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 1, pp 1 – 1 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000351 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Research article
IBM's Tiny Peripheral: Finland and the Tensions of Transnationality Petri Paju, Thomas HaighBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 3 – 28 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000028 Published Online on 13 March 2018
Learning by Doing: The First Spanish Nuclear Plant Joseba De la Torre, Maria del Mar Rubio-VarasBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 29 – 55 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000053 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Industrial Manifest Destiny: American Firearms Manufacturing and Antebellum Expansion Lindsay Schakenbach RegeleBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 57 – 83 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800034X Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Charismatic Corporation: Finance, Administration, and Shop Floor Management under Henry Ford Stefan LinkBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 85 – 115 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000065 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Change and Continuity at IBM: Key Themes in Histories of IBM James W. CortadaBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 117 – 148 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000041 Published Online on 26 March 2018
Announcement
Announcements
Business History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 149 – 152 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000363 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Review Essay
Samuel W. Buell, Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age. Edward BalleisenBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 153 – 157 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000016 Published Online on 13 February 2018
Book Reviews
The Consumer on the Home Front: Second World War Civilian Consumption in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Hartmut Berghoff, Jan Logemann, and Felix Römer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ix + 371 pp. Figures, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $120.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-878426-5. Vicki HowardBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 159 – 161 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000077 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Against Labor: How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism. Edited by Rosemary Feurer and Chad Pearson. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2017. 288 pp. Figures, notes, index. Cloth, $28.00. ISBN: 978-0-252-08232-0. Joshua B. FreemanBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 161 – 163 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000089 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871. Edited by Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke and Jeffrey Gale Williamson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xv + 391 pp. Figures, tables, appendix, references, notes, index. Cloth, $97.50. ISBN: 978-0-19-875364-3. Alden YoungBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 163 – 166 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000090 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago. Edited by Robert E. Weems Jr. and Jason P. Chambers. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2017. 267 pp. Tables, index. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $30.00. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-252-04142-6; paper, 978-0-252-08294-8. Jessica Ann LevyBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 166 – 168 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000107 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Immortal Banks: Strategies, Structures, and Performances of Major Banks. Edited by Michel Lescure. Geneva: Droz, 2016. 294 pp. Figures, tables, index. Cloth, $58.80. ISBN: 978-2-600-01913-2. Bernardo Bátiz-LazoBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 169 – 170 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000119 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Emergence of Routines: Entrepreneurship, Organization, and Business History. Edited by Daniel M. G. Raff and Philip Scranton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xii + 358 pp. Figures, notes, index. Cloth, $90.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-878776-1. Christina LubinskiBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 171 – 173 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000120 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. By Geoffrey Jones. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xi + 442 pp. Figures, table, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-870697-7. Hugh GormanBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 173 – 175 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000132 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The First World Oil War. By Timothy C. Winegard. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. xxii + 385 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $36.95. ISBN: 978-1-4875-0073-3. Joseph PrattBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 176 – 177 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000144 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Trouble with Tea: The Politics of Consumption in the Eighteenth-Century Global Economy. By Jane T. Merritt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. xii + 212 pp. Photographs, maps, figures, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $45.95; paper, $22.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-4214-2152-0; paper, 978-1-4214-2153-7. Jonathan EacottBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 178 – 180 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000156 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea. By Johan Mathew. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. xv + 248 pp. Maps, figures, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $70.00; paper, $29.95; e-book, $29.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-520-28854-6; paper, 978-0-520-28855-3; e-book, 978-0-520-96342-9. Sebastian R. PrangeBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 180 – 182 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000168 Published Online on 4 May 2018
A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950. By Fahad Ahmad Bishara. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ix + 279 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth, $99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-15565-7. J. E. PetersonBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 182 – 185 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800017X Published Online on 4 May 2018
China's Great Migration: How the Poor Built a Prosperous Nation. By Bradley M. Gardner. Oakland, Calif.: The Independent Institute, 2017. xii + 218 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $27.95. ISBN: 978-1-598-13222-9. Yeqing HuangBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 185 – 187 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000181 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920–2015. By Melvyn P. Leffler. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. x + 348 pp. Index, notes. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17258-3. Jeremi SuriBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 187 – 190 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000193 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy. By Jonathan Taplin. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2017. 321 pp. Figures, notes, index. Cloth, $19.72. ISBN: 978-0-316-27577-4. Richard R. JohnBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 191 – 193 doi: 10.1017/S000768051800020X Published Online on 4 May 2018
Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America. By Johann N. Neem. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. xiii + 240 pp. Bibliography, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $22.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2321-0. A. J. AnguloBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 193 – 196 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000211 Published Online on 4 May 2018
A Little History of Economics. By Niall Kishtainy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. vi + 249 pp. Index. Cloth, $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-300-20636-4. José Luís CardosoBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 196 – 198 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000223 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations. By Tsedal Neeley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. vii + 188 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, index. Cloth, $26.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17537-9. Helene TenzerBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 199 – 200 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000235 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight that Revolutionized Cooking. By Linda Civitello. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2017. xi + 252. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, appendix, index. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $19.95; e-book, $17.96. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-252-04108-2; paper, 978-0-252-08259-7; e-book, 978-0-252-09963-2. Terri LonierBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 201 – 203 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000247 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Burdens of War: Creating the United States Veterans Health System. By Jessica L. Adler. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. xiv + 353 pp. Photos, map, figures, index. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2287-9. Bobby A. WintermuteBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 203 – 205 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000259 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Dollars for Dixie: Business and the Transformation of Conservatism in the Twentieth Century. By Katherine Rye Jewell. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xvii + 318 pp. Figures, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $49.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-17402-3. Darren E. GremBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 205 – 208 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000260 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Family and Business during the Industrial Revolution. By Hannah Barker. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xv + 262 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $90.00. ISBN 978-0-19-878602-3. Catriona M. MacleodBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 208 – 210 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000272 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Boss Lady: How Three Women Entrepreneurs Built Successful Big Businesses in the Mid-Twentieth Century. By Edith Sparks. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. xiv + 309 pp. Photographss, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $85.00; paper, $27.50; e-book, $19.99. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-4696-3301-5; paper, 978-1-4696-3302-2; e-book, 978-1-4696-3303-9. Mark H. RoseBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 210 – 213 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000284 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire. By Peter B. Doran. New York: Penguin Books, 2017. viii + 334 pp. Bibliography, notes, photographs, index. Cloth, $28.00; paper, $18.00; ISBN: cloth, 978-0-52-542739-1; paper, 978-0-14-313000-0. Stanley BuderBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 213 – 215 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000296 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Iron Valley: The Transformation of the Iron Industry in Ohio's Mahoning Valley, 1802–1913. By Clayton J. Ruminski. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2017. xiii + 322 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, appendixes, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $119.95; paper, $29.95; e-book, $19.99. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-8142-1321-6; paper, 978-0-8142-5376-2; e-book, 978-0-8142-7448-4. Richard OestreicherBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 215 – 216 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000302 Published Online on 4 May 2018
The Ford Century in Minnesota. By Brian McMahon. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. xii + 363 pp. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-8166-3719-5. Kathryn J. OberdeckBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 217 – 219 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000314 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Julius Rosenwald: Repairing the World. By Hasia R. Diner. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. xiv + 231 pp. Notes, index. Cloth, $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-300-20321-9. Tobias BrinkmannBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 219 – 222 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000326 Published Online on 4 May 2018
Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby. By Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. x + 223. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17735-9. Robert E. WrightBusiness History Review, Volume 92 / Issue 1, pp 222 – 224 doi: 10.1017/S0007680518000338 Published Online on 4 May 2018