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A Survey of Business Historians on America's Greatest Entrepreneurs
Blaine McCormick, Burton W. Folsom, Jr
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13 December 2011, pp. 703-716
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We surveyed fifty-eight professors of history and management to develop a ranking of the greatest entrepreneurs and businesspeople in American history. The goal of this research is to begin an ongoing conversation about what constitutes “greatness” in American business history, and, in particular, how academics perceive greatness among business leaders. The results were predictable: Henry Ford topped the list, followed by Bill Gates, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Thomas Edison. We also surveyed these scholars regarding greatest female and most underrated entrepreneur or businessperson in American history to make the exercise more interesting.

River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790–1850. By Kim M. Gruenwald. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. xvi + 214 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, maps. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-253-34132-9.
John L. Brooke
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13 December 2011, pp. 300-302
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Something For Nothing: Luck in America. By T. J. Jackson Lears. New York: Viking, 2003. xi + 392 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, photo-graphs. Cloth, $27.95. ISBN 0-670-03173-9.
Timothy B. Spears
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13 December 2011, pp. 490-492
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Otto Kahn: Art, Money, & Modern Time. ByTheresa M. Collins. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xii + 383 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-807-82696-0.
Michael Kammen
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13 December 2011, pp. 107-110
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13 December 2011, pp. 717-723
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Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. By Barton H. Barbour. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. xvi + 304 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliographic essay, index. Cloth, $34.95; paper, $19.95. ISBN: cloth 0-8061-3295-7; paper 0-8061-3498-4.
Clark C. Spence
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13 December 2011, pp. 302-304
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Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. ByEmma Rothschild. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. x + 358 pp. Cloth, $50.00; paper, $18.95. ISBN: cloth 0-674-00489-2; paper 0-674-00837-5.
Robert E. Prasch
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13 December 2011, pp. 110-112
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When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager. By David A. Moss. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002. viii + 456 pp. Index, notes, figures, tables. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-674-00757-3.
William J. Novak
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13 December 2011, pp. 492-495
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Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903–2003. By Douglas Brinkley. New York: Viking, 2003. xxii + 858 pp. Photographs, index, notes, bibliography. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-670-03181-X.
Mira Wilkins
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13 December 2011, pp. 725-730
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The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776: From Commercial Arithmetic to Life Annuities and Joint Stocks. ByGeoffrey Poitras. Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, 2000. x + 522 pp. Index, figures, illustrations, references, tables. Cloth, $120.00. ISBN 1-840-64455-9.
R. H. Parker
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13 December 2011, pp. 112-115
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Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets during Industrialization. By Joshua L. Rosenbloom. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 208 pp. Index, figures, tables, references. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $20.00. ISBN: cloth 0-521-80780-8; paper 0-521-00287-7.
Ken Fones-Wolf
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13 December 2011, pp. 304-307
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The Divided Welfare State: The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States. By Jacob S. Hacker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 447 pp. Tables, figures, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $23.00. ISBN: cloth 0-521-81288-7; paper 0-521-01328-3.
Marc J. Stern
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13 December 2011, pp. 495-497
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The Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865–1914. ByNancy Cohen. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 318 pp. Notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $22.50. ISBN: cloth 0-807-82670-7; paper 0-807-85354-2.
Heather Cox Richardson
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13 December 2011, pp. 115-117
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Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism. By Charles Perrow. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. xi + 259 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, figures. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-691-08954-X.
Neil Fligstein
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13 December 2011, pp. 307-309
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Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution. By Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. Berkeley: University of California Press/Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002. xx + 408 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, maps, photographs, tables. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-520-21749-7.
David Stradling
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13 December 2011, pp. 498-500
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A History of the United States: Inventing America. By Pauline Maier, Merritt Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel K. Kevles. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Illustrations. Cloth, $95.15; paper, $150.60 (2 volumes). ISBN cloth: 0-393-97434-0; paper (vol. 1): 0-393-97435-9, (vol. 2): 0-393-97762-5.
Steven W. Usselman
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13 December 2011, pp. 731-737
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Trusting Leviathan: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1799–1914. By Martin Daunton. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 452 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, tables. Cloth, $55.00. ISBN 0-521-80372-1. - Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914–79. By Martin Daunton. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 406 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, figures, tables. Cloth, $60.00. ISBN 0-521-81400-6.
Forrest Capie
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13 December 2011, pp. 737-741
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Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States. ByClete Daniel. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, x + 327. Index, notes, photographs. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-801-43853-5.
Randall L. Patton
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13 December 2011, pp. 117-120
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Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930. By Susan J. Matt. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Index, notes, illustrations. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN 0-812-23686-6.
Gary Cross
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13 December 2011, pp. 309-311
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The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780–1850. By Robert E. Wright. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 240 pp. Index, notes, references, tables. Cloth, $55.00. ISBN 0-521-81237-2.
Lance Davis
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13 December 2011, pp. 500-501
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River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790–1850. By Kim M. Gruenwald. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. xvi + 214 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, maps. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-253-34132-9.

Something For Nothing: Luck in America. By T. J. Jackson Lears. New York: Viking, 2003. xi + 392 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, photo-graphs. Cloth, $27.95. ISBN 0-670-03173-9.

Otto Kahn: Art, Money, & Modern Time. ByTheresa M. Collins. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xii + 383 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, illustrations. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-807-82696-0.

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Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. By Barton H. Barbour. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. xvi + 304 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliographic essay, index. Cloth, $34.95; paper, $19.95. ISBN: cloth 0-8061-3295-7; paper 0-8061-3498-4.

Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. ByEmma Rothschild. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. x + 358 pp. Cloth, $50.00; paper, $18.95. ISBN: cloth 0-674-00489-2; paper 0-674-00837-5.

When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager. By David A. Moss. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002. viii + 456 pp. Index, notes, figures, tables. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-674-00757-3.

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Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903–2003. By Douglas Brinkley. New York: Viking, 2003. xxii + 858 pp. Photographs, index, notes, bibliography. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-670-03181-X.

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The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776: From Commercial Arithmetic to Life Annuities and Joint Stocks. ByGeoffrey Poitras. Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, 2000. x + 522 pp. Index, figures, illustrations, references, tables. Cloth, $120.00. ISBN 1-840-64455-9.

Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets during Industrialization. By Joshua L. Rosenbloom. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 208 pp. Index, figures, tables, references. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $20.00. ISBN: cloth 0-521-80780-8; paper 0-521-00287-7.

The Divided Welfare State: The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States. By Jacob S. Hacker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 447 pp. Tables, figures, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $23.00. ISBN: cloth 0-521-81288-7; paper 0-521-01328-3.

The Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865–1914. ByNancy Cohen. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 318 pp. Notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $22.50. ISBN: cloth 0-807-82670-7; paper 0-807-85354-2.

Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism. By Charles Perrow. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. xi + 259 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, figures. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-691-08954-X.

Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution. By Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. Berkeley: University of California Press/Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002. xx + 408 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, maps, photographs, tables. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0-520-21749-7.

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A History of the United States: Inventing America. By Pauline Maier, Merritt Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel K. Kevles. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Illustrations. Cloth, $95.15; paper, $150.60 (2 volumes). ISBN cloth: 0-393-97434-0; paper (vol. 1): 0-393-97435-9, (vol. 2): 0-393-97762-5.

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Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States. ByClete Daniel. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, x + 327. Index, notes, photographs. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-801-43853-5.

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930. By Susan J. Matt. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Index, notes, illustrations. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN 0-812-23686-6.

The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780–1850. By Robert E. Wright. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 240 pp. Index, notes, references, tables. Cloth, $55.00. ISBN 0-521-81237-2.

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