| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to JAH online. About 170 words from this article are provided below; about 301 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the Organization of American Historians, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a member of the Organization of American Historians, you can:: • Join the OAH and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the Journal of American History.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two-hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of American History (86.1-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the Journal of American History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831–1995. By David L. Mason. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xii, 349 pp. $50.00, ISBN 0-521-82754-X.)
This book presents an overview of the important, but little-studied, savings and loan industry. It will be of interest to historians of business, finance, and regulation, as well as cultural and social historians concerned with such issues as home ownership among working Americans.	1
Breadth is both the strength and the weakness of this monograph. It sweeps though history, constructing a concise well-organized account of the main trends that shaped the savings and loan industry for more than 160 years. An added source of breadth is David L. Mason's good decision to focus on the industry instead of taking the more constraining focus on individual firms, a practice more common in business history. As a bonus, he includes in an appendix extended case studies of one successful and one unsuccessful savings and loan.	. . .

There are about 301 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.