Vol. 37 (2019): Essays in Economic & Business History

Essays in Economic & Business History 2019

The Journal of the Economic & Business History Society

Published: 2019-06-30

Front Matter

Title Page & Table of Contents

Mark Billings, Daniel Giedeman

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Articles

Avoiding “Musty Mutton Chops”: The Network Narrative of an American Merchant in London, 1771-1774

John Haggerty, Sheryllynne Haggerty

1-42
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Was the African American Great Migration Delayed by Outlawing Emigrant Agents? Winner of the James Soltow Award for Best Paper in Essays 2019

Khayen Prentice, László Kónya, David Prentice

43-75
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Microprocesses of Deregulation: The Swedish Experience of The Decentralisation of Education

Erik Lakomaa, Richard Wahlund

76-105
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The Long-Run Effect of Geographically-Staggered Legalizations: Was There a First-Adopter Advantage for States That Legalized Beer More Quickly in 1933?

Eline Poelmans, Samuel Raisanen, Jason E. Taylor

106-119
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Dynamics of Innovation in the Electronic Watch Industry: A Comparative Business History of Longines (Switzerland) and Seiko (Japan), 1960-1980

Pierre-Yves Donzé

120-145
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Statistics: Spur to Productivity or Publicity Stunt? London Underground Railways 1913-32

James Fowler

146-179
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George Scrope, Free Bankers, and The Bank Charter Act of 1833

Paul E. Orzechowski

180-205
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The Language of the Emerging Financial Market and Early Eighteenth-Century English Plays

Laura Favero Carraro

206-240
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Book Reviews

Gordon, Robert J. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: the US Standard of Living since the Civil War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016.

Leslie Hannah, David Mitch

242-249
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Taylor, Jason E. Deconstructing the Monolith: The Microeconomics of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Louis Galambos

249-251
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Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo. Cash and Dash: How ATMs and Computers Changed Banking. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Mark J Crowley

252-254
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Goodman, Lizzy. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001-2011. New York: Harper Collins, 2017.

Clayton Trutor

255-257
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Giffard, Hermione. Making Jet Engines in World War II: Britain, Germany, and the United States. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Erik Benson

257-260
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Back Matter

Editor's Notes & President's Report

Mark Billings, Daniel Giedeman, Jari Eloranta, Olli Turunen

261-262
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