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 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 1 – 4 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000239 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Introduction
Italy and the Origins of Capitalism Robert Fredona, Sophus A. Reinert Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 5 – 38 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000057 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Research article
Premodern European Capitalism, Christianity, and Florence William Caferro Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 39 – 72 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000045 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Profit and Patrimony: Property, Markets, and Public Debt in Late Medieval Genoa Jeffrey Miner Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 73 – 94 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519001211 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Big Business for Firms and States: Silk Manufacturing in Renaissance Italy Franco Franceschi Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 95 – 123 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000100 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Political Economy and the Medici Sophus A. Reinert, Robert Fredona Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 125 – 177 doi: 10.1017/S000768052000001X Published Online on 30 April 2020
The Burden of Risk: Early Modern Maritime Enterprise and Varieties of Capitalism Maria Fusaro Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 179 – 200 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519001557 Published Online on 6 March 2020
Port of Trade or Commodity Market? Livorno and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Mediterranean Corey Tazzara Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 201 – 228 doi: 10.1017/S000768051900120X Published Online on 30 April 2020
Renaissance Florence and the Origins of Capitalism: A Business History Perspective Francesca Trivellato Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 229 – 251 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000033 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Announcement
Announcements Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 253 – 256 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000227 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Review Essay
Robert Skidelsky Money and Government: The Past and Future of Economics Hugh Rockoff Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 257 – 261 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000021 Published Online on 5 March 2020
Book Reviews
Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance before the New Deal. ByShennette Garrett-Scott. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. xi + 273 pp. Photographs, tables, appendix, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $105.00; paper, $35.00. ISBN: cloth, 978-0-231-18390-1; paper, 978-0-231-18391-8. Janice Traflet Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 263 – 266 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000136 Published Online on 30 April 2020
From the Grounds Up: Building an Export Economy in Southern Mexico. ByCasey Marina Lurtz. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. xiv + 280 pp. Maps, figures, tables, bibliography, appendixes, notes, index. Cloth, $65.00. ISBN: 9781503603899. Susan Gauss Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 266 – 269 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000112 Published Online on 30 April 2020
The Wealth of Religions: The Political Economy of Believing and Belonging. ByRachel M. McCleary andRobert J. Barro. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. viii + 199 pp. Maps, illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17895-0. David E. Campbell Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 269 – 271 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000215 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Trade in the Ancient Mediterranean: Private Order and Public Institutions. ByTaco Terpstra. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. x + 274 pp. Maps, illustrations, figures, bibliography, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17208-8. Kostas Vlassopoulos Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 271 – 274 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000148 Published Online on 30 April 2020
The Commerce of Vision: Optical Culture and Perception in Antebellum America. ByPeter John Brownlee. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 264 pp. Illustrations, figures, notes, index. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN: 9780812250428. Martin L. Johnson Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 274 – 276 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000173 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Does America Need More Innovators? Edited byMatthew Wisnioski, Eric S. Hintz, andMarie Stettler Kleine. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019. ix + 397 pp. Photographs, figures, tables, index. Paper, $45.00. ISBN: 9780262536738. Marc Levinson Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 276 – 279 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000203 Published Online on 30 April 2020
The Power of Your Life: The Sanlam Century of Insurance Empowerment, 1918–2018. ByGrietjie Verhoef. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xxv + 409 pp. Figures, tables, appendix, bibliography, index. Cloth, $85.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-881775-8. Geoffrey Clark Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 279 – 281 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000185 Published Online on 30 April 2020
Taking Nazi Technology: Allied Exploitation of German Science after the Second World War. ByDouglas M. O'Reagan. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. xi + 281 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $54.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2887-1. Michael C. Schneider Business History Review, Volume 94 / Issue 1, Spring 2020, pp 281 – 283 doi: 10.1017/S0007680520000197 Published Online on 30 April 2020