The Journal of Economic History Volume 71 / Issue 04, December 2011
Articles
Did Technology Shocks Drive the Great Depression? Explaining Cyclical Productivity Movements in U.S. Manufacturing, 1919–1939 ROBERT INKLAAR, HERMAN DE JONG, REITZE GOUMA The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 827 - 858 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002166 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Harvest Shortfalls, Grain Prices, and Famines in Preindustrial England BRUCE M.S. CAMPBELL, CORMAC Ó GRÁDA The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 859 - 886 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002178 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Warfare, Taxation, and Political Change: Evidence from the Italian Risorgimento MARK DINCECCO, GIOVANNI FEDERICO, ANDREA VINDIGNI The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 887 - 914 doi: 10.1017/S002205071100218X Published Online on 14th November 2011
On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles NIKOLAUS WOLF, MAX-STEPHAN SCHULZE, HANS-CHRISTIAN HEINEMEYER The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 915 - 949 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002191 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Bank-Specific Default Risk in the Pricing of Bank Note Discounts MATTHEW JAREMSKI The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 950 - 975 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002208 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The Market for Bank Stocks and the Rise of Deposit Banking in New York City, 1866–1897 PETER L. ROUSSEAU The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 976 - 1005 doi: 10.1017/S002205071100221X Published Online on 14th November 2011
Catching-Up and Falling Behind: Knowledge Spillover from American to German Machine Toolmakers RALF RICHTER, JOCHEN STREB The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1006 - 1031 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002221 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Did R&D Firms Used to Patent? Evidence from the First Innovation Surveys TOM NICHOLAS The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1032 - 1059 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002233 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Depth to Bedrock and the Formation of the Manhattan Skyline, 1890–1915 JASON BARR, TROY TASSIER, ROSSEN TRENDAFILOV The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1060 - 1077 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002245 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Making Consumers Comfortable: The Early Decades of Air Conditioning in the United States JEFF E. BIDDLE The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1078 - 1094 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002257 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Editors' Note
Editors' Notes The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1095 - 1098 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002269 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Review Article
A Reading List for Economic Historians on the Great Recession of m2007–2009: Its Causes and Consequences LARRY NEAL The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1099 - 1106 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002270 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Reviews Of Books
The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979. By Forrest Capie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xxviii, 890. $150.00, hardcover. YOUSSEF CASSIS The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1107 - 1108 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002282 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe. By Stephen Broadberry and Kevin H. O'Rourke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 2 vols.; Pp. xiv, 329; xviii, 468. $110.00, cloth; $40.00, paper. JAN DE VRIES The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1108 - 1110 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002294 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The English Wool Market, c.1230–1327. By Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks, and Paul R. Dryburgh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. viii, 205. $99.00, hardcover. MARK BAILEY The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1110 - 1112 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002300 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The Capital and the Colonies: London and the Atlantic Economy, 1660–1700. By Nuala Zahedieh. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xviii, 329. $95.00, cloth. DAVID RICHARDSON The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1112 - 1113 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002312 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East. By Timur Kuran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp.xvi, 405. $29.95, hardcover. METIN COŞGEL The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1114 - 1116 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002324 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Historia económica general de México: De la Colonia a nuestros días. Edited by Sandra Kuntz-Ficker. México, DF: El Colegio de México y la Secretaría de Economía: Comisión Organizadora de las Celebraciones del Bicentenraio, 2010. Pp. 834. $39.00, cloth. MORAMAY LÓPEZ-ALONSO The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1116 - 1117 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002336 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression. By Douglas A. Irwin. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2011. Pp. 244. $24.95, hardcover. DAVID S. JACKS The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1118 - 1119 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002348 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Commerce by a Frozen Sea: Native Americans and the European Fur Trade. By Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis. Philadephia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Pp. 264. $49.95, hardcover. GEORGE COLPITTS The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1119 - 1121 doi: 10.1017/S002205071100235X Published Online on 14th November 2011
Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War. Edited by Marc Egnal. New York: Hill and Wang, 2009. Pp. xiii, 416. $30.00, cloth; $21.90, paper. ROGER RANSOM The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1121 - 1123 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002361 Published Online on 14th November 2011
The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal. By Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu. Princeton. NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii, 420. $35.00, cloth. LUZ MARINA ARIAS The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1123 - 1124 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002373 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s. Edited by Douglas A. Irwin and Richard Sylla. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Pp. ix, 352. $110.00, cloth; $35.00, paper. KAREN CLAY The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1124 - 1126 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002385 Published Online on 14th November 2011
Scarcity and Frontiers: How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation. By Edward B. Barbier. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii, 748. $105.00, hardcover; $48.00, paper. GAVIN WRIGHT The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 04, December 2011, pp 1126 - 1127 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711002397 Published Online on 14th November 2011