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Barter in the World Economy. Edited by Bart S. Fisher and Kathleen M. Harte. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1985. Pp. vii, 293. Index. $39.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Samuel W. Bettwy*
Affiliation:
American Society of International Law

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1986

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1 Coeditor Bart Fisher addresses this issue in a footnote where he states: “This [introduction] uses the term barter to mean ail forms of barter and countertrade” (p. 5 n.1). Lewis Carroll also depicted such authority over the English language in his character Humpty Dumpty (Through the Looking Glass) who said to Alice: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

2 Vogt echoes coeditor Fisher when she states that she “uses the word barter to mean all forms of barter and countertrade” (p. 169).

3 The book is almost entirely without footnotes.