Essays in Economic and Business History  

Lynne Pierson Doti (ed.)

Essays in Economic & Business History 2010

Philip M. Glende

During World War I, the postmaster general conducted a vigorous campaign to stop the distribution of radical periodicals. Victor L. Berger, the socialist publisher of the Milwaukee Leader in Wisconsin, was among the first targets. Without any court review... see more

Gregory Wood

As scholars of gender and labor have argued, chronic unemployment during the Great Depression precipitated a “crisis” of masculinity, compelling men to turn towards new industrial unions and the New Deal as ways to affirm work, breadwinning, and patriarch... see more

Christiane Diehl Taylor

Social capital is an asset that is generated by the relationship between individuals within a social structure. It allows individuals to achieve goals that are unachievable in its absence or achievable only at higher cost. Wives are a form of social capit... see more

Loren Gatch

The Great Depression in the United States produced a great outpouring of local currencies as responses to various aspects of the economic crisis. This article describes the basic types of scrip in use, assesses their legality and theoretical justification... see more

Richard D. Stone,Michael Landry

During the Era of Railroad building (primarily the last half of the 19th century), it was far more profitable to lay track than to operate railroads due to the subsidiesfrom various levels ofgovernment and the competition between cities to be located on a... see more

Jari Eloranta,Jari Kauppila

This paper explains the long-run demand for central government spending in Finland by analyzing quantitative and qualitative changes in the spending behavior, examining possible links between variables in a VAR-framework, and performing multivariate analy... see more

Jessica I. Elfenbein

From 1860 to 1960, Baltimore was an important center of the men’s ready-to- wear clothing industries. German-speaking Jews created many businesses that manufactured and sold underwear, men’s suits, and specialty items like hats and umbrellas. The straw ha... see more

Erik Benson

Before World War II, the British and Americans had been fierce rivals in the international airline business. Their wartime alliance muted this rivalry, yet it still simmered, manifesting itself in a variety of global incidents and issues. As the war progr... see more

Roger Lloyd-Jones,Myrddin John Lewis

According to David Lloyd George, Britain’s first Minister of Munitions, World War L “the Great War” was a “war of machinery,” and required unprecedented supplies of ammunition and the machine tools necessary to make them. In the early phase of the conflic... see more

Jeffrey L. Furman,Megan MacGarvie

This paper examines rise of collaborations between for-profit pharmaceutical firms and academic scientists between 1927 and 1946, investigating (a) the historical and economic factors that led to such collaborations and (b) the implications of these early... see more

Stuart Sweeney

Policy-makers interpreted famines in nineteenth century British India as problems of distribution, rather than food production. Railways provided speedier and cheaper transport than road methods employed during that time. They were more reliable than cana... see more

Fred Bateman,Jason E. Taylor

For more than three decades, scholars have examined the grossly unequal state- level per capita distribution of New Deal spending. Why did small population rural states such as Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming receive up to six times as many federal dollars p... see more

Ralf Richter

Machine tools play central in the discussion about economic growth. It is widely believed that the production and use of different types of machine tools in the US and Europe indicate the predominance of different production systems on each side of the At... see more

Janice Traflet

This essay examines the evolution in the meaning and usage of two types of special currencies: pin money and mad money. At the start of the twentieth century, both currencies were considered a woman’s money. By the end of the century, however, both pin mo... see more

Lynne Pierson Doti (ed.)

Essays in Economic & Business History

Philip M. Glende

During World War I, the postmaster general conducted a vigorous campaign to stop the distribution of radical periodicals. Victor L. Berger, the socialist publisher of the Milwaukee Leader in Wisconsin, was among the first targets. Without any court review... see more

Gregory Wood

As scholars of gender and labor have argued, chronic unemployment during the Great Depression precipitated a “crisis” of masculinity, compelling men to turn towards new industrial unions and the New Deal as ways to affirm work, breadwinning, and patriarch... see more

Christiane Diehl Taylor

Social capital is an asset that is generated by the relationship between individuals within a social structure. It allows individuals to achieve goals that are unachievable in its absence or achievable only at higher cost. Wives are a form of social capit... see more

Loren Gatch

The Great Depression in the United States produced a great outpouring of local currencies as responses to various aspects of the economic crisis. This article describes the basic types of scrip in use, assesses their legality and theoretical justification... see more

Richard D. Stone,Michael Landry

During the Era of Railroad building (primarily the last half of the 19th century), it was far more profitable to lay track than to operate railroads due to the subsidiesfrom various levels ofgovernment and the competition between cities to be located on a... see more

Jari Eloranta,Jari Kauppila

This paper explains the long-run demand for central government spending in Finland by analyzing quantitative and qualitative changes in the spending behavior, examining possible links between variables in a VAR-framework, and performing multivariate analy... see more

Jessica I. Elfenbein

From 1860 to 1960, Baltimore was an important center of the men’s ready-to- wear clothing industries. German-speaking Jews created many businesses that manufactured and sold underwear, men’s suits, and specialty items like hats and umbrellas. The straw ha... see more

Erik Benson

Before World War II, the British and Americans had been fierce rivals in the international airline business. Their wartime alliance muted this rivalry, yet it still simmered, manifesting itself in a variety of global incidents and issues. As the war progr... see more

Roger Lloyd-Jones,Myrddin John Lewis

According to David Lloyd George, Britain’s first Minister of Munitions, World War L “the Great War” was a “war of machinery,” and required unprecedented supplies of ammunition and the machine tools necessary to make them. In the early phase of the conflic... see more

Jeffrey L. Furman,Megan MacGarvie

This paper examines rise of collaborations between for-profit pharmaceutical firms and academic scientists between 1927 and 1946, investigating (a) the historical and economic factors that led to such collaborations and (b) the implications of these early... see more

Stuart Sweeney

Policy-makers interpreted famines in nineteenth century British India as problems of distribution, rather than food production. Railways provided speedier and cheaper transport than road methods employed during that time. They were more reliable than cana... see more

Fred Bateman,Jason E. Taylor

For more than three decades, scholars have examined the grossly unequal state- level per capita distribution of New Deal spending. Why did small population rural states such as Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming receive up to six times as many federal dollars p... see more

Ralf Richter

Machine tools play central in the discussion about economic growth. It is widely believed that the production and use of different types of machine tools in the US and Europe indicate the predominance of different production systems on each side of the At... see more

Janice Traflet

This essay examines the evolution in the meaning and usage of two types of special currencies: pin money and mad money. At the start of the twentieth century, both currencies were considered a woman’s money. By the end of the century, however, both pin mo... see more

Lynne Pierson Doti (ed.)

Essays in Economic & Business History

Philip M. Glende

During World War I, the postmaster general conducted a vigorous campaign to stop the distribution of radical periodicals. Victor L. Berger, the socialist publisher of the Milwaukee Leader in Wisconsin, was among the first targets. Without any court review... see more

Gregory Wood

As scholars of gender and labor have argued, chronic unemployment during the Great Depression precipitated a “crisis” of masculinity, compelling men to turn towards new industrial unions and the New Deal as ways to affirm work, breadwinning, and patriarch... see more

Christiane Diehl Taylor

Social capital is an asset that is generated by the relationship between individuals within a social structure. It allows individuals to achieve goals that are unachievable in its absence or achievable only at higher cost. Wives are a form of social capit... see more

Loren Gatch

The Great Depression in the United States produced a great outpouring of local currencies as responses to various aspects of the economic crisis. This article describes the basic types of scrip in use, assesses their legality and theoretical justification... see more

Richard D. Stone,Michael Landry

During the Era of Railroad building (primarily the last half of the 19th century), it was far more profitable to lay track than to operate railroads due to the subsidiesfrom various levels ofgovernment and the competition between cities to be located on a... see more

Jari Eloranta,Jari Kauppila

This paper explains the long-run demand for central government spending in Finland by analyzing quantitative and qualitative changes in the spending behavior, examining possible links between variables in a VAR-framework, and performing multivariate analy... see more

Jessica I. Elfenbein

From 1860 to 1960, Baltimore was an important center of the men’s ready-to- wear clothing industries. German-speaking Jews created many businesses that manufactured and sold underwear, men’s suits, and specialty items like hats and umbrellas. The straw ha... see more

Erik Benson

Before World War II, the British and Americans had been fierce rivals in the international airline business. Their wartime alliance muted this rivalry, yet it still simmered, manifesting itself in a variety of global incidents and issues. As the war progr... see more

Roger Lloyd-Jones,Myrddin John Lewis

According to David Lloyd George, Britain’s first Minister of Munitions, World War L “the Great War” was a “war of machinery,” and required unprecedented supplies of ammunition and the machine tools necessary to make them. In the early phase of the conflic... see more

Jeffrey L. Furman,Megan MacGarvie

This paper examines rise of collaborations between for-profit pharmaceutical firms and academic scientists between 1927 and 1946, investigating (a) the historical and economic factors that led to such collaborations and (b) the implications of these early... see more

Stuart Sweeney

Policy-makers interpreted famines in nineteenth century British India as problems of distribution, rather than food production. Railways provided speedier and cheaper transport than road methods employed during that time. They were more reliable than cana... see more

Fred Bateman,Jason E. Taylor

For more than three decades, scholars have examined the grossly unequal state- level per capita distribution of New Deal spending. Why did small population rural states such as Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming receive up to six times as many federal dollars p... see more

Ralf Richter

Machine tools play central in the discussion about economic growth. It is widely believed that the production and use of different types of machine tools in the US and Europe indicate the predominance of different production systems on each side of t... see more

Janice Traflet

This essay examines the evolution in the meaning and usage of two types of special currencies: pin money and mad money. At the start of the twentieth century, both currencies were considered a woman’s money. By the end of the century, however, both pin mo... see more