Journal of Economic History 70 (2010), 3

THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
Volume 70 - Issue 03 - September

Table of Contents

Articles

National Leadership and Competing Technological Paradigms: The Globalization of Cotton Spinning, 1878–1933
Gary R. Saxonhouse, Gavin Wright
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 535 - 566
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000537
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Pensions and Retirement Among Black Union Army Veterans
Dora L. Costa
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 567 - 592
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000549
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Ottoman State Finances in European Perspective, 1500–1914
K. Kivanç Karaman, Şevket Pamuk
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 593 - 629
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000550
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Asymmetric Information, Market Power, and the Underpricing of New Stock Issues in Germany, 1882–1892
Caroline Fohlin
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 630 - 656
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000562
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Riding the Wave of Trade: The Rise of Labor Regulation in the Golden Age of Globalization
Michael Huberman, Christopher M. Meissner
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 657 - 685
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000574
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Risk, Incentives, and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio de Janeiro, 1870–1891
Ran Abramitzky, Zephyr Frank, Aprajit Mahajan
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 686 - 715
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000586
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Domestic Trade and Market Size in Late-Eighteenth-Century France
Guillaume Daudin
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 716 - 743
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000598
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Crossover Inventions and Knowledge Diffusion of General Purpose Technologies: Evidence from the Electrical Technology
Shih-tse Lo, Dhanoos Sutthiphisal
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 744 - 764
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000604
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Editors Note

Editors' Notes
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 765 - 765
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000616
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Reviews Of Books

This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. By Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. $35.00.
Marc Weidenmier
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 766 - 768
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000628
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians. Edited by John S. Lyons, Louis P. Cain and Samuel H. Williamson. New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. xxiv, 491. $144.00, cloth.
Robert Whaples
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 769 - 770
doi:10.1017/S002205071000063X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Natural Experiments in History. Edited by Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. Pp. 2, 278. $29.95.
Robert A. Margo
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 770 - 772
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000641
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times. Edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr and William J. Baumol. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xii, 566. $49.50.
Peter Temin
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 772 - 773
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000653
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century. By Chris Evans and Göran Rydén. Boston: Brill, 2007. Pp. xvi, 360. $129.00.
Philipp Robinson Rössner
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 773 - 775
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000665
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law, and Economy in Late Medieval London. By Barbara A. Hanawalt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 317. $99.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Anne E. C. McCants
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 775 - 777
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000677
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship, Volume 1, to 1865 (Second Edition). By Juliet E. K. Walker. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2009. Pp. xxiv, 405. $24.95, paper.
Vicki Bogan
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 777 - 778
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000689
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790–1865. By Ross Thompson. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv, 432. $68.00.
Alan L. Olmstead
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 778 - 780
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000690
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010

The Market Revolution in America: Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good. By John Lauritz Larson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. 222. $20.99, paper.
Eric Hilt
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 03, September 2010, pp 780 - 782
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000707
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Sep 2010