The pioneering journal in its field, Business History Review, began publication in 1926 as the Bulletin of the Business Historical Society. BHR seeks to publish articles based on rigorous primary research that address major topics of debate, offer comparative perspectives, and broaden consideration of the subject. We are interested in the history of entrepreneurs, firms, and business systems, and in the subjects of innovation, globalization, and regulation. We also explore the relation of businesses to political regimes and to the environment.
Editorial
Editors’ Note
Business History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 225 – 225 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000685 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Research article
The Problem of Productivity: Inflation and Collective Bargaining after World War II Samuel MilnerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 227 – 250 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000399 Published Online on 26 June 2018
Global and Local: Retail Transformation and the Department Store in Britain and Japan, 1900–1940 Rika Fujioka, Jon StobartBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 251 – 280 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000417 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Reassessing the Italian “Economic Miracle”: Law, Firms’ Governance, and Management, 1950–1973 Paolo Di Martino, Michelangelo VastaBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 281 – 306 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000430 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Making Sense of Business and Community in Hollywood Films, 1928–2016 Per H. Hansen, Anne MagnussenBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 307 – 337 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800003X Published Online on 22 April 2018
Announcement
Announcements Business History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 339 – 341 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000697 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Review Essays
Leslie Berlin, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age William A. SahlmanBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 343 – 353 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000429 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Richard White, The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865–1896 Jeffrey SklanskyBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 355 – 360 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000405 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Book Reviews
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World. By Erika Rappaport. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. xvi + 568 pp. Maps, figures, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $39.50. ISBN: 978-0-691-16711-4. Jane T. MerrittBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 361 – 362 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000442 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Rulers and Capital in Historical Perspective: State Formation and Financial Development in India and the United States. By Abhishek Chatterjee. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2017. ix + 173 pp. Tables, references, notes, index. Cloth, $64.50. ISBN: 978-1-4399-1500-4. Chinmay TumbeBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 363 – 365 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000454 Published Online on 25 July 2018
The Pricing of Progress: Economic Indicators and the Capitalization of American Life. By Eli Cook. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2017. 352 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-674-97628-3. Thomas A. StaplefordBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 365 – 368 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000466 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Britain's Political Economies: Parliament and Economic Life, 1660–1800. By Julian Hoppit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xxii + 391 pp. Tables bibliography, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $87.99; paper, $28.99. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-107-01525-8; paper, 978-1-316-64990-9. Philipp RössnerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 368 – 371 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000478 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Confronting Capital and Empire: Rethinking Kyoto School Philosophy. Edited by Viren Murthy, Fabian Schäfer, and Max Ward. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, 2017. xii + 395 pp. Notes, references, index. Cloth, $152.00. ISBN: 978-90-04-34389-4. Robert E. CarterBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 371 – 373 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800048X Published Online on 25 July 2018
The Market Makers: Creating Mass Markets for Consumer Durables in Inter-war Britain. By Peter Scott. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xx + 367 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $97.50. ISBN: 978-0-19-878381-7. Michael John LawBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 373 – 375 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000491 Published Online on 25 July 2018
The New Deal: A Global History. By Kiran Klaus Patel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. xii + 435 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Paper, $27.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17615-4. Susan Dabney PennybackerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 375 – 378 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000508 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Reisen til Bretton Woods: Begynnelsen på verden av i går [The journey to Bretton Woods: The beginning of the world of yesterday]. By Maria Berg Reinertsen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2017. 224 pp. Illustrations, notes. Cloth, NOK 379. ISBN: 978-82-02-49779-8. Sophus A. ReinertBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 378 – 381 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800051X Published Online on 25 July 2018
One Nation under Gold: How One Precious Metal Has Dominated the American Imagination for Four Centuries. By James Ledbetter. New York: Liveright Publishing, 2017. xvii + 380 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $28.95. ISBN: 978-0-87140-683-5. Nicolas BarreyreBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 381 – 382 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000521 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Cotton Capitalists: American Jewish Entrepreneurship in the Reconstruction Era. By Michael R. Cohen. New York: New York University Press, 2017. xv + 259 pp. Figures, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $40.00. ISBN: 978-1-4798-7970-0. Stephen J. WhitfieldBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 382 – 385 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000533 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. By George Robb. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2017. 264 pp. Photographs, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $95.00. ISBN: 978-0-252-04117-4. Janice TrafletBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 385 – 387 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000545 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy. By Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. xii + 265 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, notes, references, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17503-4. Baruch LevBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 388 – 389 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000557 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Ensuring America's Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System. By Christy Ford Chapin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xiv + 358 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $110.00. ISBN: 978-1-107-04488-3. Jessica L. AdlerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 390 – 392 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000569 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Conflicted but Connected. Edited by W. Richard Scott, Michael W. Kirst, and Colleagues. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. xi + 282 pp. Figures, tables, references, appendixes, index. Paper, $54.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2308-1. Will DoyleBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 392 – 394 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000570 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Analysing Corruption. By Dan Hough. London: Agenda Publishing, 2017. x + 205 pp. Notes, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth, $85.00; paper $30.00. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-911116-54-7; paper, 978-1-911116-55-4. Doron NavotBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 395 – 397 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000582 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Tug of War: Surveillance Capitalism, Military Contracting, and the Rise of the Surveillance State. By Jocelyn Wills. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017. xv + 500 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-7735-5047-6. David Murakami WoodBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 397 – 400 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000594 Published Online on 25 July 2018
From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs. By Joshua Clark Davis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. 336 pp. Figures, notes, index. Cloth, $35.95. ISBN: 978-0-2311-7158-8. Jennifer Le ZotteBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 400 – 403 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000600 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Lending Power: How Self-Help Credit Union Turned Small-Time Loans into Big-Time Change. By Howard E. Covington Jr. Durham: Duke University Press, 2017. x + 211 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $27.95. ISBN: 978-0-8223-6969-1. Stephen G. MorrissetteBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 403 – 405 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000612 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio. By David Thomson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. viii + 220 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-300-19760-0. Hasia DinerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 406 – 408 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000624 Published Online on 25 July 2018
The People's Grocer: John G. Schwegmann, New Orleans, and the Making of the Modern Retail World. By David Cappello. New Orleans: Neutral Ground Press, 2017. xviii + 393 pp. Notes, index, photographs. Cloth, $20.00. ISBN: 978-0-9982443-0-3. Thomas Jessen AdamsBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 408 – 411 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000636 Published Online on 25 July 2018
J. C. Penney: The Man, the Store, and American Agriculture. By David Delbert Kruger. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. 360 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-8061-5716-0. Howard R. StangerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 411 – 414 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000648 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Rainy Lake House: Twilight of Empire on the Northern Frontier. By Theodore Catton. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. xvi + 396 pp. Maps, notes, index. Cloth, $32.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2293-0. Ann M. CarlosBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 414 – 416 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800065X Published Online on 25 July 2018
Liquid Capital: Making the Chicago Waterfront. By Joshua A. T. Salzmann. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. 234 pp. Figures, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 978-0-8122-4973-6. Harold L. PlattBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 416 – 418 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000661 Published Online on 25 July 2018
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. By Kim Phillips-Fein. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2017. 401 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $32.00. ISBN 978-0-805-095-258. Owen D. GutfreundBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 2, Summer 2018, pp 418 – 421 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000673 Published Online on 25 July 2018