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 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 219 – 219 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000886 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Research article
The German Textile Puzzle: Selective Protectionism and the Silent Globalization of an Industry Jan-Otmar Hesse Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 221 – 246 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000680 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Designing for Innovation: Cooperation and Competition in English Cotton, Silk, and Pottery Firms, 1750–1860 Catherine Casson, Mark Dodgson Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 247 – 273 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000643 Published Online on 11 June 2019
Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739–1803 Rolv Petter Amdam, Robert Fredona, Sophus A. Reinert Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 275 – 317 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000631 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Rethinking Business Models in the Great Depression: The Failure of America's Vacuum Cleaner Industry Peter Scott Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 319 – 348 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000679 Published Online on 1 July 2019
Confronting the Japanese Challenge: The Revival of Manufacturing at Intel Christophe Lécuyer Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 349 – 373 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000709 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Announcement
Announcements Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 375 – 378 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000898 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Research Note
Green Innovation from the Global South: Renewable Energy Patents in Chile, 1877–1910 Bernardita Escobar Andrae, Nelson Arellano Escudero Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 379 – 395 doi: 10.1017/S000768051900062X Published Online on 24 July 2019
Review Essay
Manuel Llorca-Jaña and Diego Barría Traverso, Empresas y empresarios en la historia de Chile [Companies and entrepreneurs in the history of Chile] Aurora Gómez-Galvarriato Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 397 – 401 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000655 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Book Reviews
Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century. ByTorben Iversen and David Soskice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. xix + 335 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-18273-55. Michael French Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 403 – 405 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000722 Published Online on 24 July 2019
The President and American Capitalism since 1945. Edited byMark H. Rose and Roger Biles. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2017. xii + 349 pp. Figures, index. Cloth, $84.95. ISBN: 978-0-8130-5652-4. Benjamin C. Waterhouse Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 405 – 408 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000734 Published Online on 24 July 2019
The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World. ByWilliam L. Silber. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. xx + 325 pp. Illustrations, photographs, figures, notes, index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN: 9780691175386. Peter Conti-Brown Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 408 – 411 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000746 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Railroads and the Transformation of China. ByElisabeth Köll. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. xi + 396 pp. Photographs, maps, tables, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 9780674368170. Elya J. Zhang Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 411 – 413 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000758 Published Online on 24 July 2019
The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis. BySheilagh Ogilvie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. xvi + 645 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-13754-4. Jeffrey Miner Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 413 – 416 doi: 10.1017/S000768051900076X Published Online on 24 July 2019
Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848. ByLindsay Schakenbach Regele. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. xi + 263. Maps, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $59.95. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2525-2. William R. Childs Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 416 – 418 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000771 Published Online on 24 July 2019
The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912. BySarah Roddy, Julie-Marie Strange, and Bertrand Taithe. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. ix + 224 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 978-0-8047-9383-4. Rhodri Davies Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 418 – 420 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000783 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Making Medicine a Business: X-ray Technology, Global Competition, and the Transformation of the Japanese Medical System, 1895–1945. ByPierre-Yves Donzé. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. xiv + 199 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth. $139.99. ISBN: 978-981-10-8158-3. Simon Partner Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 421 – 423 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000795 Published Online on 24 July 2019
A History of Occupational Health and Safety: From 1905 to the Present. ByMichelle Follette Turk. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2018. xii + 356 pp. Photographs, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $44.95. ISBN: 978-1-943859-70-2. Andrew T. Simpson Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 423 – 425 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000801 Published Online on 24 July 2019
A Shoppers’ Paradise: How the Ladies of Chicago Claimed Power and Pleasure in the New Downtown. ByEmily Remus. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. 304 pp. Maps, illustrations, photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN: 9780674987272. Michael Miller Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 426 – 428 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000813 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919–33. Edited byUrs Matthias Zachmann. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. xii + 248 pp. Illustrations, index. Cloth, £75.00; paper, £19.99. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-4744-1716-7; paper, 978-1-4744-4102-5. Priscilla Roberts Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 428 – 431 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000825 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Supermarket USA: Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race. ByShane Hamilton. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. x + 277 pp. Maps, photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $38.00. ISBN: 978-0-300-23269-1. Amy Bentley Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 431 – 433 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000837 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Tryst with Prosperity: Indian Business and the Bombay Plan of 1944. ByMedha M. Kudaisya. Haryana, India: Penguin Random House India, 2018. xxxviii + 231 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper, INR 399.00. ISBN 978-0-143-44593-7. Chinmay Tumbe Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 433 – 435 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000849 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Controlling Credit: Central Banking and the Planned Economy in Postwar France, 1948–1973. ByEric Monnet. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xxii + 327 pp. Figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth, $120.00. ISBN: 978-1-108-41501-9. Kenneth Mouré Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 435 – 438 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000850 Published Online on 24 July 2019
Making Managers in Canada, 1945–1995: Companies, Community Colleges, and Universities. ByJason Russell. New York: Routledge, 2018. vii + 248 pp. Bibliography, index. Cloth, $140.00. ISBN: 978-1-138-69131-5. Joe Martin Business History Review, Volume 93 / Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp 438 – 440 doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000862 Published Online on 24 July 2019