The modest growth of the British machine-tool industry between the World Wars is here traced to competitive weaknesses in production methods and marketing arrangements.

In rejecting the traditional identification of the Suffolk System with Gresham's Law, this article uses economic theory to sharpen our perspective on historical business reality.

The methods used to account for business assets in Britain and the United States during the nineteenth century are here examined in a context of interplay between “internal economic criteria” and “external constraints.”

After World War I, federal policy toward American farmers encouraged them to help themselves through cooperative action. This summary of the aspirations and failure of one of the resultant agri-business organizations provides better understanding of one commercial farm group's eventual appeal for government aid.

The role of “proto-factories” in the industrial development of eighteenth-century Europe is explored through comparison of three Bohemian examples.

The curious fusion of business failure and evangelical Christianity that initiated the United States' largest credit-reporting agency is explored in this portrait of The Mercantile Agency's founder, Lewis Tappan.

This composite portrait of a “community” of printers reveals the composition of their trade and the unique mixture of businessman and publicist they represented in early America.

The difficult reconciliation of individualism with economic and social pressures toward cooperation is the focus of this study of French businessmen.

The rise and fall of a “political” banker is traced here against the interaction of businessmen and machine politicians in turn-of-the-century Chicago, Illinois.

The origins of an American zinc-miners' trade association and its experiments with cooperative price controls illustrate several of the supply and demand problems of an industry characterized by many sellers and few buyers.

The ability of some New York businessmen to exploit the war economy of the Revolution is suggested in this study of their pursuits and profits.

Although short-lived, the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie played an active role in the economic life of its locale. Its history contrasts the hopes and the realities of commercial banking on the American frontier.

The pragmatic origins of government policy toward business are well illustrated in this study of the reduced-rate provisions granted to certain American railroads during the 19th century.

The problems and experiences of the largest American powder producer form an interesting case study of the effects of the Civil War upon business.

The organizational and financial sides of Negro publishing are examined in this study of weekly newspapers before World War I.

The philosophy and accomplishments of Czech historians of industrial enterprise are surveyed by two leading scholars.

The following brief tour through Harvard's Kress Library should acquaint scholars with that collection's unique strengths and whet their appetites for further exploration of its shelves.

This study demonstrates how business desires to improve information regarding foreign operations and a genuine interest in America's image abroad combined with civil-service reform sentiment to effect change in a vital branch of government service.

In the manner of the Creole tradesmen of Louisiana, whose lagniappe to their patrons is legendary, the Editor offers a similar bonus to readers of the Review. Instead of trifling presents added to a purchase, however, our lagniappe will be notes and documents illustrative of the evolution of business enterprise.

Professor Checkland reviews the conceptualization, accomplishments, and challenges of volume VI of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe.