Mansel G Blackford

Biographic Data

ID1069423
NAMEMansel G Blackford
GIVEN NAMESMansel G
FAMILY NAMEBlackford
SIGNATUREBLACKFORD M G
AFFILIATIONSThe Ohio State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS47
TOTAL CITATIONS32
AUTHOR COUNT47
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX3

  • Fishers, Fishing, and Overfishing: American Experiences in Global Perspective, 1976–2006

    Open AccessMansel G BlackfordARTICLEThe Business History Review2009References: 22

    Since the mid-1970s, overfishing has had a considerable impact on the American seafood industry, and companies serving the American seafood market have taken steps to respond to the crisis. Following a brief survey of modern-day fishing and of the steps that have been taken to mitigate overfishing, the strategies adopted for commercial fishing in American waters, especially those in Alaska, are examined. Through their attempts to deal with the ch…

  • Pathways to the Present: U. S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific

    David Ekbladh, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2008

  • Environmental Justice, Native Rights, Tourism, and Opposition to Military Control: The Case of Kaho'olawe

    Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEJournal of American History2004Cited by: 3

    In late 1960s and early 1970s, pilots of American F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers training for Vietnam War repeatedly swept down on targets placed on Kaho'olawe, smallest of eight major islands of Hawaiian archipelago and only one being used as a bombing range. Between 1968 and 1970, warplanes dropped twenty-five hundred tons of bombs on Kaho'olawe; in latter year alone, they bombarded island for 315 days, solidifying its reputation as the most bombe…

  • Survey article - British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 2001

    Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEBusiness History2003

  • Growing a Global Village: Making History at Seabrook Farms

    Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEAgricultural History2003

    Book Review| October 01 2003 Growing a Global Village: Making History at Seabrook Farms Growing a Global Village: Making History at Seabrook Farms. Charles H. Harrison. Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2003) 77 (4): 631–632. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-77.4.631 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Mansel G. Blackford; G…

  • Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959-2000

    David Farber, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    Journal Article Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000. By Mansel G. Blackford. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001. xiii, 277 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-7006-1086-3.) Get access David Farber David Farber University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 89, Issue 1, June 2002, Pages 311–312, https://doi.org/10.2307/270…

  • Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959-2000

    Rachel D Shaw, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2002

    Journal Article Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000 Get access Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959–2000. By Blackford Mansel G.. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. xiii + 277 pp. $35.) Rachel D. Shaw Rachel D. Shaw St. Olaf College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 2, Summer 20…

  • Imprisoned Apart: The World War II Correspondence of an Issei Couple

    William Toll, Louis Fiset et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Imprisoned Apart: The World War II Correspondence of an Issei Couple. By Louis Fiset. Seattle: University of Washington Press and On Board the USS Mason: The World War II Diary of James A. Dunn. Ed. by Mansel G. Blackford. Columbus: Ohio State University Press Get access William Toll William Toll University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American Histor…

  • The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie

    Mansel G Blackford, Mansel Blackford et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie. Prod. by Austin Hoyt. WGBH-Boston, 1997. 120 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock PL, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698) Get access Mansel Blackford Mansel Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Page 1176, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567376 Published: 01 December 1998

  • Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865- 1925

    Mansel G Blackford, Philip ScrantonARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865–1925. By Philip Scranton. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. xiv, 415 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-02973-3.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 628–629, htt…

  • Wellsprings of Achievement: Cultural and Economic Dynamics in Early Modern England and Japan ed. by Penelope Gouk

    Mansel G BlackfordARTICLETechnology and Culture1997

    248 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE edge of “mathematics,” e.g., in surveying and fortification, is dis­ cussed in terms of technical adaption to specific needs and of rationalized methods, easily applicable on a large scale. The book abounds in concrete examples, brought forth by metic­ ulous research in a mass of archival sources. In the absence ofa clear main thesis, the general reader may sometimes ask: “examples” of what? Dahl’s results …

  • BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870-1995

    Keith L Bryant, Mansel G Blackford et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1997

    Journal Article BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870–1995. By Mansel G. Blackford and K. Austin Kerr. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996. x, 507 pp. $30.00, ISBN 08142-0696-4.) Get access Keith L. Bryant, Jr. Keith L. Bryant, Jr. University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 671–672, https://doi.or…

  • Competition Policy in America, 1888-1992: History, Rhetoric, Law

    Mansel G Blackford, Rudolph J R PeritzARTICLEJournal of American History1997Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Competition Policy in America, 1888–1992: History, Rhetoric, Law. By Rudolph J. R. Peritz. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. x, 374 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-19-507461-0.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 4, March 1997, Pages 1434–1435, https://doi.org/10.23…

  • Wellsprings of Achievement: Cultural and Economic Dynamics in Early Modern England and Japan

    Mansel G Blackford, Penelope GoukARTICLETechnology and Culture1997

    Contents: Preface Strategies for understanding and interpreting achievement, Penelope Gouk Towards an understanding of intelligence, creativity and achievement, Deborah Christie a Achievementa (TM) and the macro-sociology of culture, Steven Shapin On achievement: a philosophical approach, Eckhard Kessler Springs of action or vocabularies of motive?, Michael Lynch 1066 and a wave of gadgets: the achievements of British growth, Donald N. McCloskey …

  • Platt Brothers and Company: Small Business in American Manufacturing

    Mansel G Blackford, Matthew W RothARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1994

  • The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890- 1920

    Philip J Ethington, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEJournal of American History1994

  • Harold F. Silver: Western Inventor, Businessman, and Civic Leader

    Mansel G Blackford, Leonard J Arrington et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1993

    Journal Article Harold F. Silver: Western Inventor, Businessman, and Civic Leader Get access Harold F. Silver: Western Inventor, Businessman, and Civic Leader. By Arlington Leonard J. Alley John R.Jr. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 1992. x + 250 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…

  • A History of Small Business in America

    James H Soltow, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEJournal of American History1993Cited by: 1

    Journal Article A History of Small Business in America. By Mansel G. Blackford. (New York: Twayne, 1991. XX + 176 pp. Cloth, $24.95, ISBN 0-8057-9824-2. Paper, $13.95, ISBN 0-80579825-0.) Get access James H. Soltow James H. Soltow Emeritus Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 1, June 1993, Pages 235–236, https://doi.…

  • The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890-1920

    Karen Sawislak, Mansel G BlackfordARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1993Cited by: 3

    Mansel Blackford's The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities - Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - during the Progressive Era. Although city planning had diverse roots, Blackford shows that much of the early planning originated with businessmen who viewed it as a way to shape their urban environments both economically and socially

  • In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: The Political Roots of American Economic Decline

    Mansel G Blackford, William S DietrichARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1992

  • Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism

    Mansel G Blackford, Alfred D ChandlerARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism. By Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. xx + 860 pp. $35.00.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 691–692, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079616 Published: 01 Sep…

  • Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management

    Mansel G Blackford, Joanne YatesARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. By JoAnne Yates. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. xxii + 339 pp. $29.50.) Get access Mansel G. Blackford Mansel G. Blackford Ohio State University, Columbus Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Page 355, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078194 Published: …

  • Small Business in America: A Historiographic Survey

    Open AccessMansel G BlackfordARTICLEThe Business History Review1991Cited by: 12References: 45

    Small businesses have held a paradoxical position in U.S. history: their particular forms and structures have received little scholarly attention compared to that devoted to big business, yet they have always been a significant part—social and cultural, as well as economic and political—of American life. This essay discusses the changing views on the role of small-scale enterprise in the United States, outlines the current state of historical res…

  • The Rise of the Corporate Commonwealth: U.S. Business and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century

    Mansel G Blackford, Louis Galambos et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

  • The Rise of the Corporate Commonwealth: U.S. Business and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century by Louis Galambos, Joseph Pratt

    Mansel G BlackfordARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

    Book Reviews The Rise ofthe Corporate Commonwealth: U.S. Business and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century. By Louis Galambos and Joseph Pratt. New York: Basic Books, 1988. Pp. xiv + 286; figures, tables, bibliography, index. $19.95 (cloth); $9.95 (paper). Louis Galambos and Joseph Pratt provide an excellent survey of the development of the business firm and public policy toward business in 20th-century America. A synthesizing work based on the…