childhood: The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer
Apr 01, 2005; ... The Commodification of Childhood: The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer. By Daniel Thomas Cook. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. χ + 211 pp. Illustrations, appendix, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $74.95; paper, $21.95. ISBN: cloth 0-822-33279-5; paper ...
Cold War Holidays: American Tourism in France
Apr 01, 2005; ... Cold War Holidays: American Tourism in France. By Christopher Endy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. xii + 286 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, photographs. Cloth: $49.95; paper: $19.95. ISBN: cloth 0-807-82871-8; paper 0-807-85548-0. Christopher ...
Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded
Apr 01, 2005; ... Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded. By George M. Skurla and William H. Gregory. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2004. xi + 225 pp. Illustrations, index. Cloth, $32.95. ISBN: 1-557-50329-X. Since 1929 the name Grumman has been legendary in the field of ...
United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism
Apr 01, 2005; ... United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism. By Ileen A. DeVault. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. xi + 244 pp. Photographs, maps, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $19.95. ISBN: cloth 0-801-42768-1; paper 0-801-48926-1. United Apart is an ambitious attempt to ...
Mutually Beneficial: The Guardian and Life Insurance in America
Apr 01, 2005; ... Mutually Beneficial: The Guardian and Life Insurance in America. By Robert E. Wright and George David Smith. New York: New York University Press, 2004. xxiii + 501 pp. Tables, figures, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $50.00. ISBN: 0-8147-9397-5. The philosopher Josiah ...
Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Apr 01, 2005; ... Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro. By Zephyr L. Frank. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. 230 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $45.00; paper $22.95. ISBN: cloth 0-8263-3410-5; paper ...
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953-1968
Apr 01, 2005; ... Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953-1968. By Kevin Heffernan. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. viii + 323 pp. Illustrations, photographs, appendix, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $79.95; paper, $22.95. ISBN: cloth 0-822-33202-7; paper ...
Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act
Apr 01, 2005; ... Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act. By David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, and Arvids A. Ziedonis. Palo Alto: Stanford Business Books, 2004. xiv + 242 pp. Index, notes, references, figures. Cloth, ...
Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment
Apr 01, 2005; ... Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment. By Giuliano Pancaldi. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. xv + 381 pp. Illustrations, figures, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 0-691-09685-6. Historical treatments of scientific research tend to see the ...
Moda italiana: Storia di un'industria italiana dall'Ottocento a oggi. [Italian Fashion: The Story of an Italian Industry from the Eighteenth Century to Today]
Apr 01, 2005; ... Moda italiana: Storia di un'industria italiana dall'Ottocento a oggi. [Italian Fashion: The Story of an Italian Industry from the Eighteenth Century to Today]. By Elisabetta Merlo. Venice: Marsilio, 2003. 159 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Paper, euro9.90. ISBN: ...
Beyond the Ruins: The Meanings of Deindustrialization
Apr 01, 2005; ... Beyond the Ruins: The Meanings of Deindustrialization. Edited by Jefferson Cowie and Joseph Heathcott. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, xvi + 372 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, photographs, tables. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-8014-3921-3. Deindustrialization has been a topic of interest to ...
A Biography
Apr 01, 2005; ... Ludwig Erhard: A Biography. By Alfred C. Mierzejewski. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. xv + 278 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, photographs. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-807-82863-7. Alfred C. Mierzejewski, author of well received books on the Nazi war ...
Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture
Apr 01, 2005; ... Constructing Corporate America: History, Politics, Culture. Edited by Kenneth Lipartito and David B. Sicilia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. xii + 369 pp. Index, notes, figures, tables. Cloth, £55.00. ISBN: 0-199-25189-4. Reviewing an edited essay collection is a difficult ...
British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70: Neo-colonialism or Disengagement?
Apr 01, 2005; ... British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70: Neo-colonialism or Disengagement? By Nicholas J. White. New York: Routledge, 2004. xv + 256 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, glossary, figures, maps, tables. Cloth, $100.00. ISBN: 0-415-32320-7. British Business in Post-Colonial ...
Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China
Apr 01, 2005; ... Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China. By Kai-Wing Chow. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. xv + 397 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, appendix, tables. Cloth, $49.50. ISBN: 0-804-73367-8. The impact, or nonimpact, of a technology does not depend exclusively on what ...
The European Linen Industry in Historical Perspective
Apr 01, 2005; ... The European Linen Industry in Historical Perspective. Edited by Brenda Coffins and Philip Ollerenshaw. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Illustrations, figures, glossary, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $95.00. ISBN: 0-199-25565-2. The significance of the role played by linen ...
Entrepreneur as Catholic Social Reformer
Apr 01, 2005; ... Léon Harmel: Entrepreneur as Catholic Social Reformer. By Joan L. Coffey. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. x + 340 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $48.00. ISBN: 0-268-03360-9. By altering the entire context of economic conditions, the ...
A Newspaper for China? Power, Identity, and Change in Shanghai's News Media, 1872-1912
Apr 01, 2005; ... A Newspaper for China? Power, Identity, and Change in Shanghai's News Media, 1872-1912. By Barbara Mittler. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2004. xvi + 504 pp. Illustrations, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $60.00. ISBN: 0-674-01217-8. Scholarship covering the ...
The Big End of Town: Big Business and Corporate Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
Apr 01, 2005; ... The Big End of Town: Big Business and Corporate Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. By Grant Fleming, David Merrett, and Simon Ville. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. viii + 310 pp. Figures, tables, appendix, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $70.00. ISBN: ...