From nineteenth-century traditions of corporate secrecy, American manufacturers have moved slowly toward more public and credible financial disclosure practices. Professor Hawkins examines the variety of pressures from the business community, the accounting profession, the government, and the public which has impelled this movement and governed its direction and tempo.

Significant changes in the process of business innovation are suggested in this comparative study of nineteenth- and twentieth-century leaders in marketing.

Usage of the corporate business form during the frontier period of Illinois history is tabulated in this study as a basis for comparisons with incorporation movements experienced by older and more economically developed states.

As a notable instance of British investment in protectionist Meiji Japan, the history of the Takashima coal mine well illustrates the complications of foreign capital commitments in the Far East during the nineteenth century.

A distinguished British scholar and one of the Review's International Correspondents raises interesting questions concerning the writing of business and economic history.

One of thousands of business enterprises which dotted the frontiers of nineteenth-century North America, Torrey's post and its history illustrate the economic and political roles of frontier businessmen and their need for constant adaptations to an unstable environment.