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Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Judith A. Bennett's Wealth Of The Solomons: A History Of A Pacific Archipelago, 1800-1978, Lamont Lindstrom Mar 1988

Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Judith A. Bennett's Wealth Of The Solomons: A History Of A Pacific Archipelago, 1800-1978, Lamont Lindstrom

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Thomas R. Cox's Review Of G. R. Hawke's The Making Of New Zealand: An Economic History, Thomas R. Cox Mar 1988

Thomas R. Cox's Review Of G. R. Hawke's The Making Of New Zealand: An Economic History, Thomas R. Cox

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Jan Maria Novotny And His Collection Of Books On Economics, Michael Markowski Oct 1987

Jan Maria Novotny And His Collection Of Books On Economics, Michael Markowski

The Courier

This article describes the life and books of economist Jan Novotny, whose extensive collection is now housed in the Syracuse University Libraries. Novotny believed that a comprehensive, liberal arts education was an essential prerequisite for anyone who wished to study or professionally practice finance and business. The well-roundedness obtained from the humanities, he argued, would lead those in business and finance to make moral and ehtically sound decisions. His collection covers the last five hundred years, consisting of nearly 6,000 books in many different languages. Novotny managed to flee Czechoslavakia with all of these books, which now provide a wealth …


James A. Boutilier's Review Of Maslyn Williams And Barrie Macdonald's The Phosphateers: A History Of The British Phosphate Commissioners And The Christmas Island Phosphate Commission, James A. Boutilier Jul 1987

James A. Boutilier's Review Of Maslyn Williams And Barrie Macdonald's The Phosphateers: A History Of The British Phosphate Commissioners And The Christmas Island Phosphate Commission, James A. Boutilier

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Lives And Times Of Resident Traders In Tuvalu: An Exercise In History From Below, Doug Munro Mar 1987

The Lives And Times Of Resident Traders In Tuvalu: An Exercise In History From Below, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Structure And Change: Litchfield County, Connecticut, William H. Groff Aug 1986

Agricultural Structure And Change: Litchfield County, Connecticut, William H. Groff

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


The Fiji Labor Trade In Comparative Perspective, 1864-1914, Ralph Shlomowitz Jul 1986

The Fiji Labor Trade In Comparative Perspective, 1864-1914, Ralph Shlomowitz

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Doug Munro's Review Of Peter Sack And Dymphna Clark's Edition Of South Sea Merchant: The Memoirs Of German-Born Eduard Hernsheim, Doug Munro Mar 1986

Doug Munro's Review Of Peter Sack And Dymphna Clark's Edition Of South Sea Merchant: The Memoirs Of German-Born Eduard Hernsheim, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Barrie Macdonald's Review Of O. H. K. Spate's The Pacific Since Magellan, Volume 2, Monopolists And Freebooters, Barrie Macdonald Mar 1986

Barrie Macdonald's Review Of O. H. K. Spate's The Pacific Since Magellan, Volume 2, Monopolists And Freebooters, Barrie Macdonald

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research 1945-1985: Seeking Paths To Fuller Employment, Saul J. Blaustein Jan 1986

The W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research 1945-1985: Seeking Paths To Fuller Employment, Saul J. Blaustein

Upjohn Press

No abstract provided.


Structures Of Daily Life : The Material Culture Of Surry County, Virginia, 1690-1715, Anna Louise Hawley Jan 1986

Structures Of Daily Life : The Material Culture Of Surry County, Virginia, 1690-1715, Anna Louise Hawley

Dissertations and Theses

This is a study of the material culture of Surry County, Virginia for the years 1690 to 1715, based on an analysis of 221 probate inventories. The inventories were divided by decades and then ranked by total appraised value. The bottom 30%, lower middle 30, upper middle 30% and the top 10% are described and changes over time examined. The picture of Surry that emerges is that of a poor county which was, nevertheless, a place of opportunity for the poorer sections of society. The bottom 60% of Surry's residents profited from the brief boom in the tobacco market (1696- …


The Rise And Fall Of The White Sugar Planter In Fiji 1880-1925, Bruce Knapman Sep 1985

The Rise And Fall Of The White Sugar Planter In Fiji 1880-1925, Bruce Knapman

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Kay Saunders, Ed., Indentured Labour In The British Empire, 1834-1920 & Shula Marks And Peter Richardson, Eds., International Labour Migration: Historical Perspectives (Book Reviews), Ralph Shlomowitz Sep 1985

Kay Saunders, Ed., Indentured Labour In The British Empire, 1834-1920 & Shula Marks And Peter Richardson, Eds., International Labour Migration: Historical Perspectives (Book Reviews), Ralph Shlomowitz

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Commercial Timber Industry In Colonial Papua New Guinea, W. J. Jonas Apr 1985

The Commercial Timber Industry In Colonial Papua New Guinea, W. J. Jonas

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Time-Expired Melanesian Labor In Queensland: An Investigation Of Job Turnover, 1884-1906, Ralph Shlomowitz Apr 1985

Time-Expired Melanesian Labor In Queensland: An Investigation Of Job Turnover, 1884-1906, Ralph Shlomowitz

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


I.G. Farben's Petro-Chemical Plant And Concentration Camp At Auschwitz, Robert Simon Yavner Jul 1984

I.G. Farben's Petro-Chemical Plant And Concentration Camp At Auschwitz, Robert Simon Yavner

History Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the history of the petrochemical plant and concentration camp run by I.G. Farbenindustrie (the dominant German chemical company during World War II) at Auschwitz to decide upon the degree of Farben’s involvement with Hitler and the Holocaust. The study traces the construction of the plant to determine Farben's participation at Auschwitz. The main sources consulted were the transcripts of the postwar Farben trial at Nuremberg along with eyewitness accounts of members of the prosecution staff. Based on the court's verdict, one might conclude that I.G. Farben operated in a state of coercion during the war and could …


Princess Anne County: A Study In Material Wealth, Todd Grant Duncan Apr 1984

Princess Anne County: A Study In Material Wealth, Todd Grant Duncan

History Theses & Dissertations

This is a study of material culture in Princess Anne County, Virginia, from 1691 to 1823, based on court records. These documents allow the historian to determine the economic worth of a group of individuals, analyze the types of people comprising this group, categorize the types and quantities of possessions owned, and differentiate between economic groups according to possessions and currency listed. Trends of ownership for the whole period, the determination of individual occupations, and the occupational content of the people of the county at large are also discussed. Other areas focused on included the level of literacy, the role …


Nukuhiva In 1819: From The Unpublished Journal Of A Swedish Traveler, Brita Åkerrén Sep 1983

Nukuhiva In 1819: From The Unpublished Journal Of A Swedish Traveler, Brita Åkerrén

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Caroline Ralston's Review Of Harry Morton's The Whale's Wake, Caroline Ralston Sep 1983

Caroline Ralston's Review Of Harry Morton's The Whale's Wake, Caroline Ralston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Vol. 6 No. 2 (1983): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Apr 1983

Vol. 6 No. 2 (1983): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Books Received And Books Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Apr 1983

Books Received And Books Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 2 Spring Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal


Vol. 6 No. 2 (1983): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Apr 1983

Vol. 6 No. 2 (1983): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

acific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Materials Of M. Vasilyev's Expedition: A Valuable Source For The Study Of Cultural Change And Inter-Cultural Contacts In The Hawaiian Islands, D. D. Tumarkin Apr 1983

Materials Of M. Vasilyev's Expedition: A Valuable Source For The Study Of Cultural Change And Inter-Cultural Contacts In The Hawaiian Islands, D. D. Tumarkin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Fruits Of Merchant Capital: Slavery And Bourgeois Property In The Rise And Expansion Of Capitalism (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers Jan 1983

The Fruits Of Merchant Capital: Slavery And Bourgeois Property In The Rise And Expansion Of Capitalism (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book,The Fruits of Merchant Capital: Slavery and Bourgeois Property in the Rise and Expansion of Capitalism by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.


Colin Newbury's Review Of W. H. Oliver And B. R. Williams' The Oxford History Of New Zealand, Colin Newbury Sep 1982

Colin Newbury's Review Of W. H. Oliver And B. R. Williams' The Oxford History Of New Zealand, Colin Newbury

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Banker's Briar Patch: The American Banker's Association And The Glass-Owen Bill Of 1913, Robert Drake Scull Apr 1981

The Banker's Briar Patch: The American Banker's Association And The Glass-Owen Bill Of 1913, Robert Drake Scull

History Theses & Dissertations

In order to compete with the British in international finance, leading bankers in the United States began to agitate for a central bank and "elastic" currency at least as early as 1905. Although the Panic of 1907 helped stir interest in banking reform, the political climate was so prejudiced against the banking profession that it became necessary for ABA spokesmen to condemn publicly the proposed legislation in order to insure that it would be passed. Privately, these same bankers worked closely with Woodrow Wilson and helped elect him president in 1912. Wilson returned the favor with the Federal Reserve Act …


Thought, Word And Deed In The Mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith And Sir William Cecil In The Reign Of Edward Vi, Ann B. Clark Jan 1979

Thought, Word And Deed In The Mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith And Sir William Cecil In The Reign Of Edward Vi, Ann B. Clark

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines the general economic and intellectual climate of the mid-Tudor Commonwealth as a background for a specific study of the financial reforms instituted by Edward VI's government while the Duke of Northumberland controlled the Privy Council. The philosophy behind these measures parallels the principles expressed in A Discourse of the Commonweal of this Realm of England, a treatise written in 1549 by Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary to King Edward. In 1551-1552 the implementation of financial reform fell to Sir William Cecil, also King's Secretary and Northumberland's key administrator on the Council. In establishing the link between Smith's ideas …


Banking In California: Some Evidence On Structure, 1878-1905, Lynne Doti Jan 1978

Banking In California: Some Evidence On Structure, 1878-1905, Lynne Doti

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Doti’s thesis explains the contribution of state banks to nineteenth century financial history in the United States.


United States Foreign Policy And Mesopotamian Oil 1923-1928, Robert Francaviglia Apr 1977

United States Foreign Policy And Mesopotamian Oil 1923-1928, Robert Francaviglia

History Theses & Dissertations

This thesis views the efforts of American oil interests to participate in the exploitation of Middle East oil resources in the 192Os as a point of departure in United States foreign policy. In its opposition to official involvement in the affairs of private business, the United States Government insisted that American oil companies negotiate directly with the British Government­ dominated companies which controlled the Near and Middle East. By placing the execution of its international oil policy under the control of private industry, the United States Government surrendered its capacity to conduct diplomacy with regard to a vital strategic resource. …


James H. Burton And The Development Of The Confederate Small Arms Industry, Eugene K. Wilson Iii Oct 1976

James H. Burton And The Development Of The Confederate Small Arms Industry, Eugene K. Wilson Iii

History Theses & Dissertations

James H. Burton was a key figure in the development of the Confederate small arms industry. It was largely through his efforts that the C.S. Armory, Richmond was placed in operation as quickly as it was. The plan to establish a central, or national, armory in the deep South was attributable to him. Burton's European contacts, cultivated while organizing the Royal Armory at Enfield, professional acumen, personality and loyalty all contributed to a large degree to the success of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.