Journal of Economic History 71 (2011), 1

The Journal of Economic History
71 - Issue 01, March 2011

Table of Contents

Articles

Public Finance and Economic Growth: The Case of Holland in the Seventeenth Century
Oscar Gelderblom, Joost Jonker
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 1 - 39
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000015
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

Sales and Advertising Expenditure for Interwar American Department Stores
Peter M. Scott, James Walker
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 40 - 69
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000027
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Moral Hazard in a Mutual Health Insurance System: German Knappschaften, 1867–1914
Timothy W. Guinnane, Jochen Streb
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 70 - 104
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000039
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

American Mobility and the Expansion of Public Education
John Parman
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 105 - 132
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000040
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War, Moral Hazard, and Ministerial Responsibility: England After the Glorious Revolution
Gary W CoxThe Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 133 - 161
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000052
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Marine Insurance in Philadelphia During the Quasi-War with France, 1795–1801
Christopher Kingston
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 162 - 184
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000064
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

Ideas, Interests, and Politics in the Case of Belgian Corn Law Repeal, 1834–1873
Maarten Van Dijck, Tom Truyts
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 185 - 210
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000076
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

Why was America's First Bank Aborted?
Dror Goldberg
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 211 - 222
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000088
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

Editors Note

Editors' Notes
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 223 - 232
doi: 10.1017/S002205071100009X
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Reviews Of Books

Paying for the Liberal State: The Rise of Public Finance in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Edited by José Luís Cardoso and Pedro Lains. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. ix, 310. $88.99.
MARK DINCECCO
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 233 - 234
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000106
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British Business in the Formative Years of European Integration, 1945–1973. By Neil Rollings. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xvi, 278. $91.00, hardcover.
PETER HOWLETT
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 235 - 236
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000118
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The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfillment in Early Modern England. By Keith Thomas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xvi, 393. $34.95.
GREGORY CLARK
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 236 - 237
doi: 10.1017/S002205071100012X
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Irish Agriculture: A Price History from the Mid-Eighteenth Century to the Eve of the First World War. By Liam Kennedy and Peter M. Solar. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2007. Pp. 206. $45.00, hardcover.
ANDY BIELENBERG
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 238 - 240
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000131
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Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection During Mexico's Early Industrialization. By Armando Razo. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 236. $65.00, cloth.
LETICIA ARROYO ABAD
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 240 - 241
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000143
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Motives of Honor, Pleasure, and Profit: Plantation Management in the Colonial Chesapeake, 1607–1763. By Lorena S. Walsh. Williamsburg, VA and Chapel Hill, NC: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Pp. xviii, 704. $70.00.
BARBARA HAHN
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 242 - 243
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000155
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Heavenly Merchandize: How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America. By Mark Valeri. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xiii, 337. $35.00.
JOHN E. MURRAY
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 243 - 245
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000167
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American Passage: The History of Ellis Island. By Vincent J. Cannato. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. Pp. vii, 487. $27.99.
Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. By Erika Lee and Judy Yung. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xxv, 394. $27.95.
ROBERT BARDE
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 245 - 247
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000179
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Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts. By William A. Fischel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. xi, 298. $55.00.
SUN GO
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 247 - 249
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000180
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Extending the Frontiers: Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database. Edited by David Eltis and David Richardson. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi, 377. $90.00.
JOSEPH E. INIKORI
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 249 - 251
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000192
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China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929–1937. By Tomoko Shiroyama. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2008. Pp. xvii, 325. $45.00, cloth.
LOREN BRANDT
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 251 - 252
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000209
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The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America. By Marisa Chappell. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Pp. 352. $45.00, cloth.
MARTHA J. BAILEY
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 252 - 254
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000210
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Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World Since 1800. By Richard S. Grossman. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. xx, 384. $39.50, cloth.
RICHARD SYLLA
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 254 - 255
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000222

Published Online on 02nd March 2011
The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences. By Herbert Gintis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii, 286. $37.50.
ALEXANDER J. FIELD
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 256 - 258
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000234
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Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art. By David W. Galenson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xvi, 443. $90.00, cloth; $26.99, paper.
DAVID THROSBYThe Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 258 - 259
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000246
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The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World. Edited by Walter Scheidel, Ian Morris, and Richard Saller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. v, 942. $225.00.
MORRIS SILVER
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 260 - 267
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000258
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Reputation and International Cooperation: Sovereign Debt Across Three Centuries. By Michael Tomz. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp. 299. $26.95, paper.
NOEL MAURER
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 267 - 269
doi: 10.1017/S002205071100026X
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Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium. By Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp. x, 619. $29.95, paper.
CHRISTOPHER M. MEISSNER
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 269 - 271
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000271
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An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions, and Growth, 600 to the Present. By Karl Gunnar Persson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xv, 253. $85.00, cloth; $32.99, paper.
GEORGE GRANTHAM
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 272 - 273
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000283
Published Online on 02nd March 2011

Miscellaneous

American Mobility and the Expansion of Public Education
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 71, Issue 01, March 2011, pp 274 - 287
doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000295
Published Online on 02nd March 2011