Articles
Acheson, Graeme G., Gareth Campbell, and John D. Turner, “Active Controllers or Wealthy Rentiers? Large Shareholders in Victorian Public Companies” 661
Amdam, Rolv Petter, and Ove Bjarnar, “Globalization and the Development of Industrial Clusters: Comparing Two Norwegian Clusters, 1900–2010”693
Avrahampour, Yally, “‘Cult of Equity’: Actuaries and the Transformation of Pension Fund Investing, 1948–1960”281
Borscheid, Peter, and Niels-Viggo Haueter, “Institutional Transfer: The Beginnings of Insurance in Southeast Asia”207
Cheffins, Brian R., “Corporate Governance since the Managerial Capitalism Era”717
Cramer, Tobias, “Building the ‘World's Pharmacy’: The Rise of the German Pharmaceutical Industry, 1871–1914”43
Cumming, Douglas, and Grant Fleming, “Corporate Defaults, Workouts, and the Rise of the Distressed Asset Investment Industry”305
David, Thomas, and Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl, “Transatlantic Influence in the Shaping of Business Education: The Origins of IMD, 1946–1990”75
De la Cruz-Fernández, Paula A., “Multinationals and Gender: Singer Sewing Machine and Marketing in Mexico, 1890–1930”531
Donzé, Pierre-Yves, “Siemens and the Construction of Hospitals in Latin America, 1949–1964”475
Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth, and Ken Fones-Wolf, “Managers and Ministers: Instilling Christian Free Enterprise in the Postwar Workplace”99
Khan, B. Zorina, “Inventing Prizes: A Historical Perspective on Innovation Awards and Technology Policy”631
López-Morell, Miguel A., and Luciano Segreto, “The International Mercury Cartel, 1928–1954: Controlling Global Supply”255
Lubinski, Christina, “Global Trade and Indian Politics: The German Dye Business in India before 1947”503
Merrett, David Tolmie, and Simon Ville, “Accounting for Nonconvergence in Global Wool Marketing before 1939”229
Ryggvik, Helge, “A Short History of the Norwegian Oil Industry: From Protected National Champions to Internationally Competitive Multinationals”3
Tworek, Heidi J. S., “Political and Economic News in the Age of Multinationals”447
Verbeke, Alain, and Liena Kano, “The New Internalization Theory and Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies: A Business History Perspective”415
Wilkins, Mira, “The History of Multinationals: A 2015 View”405
SELECTED ABSTRACTS FROM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS HISTORY JOURNALS749
Review Essays
Crouch, Tom D., “Blaming Wilbur and Orville.” A review of Roach, Edward J., The Wright Company: From Invention to Industry; and Goldstone, Lawrence, Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies339
Hansen, Per H., A review of Eichengreen, Barry, Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses—and Misuses—of History.557
John, Richard R., “Prophet of Perspective: Thomas K. McCraw.” A review of McCraw, Thomas K., The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy...129
Wilkins, Mira, A review of Pratt, Joseph A., with William E. Hale, Exxon: Transforming Energy, 1973–2005.761
Book Reviews
Adamson, Michael R., A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies. Reviewed by Walter L. Buenger801
Allen, Gene, Making National News: A History of Canadian Press. Reviewed by Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb803
Arapostathis, Stathis, and Graeme Gooday, Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on Trial in Britain. Reviewed by Steven Wilf184
Beauchamp, Christopher, Invented by Law: Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent that Changed America. Reviewed by Benjamin Schwantes571
Berghahn, Volker R., American Big Business in Britain and Germany: A Comparative History of Two “Special Relationships” in the Twentieth Century. Reviewed by Gary Herrigel 345
Blackford, Mansel, Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspective. Reviewed by David Kinkela383
Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady. Reviewed by Howard Stanger369
Bonin, Hubert, Nuno Valério, and Kazuhiko Yago, editors, Asian Imperial Banking History. Reviewed by Priscilla Roberts815
Bordo, Michael D., and William Roberds, editors, The Origins, History, and Future of the Federal Reserve: A Return to Jekyll Island. Reviewed by Wyatt Wells175
Britton, John A., Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New International Information System in the Americas, 1866–1903. Reviewed by Alex Nalbach600
Bunker, Steven B., Creating Mexican Consumer Culture in the Age of Porfirio Díaz. Reviewed by Edward Beatty381
Campbell-Kelly, Martin, and Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz, From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry. Reviewed by Paul E. Ceruzzi767
Claver, Alexander, Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java: Colonial Relationships in Trade and Finance, 1800–1942. Reviewed by Hiroyoshi Kano813
Cleveland, Todd, Stones of Contention: A History of Africa's Diamonds. Reviewed by Andrew Cohen200
Cochran, Sherman, and Andrew Hsieh, The Lius of Shanghai. Reviewed by Morris L. Bian818
Connell, Carol M., Reforming the World Monetary System: Fritz Machlup and the Bellagio Group. Reviewed by Wyatt Wells620
Dávila, José Camilo, Carlos Dávila, Lina Grisales, and David Schnarch, Business Goals and Social Commitment: Shaping Organizational Capabilities—Colombia's Fundación Social, 1984–2011. Reviewed by Frank Safford379
De Benedetti, Augusto, Lo sviluppo sospeso: Il Mezzogiorno e l'impresa pubblica, 1948–1973 [Suspended Development: The Italian South and Public Enterprises, 1948–1973]. Reviewed by Fabio Lavista192
Derickson, Alan, Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness. Reviewed by Patricia A. Reeve168
Diner, Hasia R., Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way. Reviewed by Peter Eisenstadt784
Donzé, Pierre-Yves, A Business History of the Swatch Group: The Rebirth of Swiss Watchmaking and the Globalization of the Luxury Industry. Reviewed by Teresa da Silva Lopes367
——, “Rattraper et dépasser la Suisse”: Histoire de l'industrie horlogère japonaise de 1850 à nos jours [“Catch Up and Surpass Switzerland”: History of the Japanese Watch Industry from 1850 to the Present Day]. Reviewed by Eric Godelier194
Downs, Matthew L., Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915–1960. Reviewed by Craig S. Pascoe796
Drelichman, Mauricio, and Hans-Joachim Voth, Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II. Reviewed by José Antonio Espín Sánchez586
Düppe, Till, and E. Roy Weintraub, Finding Equilibrium: Arrow, Debreu, McKenzie, and the Problem of Scientific Credit. Reviewed by Tobias F. Rötheli350
Edwards, Sebastian, Toxic Aid: Economic Collapse and Recovery in Tanzania. Reviewed by Arrigo Pallotti623
Erikson, Emily, Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600–1757. Reviewed by William A. Pettigrew776
Evanoff, Douglas D., et al., editors, The Role of Central Banks in Financial Stability: How Has It Changed? Reviewed by Forrest Capie178
Feeser, Andrea, Red, White, and Black Make Blue: Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life. Reviewed by Michelle Craig McDonald590
Feiertag, Olivier, and Michel Margairaz, editors, Les banques centrales à l’échelle du monde [Central Banks at World Scale]. Reviewed by Martin Horn179
Fink, Leon, The Long Gilded Age: American Capitalism and the Lessons of a New World Order. Reviewed by Rosanne Currarino789
Fogelson, Robert M., The Great Rent Wars: New York, 1917–1929. Reviewed by Benjamin Holtzman386
Gallamore, Robert E., and John R. Meyer, American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance in the Twentieth Century. Reviewed by Albert J. Churella170
Gardner, Leigh A., Taxing Colonial Africa: The Political Economy of British Imperialism. Reviewed by Morten Jerven202
Gelderblom, Oscar, Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250–1650. Reviewed by Anne McCants360
Goldberg, Jessica L., Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Geniza Merchants and Their Business World. Reviewed by Jessica Dijkman583
Goodwin, Craufurd D., Walter Lippmann: Public Economist. Reviewed by Maury Klein352
Grace, Richard J., Opium and Empire: The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson. Reviewed by John D. Wong391
Grieco, Viviana L., The Politics of Giving in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata: Donors, Lenders, Subjects, and Citizens. Reviewed by Daniel J. Greenberg810
Haeg, Larry, Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street's Great Railroad War. Reviewed by John K. (Jack) Brown605
Hannickel, Erica, Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America. Reviewed by Cheryl Lyon-Jenness771
He, Wenkai, Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China. Reviewed by Simon James Bytheway615
Högselius, Per, Red Gas: Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence. Reviewed by Thomas C. Owen393
Imlay, Talbot, and Martin Horn, The Politics of Industrial Collaboration during World War II: Ford France, Vichy and Nazi Germany. Reviewed by Timothy Whisler612
Jakle, John A., and Keith A. Sculle, The Garage: Automobility and Building Innovation in America's Early Auto Age. Reviewed by Howard R. Stanger173
Joly, Hervé, Diriger une grande entreprise au XXe siècle: L’élite industrielle française [Running a Large Business in the Twentieth Century: The French Industrial Elite]. Reviewed by Michael S. Smith396
Jones, Geoffrey, Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Reviewed by Marcelo Bucheli578
Jungkind, Thilo, Risikokultur und Störfallverhalten der chemischen Industrie: Gesellschaftliche Einflüsse auf das unternehmerische Handeln von Bayer und Henkel seit der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. [Risk Culture and Accident Behavior of the Chemical Industry: Social Influences on the Entrepreneurial Activities of Bayer and Henkel since the Second Half of the Twentieth Century]. Reviewed by Frederic Steinfeld808
Kates, Steven, Defending the History of Economic Thought. Reviewed by Bruce Caldwell573
Klaus, Ian, Forging Capitalism: Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance. Reviewed by Jamie Pietruska580
Knight, G. Roger, Commodities and Colonialism: The Story of Big Sugar in Indonesia, 1880–1942. Reviewed by Ulbe Bosma197
Knupfer, Anne Meis, Food Co-ops in America: Communities, Consumption, and Economic Democracy. Reviewed by Michael A. Haedicke160
Kobrin, Rebecca, editor, Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism. Reviewed by Peter Eisenstadt165
Koenker, Diane P., Club Red: Vacation Travel and the Soviet Dream. Reviewed by Amy E. Randall617
Koistinen, David, Confronting Decline: The Political Economy of Deindustrialization in Twentieth-Century New England. Reviewed by Tami J. Friedman189
Kristoffersson, Sara, Design by IKEA: A Cultural History. Reviewed by Hans Sjögren364
Lazonick, William, and David J. Teece, editors, Management Innovation: Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Reviewed by Lars Engwall774
Lee, Sophia Z., The Workplace Constitution: From the New Deal to the New Right. Reviewed by Kevin Boyle792
Lifset, Robert, editor, American Energy Policy in the 1970s. Reviewed by Fredric L. Quivik389
Marler, Scott P., The Merchants' Capital: New Orleans and the Political Economy of the Nineteenth-Century South. Reviewed by Marise Bachand607
Mendelsohn, Adam D., The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire. Reviewed by Sean Trainor588
Mills, Quincy T., Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America. Reviewed by Davarian L. Baldwin787
Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini, Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond. Reviewed by Robert Millward158
Nance, Susan, Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus. Reviewed by Brett Mizelle371
O'Malley, Gregory E., Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619–1807. Reviewed by Robert Gudmestad362
Petram, Lodewijk, The World's First Stock Exchange. Reviewed by Jeroen Puttevils181
Quickenden, Kenneth, Sally Baggott, and Malcolm Dick, editors, Matthew Boulton: Enterprising Industrialist of the Enlightenment. Reviewed by Leslie Tomory781
Raven, James, Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England. Reviewed by Noah Moxham374
Rosen, Elliot A., The Republican Party in the Age of Roosevelt: Sources of Anti-Government Conservatism in the United States. Reviewed by Michael S. Green794
Ruef, Martin, Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South. Reviewed by Caitlin C. Rosenthal593
Russell, Andrew L., Open Standards and the Internet Age: History, Ideology, and Networks. Reviewed by Paul Duguid357
Schorr, David, The Colorado Doctrine: Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier. Reviewed by Todd Holmes799
Scranton, Philip, and Patrick Fridenson, Reimagining Business History. Reviewed by Noam Maggor155
Silberstein-Loeb, Jonathan, The International Distribution of News: The Associated Press, Press Association, and Reuters, 1848–1947. Reviewed by David Hochfelder187
Sluyter, Andrew, Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500–1900. Reviewed by Alex Borucki779
Sluyterman, Keetie E., and Bram Bouwens, Brewery, Brand, and Family: 150 Years of Heineken. Reviewed by Karel Davids805
Stole, Inger L., Advertising at War: Business, Consumers, and Government in the 1940s. Reviewed by Ferdinando Fasce376
Sundaram, Jomo Kwame, and Wee Chong Hui, Malaysia@50: Economic Development, Distribution, Disparities. Reviewed by Nicholas J. White 399
Swanson, Kara W., Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America. Reviewed by Marc Stern162
Telfer, Thomas G. W., Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867–1919. Reviewed by Christopher Armstrong603
Temin, Peter, and David Vines, Keynes: Useful Economics for the World Economy. Reviewed by David Chambers347
Trumbull, Gunnar, Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare. Reviewed by Howard Bodenhorn355
Turner, John D., Banking in Crisis: The Rise and Fall of British Banking Stability, 1800 to the Present. Reviewed by John Singleton575
Varaschin, Denis, editor, with Hubert Bonin and Yves Bouvier, Histoire économique et sociale de la Savoie de 1860 à nos jours [Economic and Social History of Savoy from 1860 to the Present]. Reviewed by Stephen L. Harp595
Ville, Simon, and Glenn Withers, editors, The Cambridge Economic History of Australia. Reviewed by Lola Sharon Davidson769
White, Eugene N., Kenneth Snowden, and Price Fishback, editors, Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective. Reviewed by Matthew Gordon Lasner626
Wilson, Brian C., Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and the Religion of Biologic Living. Reviewed by Mookie Kideckel609
Wilson, John F., Anthony Webster, and Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, Building Co-operation: A Business History of the Co-operative Group, 1863–2013. Reviewed by Anne Meis Knupfer598
