Commercial Banks and Economic Growth in the Ninth Federal Reserve District: A Quantitative Approach
Donald J. Elliott

Charles Elliott Perkins: Beau and Baron
Herbert C. Goltz

Better Britons for the Burlington
Ian MacPherson

Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream: The Whig Years, 1832-1854
G. S. Borit

Hardware and Drug Wholesaling, 1870-1900
William H. Becker

Growth, Stability, and Financial Innovation in the American Economy, 1897-1914
Larry Neal

The Loschian Hierarchy of Cities: An Empirical Study of the Indianapolis Region, 1880
J. A. F. Nicholls

New York Savings Banks in the Antebellum Years
Alan L. Olmstead

The Democracy's Railroads: Internal Improvements in Michigan, 1825-1846
Robert Parks

The Origins, Development, and Current Situation of the Negro Life Insurance Industry
Robert C. Pugh

Discussion of Dissertations
Richard C. Overton

Gross Farm Revenue in Pre-Civil War Illinois
Robert E. Ankli

A Business History of the Business Men's Assurance Company
Stephen Butcher

American Guitar Manufacturing: Oligopoly and the Economics of a Craft Industry
Robert J. Waller

The Last Families: A Study of Metropolitan Newspaper Ownership, 1950-1967
Elizabeth E. Swayne Yamashita

Urbanization and American Economic Development, 1900-1930: Patterns of Demand in Baltimore and the Nation
Allan D. Anderson

The Public Lands of Western Texas, 1875-1900: The Clash of Public and Private Interests
Wilson Elbert Dolman III

Business and Government in the Eisenhower Era
Theodore P. Kovaleff

The Development of National Advertising, 1865-1920
Daniel A. Pope

A Comparative Statistical Analysis of the Growth of Fifteen U.S. Food Distribution Firms, 1948-1967
George A. Prendergast

A History of the Chisos Mining Company, 1902-1942
Kenneth Ragsdale

Commentary of Dissertations
Louis Galambos

Discussion of Dissertations
Gaston V. Rimlinger

The Emergence of the Trust Company in New York City: 1870-1900
H. Peers Brewer

Gabriel Kolko vs. the Federal Trade Commission: A Re-evaluation
T. Lane Moore

The Dynamics of Oligopoly in the Meat Packing Industry: An Historical Analysis, 1875-1912
Mary Yeager [Kujovich]

Commentary on Dissertations

Draining the Wet Prairie of East Central Illinois
Roger A. Winsor

The Growth of a Refining Region
Joe Pratt

Business Responses to Keynesian Economics, 1929-64
Robert Collins

A Son of Antaeus: James J. Hill and Agricultural Development of the Northwest
Howard Dickman

Entrepreneurial Historians and History: An Exploration in the Organization of Intellect
Steven A. Sass

Commentary on Dissertation Session
Louis P. Cain   View as PDF

Keeping the Corporate Image: Public Relations and Business, 1900-1950
Richard S. Tedlow

The Evolution of Private Mineral Rights: Nevada's Comstock Lode
Gary D. Libecap

The Development of Life Insurance in the United States: A Sociological Analysis
Viviana A. Zelizer

The Rise of an Independent Major: The Sun Oil Company, 1876-1945
August W. Giebelhaus

The Department Store and Social Change in Modern France: The Case of the Bon Marché
Michael Miller

Commentary on Dissertations
Glenn Porter View as PDF

Introduction to Dissertation Session
Jeremy A. Atack   View as PDF

Dissertation Summaries   View as PDF

The Adoption and Diffusion of the Combined Harvester-Thresher: A Study on Economic History
J. Larry Deaton

The Rise of the American Electrochemicals Industry, 1880-1910: Studies in the American Technological Environment
Martha M. Trescott

South Africa's Impact on Britain's Return to Gold, 1925
Bruce R. Dalgaard

Chicago, 1870 and 1900: Wealth, Occupation, and Education
Edward Bubnys

Saving & Investment in Medieval Egypt
Gladys M. Frantz

The Coming of Sound to the American Cinema: A History of the Transformation of an Industry
Douglas Gomery

Taunton and Mason: Cotton Machinery and Locomotive Manufacture in Taunton, Massachusetts, 1811-1861
J. W. Lozier

An Empirical Investigation of Farmers' Behavior under Uncertainty: Income, Price, and Yield Variability for Late 19th Century American Agriculture
Robert A. McGuire

Commentary on Dissertation Session
Harold D. Woodson   View as PDF

Diffusion During Depression: The Adoption of the Tractor by Illinois Farmers
Robert Charles Graham   View as PDF

Ingenious Yankees: The Rise of the American System of Manufactures in the Private Sector
Donald Hoke   View as PDF

The Decline and Rise of Charcoal Iron: The Case of Canada
Kris E. Inwood   View as PDF

Business Location in 1860 and 1870: Evidence from the Manufacturing Censuses
Susan Hotopp   View as PDF

From Conflict to Consensus: The American Institute of Accountants and the Professionalization of Public Accountancy, 1886-1940
Paul J. Miranti, Jr.   View as PDF

The Photochemical Industry: Historical Essays in Business Strategy and Internationalization
Lutz Alt   View as PDF

Managing Industrial Decline: Four British Colliery Companies between the Wars
Michael Dintenfass   View as PDF

Henry E. Huntington and Metropolitan Entrepreneurship in Southern California, 1898-1917
William B. Friedricks   View as PDF

Coordinating Market Forces: The Anatomy of Investment Decisions in the Japanese Steel Industry, 1945-1975
Patricia A. O'Brien   View as PDF

Industrial Transformation and Market Integration along the American Manufacturing Frontier: The Midwest from 1850 to 1880
Timothy E. Sullivan   View as PDF

Farmers as Entrepreneurs: Regulation and Innovation in American Agriculture during the Twentieth Century
Sally Clarke   View as PDF

Running the Machine: The Management of Technological Change on American Railroads, 1850-1910
Steven W. Usselman   View as PDF

The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: The California Experience, 1910-1941
Gregory L. Thompson   View as PDF

Testing the Phantom F-4 II: Engineering Practice in the Development of American Military Aircraft, 1954-1969
Glenn E. Bugos   View as PDF

The Economics of Multiple Governments: New Jersey Corporate Chartermongering, 1875-1929
Christopher Grandy   View as PDF

United States Direct Investment in Japan: Studies in Government Policy and Corporate Strategy
Mark Mason   View as PDF

State Intervention and Industrialization: The Origins of the Brazilian Automotive Industry
Helen Shapiro   View as PDF

International Cooperation and Domestic Cartel Control: The International Steel Cartel, 1926-1938
Daniel Barbezat   View as PDF

Private and Public Responses to Market Failure in the U.S. Electric Power Industry, 1882-1942
William M. Emmons III   View as PDF

Spreading the Word: The Postal System and the Creation of American Society—A Sketch
Richard R. John   View as PDF

Analyzing the Prewar Business Cycle
Anthony Patrick O'Brien   View as PDF

Directions in Business History: Comments on the Dissertations
Ross Thomson   View as PDF

Regulated Enterprise: Natural Gas Pipelines and the Competition for Northeastern Markets, 1938-1954
Christopher J. Castaneda   View as PDF

Stage to Studio: American Musicians and Sound Technology in Motion Pictures, Radio, and Recording, 1890-1946
James P. Kraft   View as PDF

The Clearing Banks and the Finance of British Industry, 1930-1959
Duncan M. Ross   View as PDF

Selling Power: Marketing and Monopoly at Boston Edison, 1886-1926
David B. Sicilia   View as PDF

Financing the Corporate Revolution
William Michael Doyle   View as PDF

Information Systems and Internal Organization: A Study of the Dow Chemical Company, 1890-1914
Margaret C. Levenstein   View as PDF

To Build Wings for the Angels: Los Angeles and Its Aircraft Industry, 1890-1936
Joseph E. Libby   View as PDF

What Caused Conglomerate Formation: An Examination of Managerial Behavior and Internal Capital Markets in the 1960s Conglomerates
Barbara McCutcheon   View as PDF

The Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Capital Equipment Sector, and American Industrial Practice in the Nineteenth Century
John K. Brown   View as PDF

The Business of Progress: The Transformation of American Advertising, 1870-1920
Pamela Walker Laird   View as PDF

Niche Products in the British Motor Car Industry: A History of MG and Triumph Sports Cars, 1945-81
Timothy R. Whisler   View as PDF

Cooperatives and Corporations: The Sun-Maid Antitrust Case and the Legal Status of Agricultural Cooperation, 1890-1943
Victoria Saker Woeste   View as PDF

Building an American Book Trade: Philadelphia Publishing in the New Republic
Rosalind Remer   View as PDF

Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: Saga of a Government Entrepreneur
Stephen B. Adams   View as PDF

The Rise and Fall of Fraternal Methods of Social Insurance: A Case Study of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of British Columbia Sickness Insurance, 1874-1051
J. C. Herbert Emery   View as PDF

The Entry of Established Electronics Companies into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and the USA
Anthony Gandy   View as PDF

Comment on Recent Dissertations in Business History
William R. Childs   View as PDF

Beyond the Broker State: A History of the Federal Government's Policies toward Small Business, 1936-1961
Jonathan Bean   View as PDF

Corporate Incentives for Managers in American Industry,, 1900-1940
John Landry   View as PDF

Amplifying the Voice of Business: Hill and Knowlton's Influence on Political, Public, and Media Discourse in Postwar America
Karen S. Miller   View as PDF

Chain Building: The Consolidation of the American Newspaper Industry, 1955-1980
Elizabeth M. Neiva   View as PDF

The Making of New York City's Bourgeoisie, 1850-1886
Sven Beckert   View as PDF

Imgaining Consumers: Manufacturers and Markets in Ceramics and Glass, 1865-1965
Regina Lee Blaszczyk   View as PDF

Whiskey-Manure Engines and "Haut, Fiery Gouts": The Scotch Whiskey Industry and Its Causal Relation to Scotland's Economic Transformation
Peter deH. Caldwell   View as PDF

Corporate Response to Technological Change: Dieselization and the American Railway Locomotive Industry during the Twentieth Century
Albert Churella   View as PDF

The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1958
Robert F. Freeland   View as PDF

Dissertation Session Comments
Christine Meisner Rosen   View as PDF

Of Business Biography, Media Romance, and Corporate Family Drama
Eric Guthey   View as PDF

Wine, Work, and Wealth: Class Relations and Modernization in the Champagne Wine Industry, 1970-1914
Kolleen M. Guy   View as PDF

The Electric Car and the Burden of History: Studies in Automotive Systems Rivalry in America, 1890-1996
David A. Kirsch   View as PDF

The Myth of the Corporate Economy: Factor Costs, Industrial Structure, and Technological Choice in the Lancashire and New England Cotton Industries, 1900-1913
Timothy Leunig   View as PDF

Railroads and the Brazilian Economy before 1914
William R. Summerhill   View as PDF

The Finance and Growth of the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry, 1870-1914
J. S. Toms   View as PDF

Dissertation Session Comments
Ann M. Carlos   View as PDF

Dissertation Session Comments
Steven Tolliday   View as PDF

New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor, 1945-1975
Ross Bassett   View as PDF

"Business Shall Proceed in the Following Manner": Corporate Managers, the Bureaucratization Process, and the Creation of Divergent Corporate Cultures, 1880-1932
Christiane Diehl-Taylor   View as PDF

Growth, Stagnation, and Transition: Economic Implications of Soviet Ministerial Organization
Kerry Ellen Pannell   View as PDF

Managing the Mills: Labor Policy in the American Steel Industry, 1892-1937
Jonathan Rees   View as PDF

Introducing Otto H. Kahn
Theresa M. Collins   View as PDF

Caps and Gowns: Historical Reflections on the Institutions That Shaped Learning for and at Work in Germany and the United States, 1800-1945
Hal Hansen   View as PDF

Fueling the Fires of Genius: Women's Inventive Activities in American War Eras
Lisa A. Marovich   View as PDF