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Volume 13 - Issue 3 - December 1979

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Barbara J. Berg, The Remembered Gate: Origins of American Feminism (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1978, £8.00). Pp. 270. - James C. Mohr, Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of National Policy, 1800–1900 (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1978, $12.50). Pp. 263. - Judy B. Litoff, American Midwives: 1860 to the Present (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1978, $15.95) Pp. 148.
David Morgan
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16 January 2009, pp. 457-458
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Gary D. Engle (ed. and comp.), This Grotesque Essence: Plays from the American Minstrel Stage (Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1978, $14.95). Pp. xxix, 200, plus 12 plates, unnumbered.
George Rehin
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16 January 2009, pp. 458-459
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Nathan M. Pusey, American Higher Education, 1945–1970: A Personal Report (Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978, $10.00). Pp. 204.
William A. C. Stewart
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16 January 2009, pp. 459-461
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Edward H. Rosenberry, Melville (London, Henley and Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, £6·25). Pp. xii, 170. - Faith Pullin (ed.), New Perspectives on Melville (Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1978, £8·50). Pp. xii, 314.
Ralph Willett
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16 January 2009, pp. 461-462
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Werner Sollers, Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones: The Quest for a “ Populist Modernism ” (New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1978, $16.95). Pp xii, 338.
C. W. E. Bigsby
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16 January 2009, pp. 463-464
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W. H. Nolte, Rock and Hawk (Athens, Ga.: The Univ. of Georgia Press, 1978, $14.00). Pp. 207.
Paris Leary
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16 January 2009, pp. 464-465
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Edward Pessen (ed.), The Many-faceted Jacksonian Era: New Interpretations (Westport, Connecticut, and London: Greenwood Press, 1978, $19.95). Pp. viii, 331.
Donald J. Ratcliffe
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16 January 2009, pp. 465-466
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Nina Baym, Woman's Fiction: A Guide to Novels by and about Women in America 1820–1870 (Ithaca and London: Cornell Univ. Press, 1978, £10.50). Pp. 320.
Judie Newman
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16 January 2009, pp. 466-467
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John F. Stover, Iron Road To The West: American Railroads In The 1850s (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1978, $ 14.95). Pp. xii, 266.
Margaret Walsh
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16 January 2009, p. 467
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Clifford E. ClarkJr, Henry Ward Beecher: Spokesman for a Middle-Class America (Urbana, Illinois: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1978, $12.95). Pp. x, 288.
Louis Billington
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16 January 2009, pp. 468-469
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Jacob D. Beam, Multiple Exposure: An American Ambassador's Unique Perspective on East-West Issues (New York: Norton, 1978, $12.95). Pp. 317.
Michael Dunne
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16 January 2009, pp. 469-470
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John A. Gable, The Bull Moose Years (Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press Corp., 1978, $15.00). Pp. 302.
Vivian Vale
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16 January 2009, pp. 470-471
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Steven J. Brams, The Presidential Election Game (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1978, cloth £10·80, paper £2·85). Pp. 240.
Peter Calvert
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16 January 2009, pp. 471-472
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Ronald H. Bayor, Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929–1941 (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1978, £9·75). Pp. xiv, 232. - John Modell, The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation: The Japanese of Los Angeles 1900–1942 (Urbana, Chicago, and London: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1978, £6.30). Pp. xii, 201.
Neil A. Wynn
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16 January 2009, pp. 472-473
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Paul Boyer, Urban Masses and Moral Order in America, 1820–1920 (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978, £18.50). Pp. xvi, 387.
P. J. Madgwick
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16 January 2009, pp. 473-474
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Kenneth Lasson, Private Lives of Public Servants (Bloomington, Ind., and London: Indiana Univ. Press, 1978, £7·70). Pp. 262.
Robert J. Williams
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16 January 2009, pp. 474-475
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Alan Tully, William Penn's Legacy: Politics and Social Structure in Provincial Pennsylvania, 1726–1755 (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1978, £9·75). Pp. xvi, 255.
Colin Brooks
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16 January 2009, p. 475
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Louis K. Wechsler, The Common People of Colonial America (New York: Vantage Press, 1978, $6.95). Pp. xix, 172.
Roger Thompson
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16 January 2009, pp. 475-477
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Peter R. Decker, Fortunes and Failures: White-Collar Mobility in Nineteenth Century San Francisco (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978). Pp. xv, 336. - Clyde and Sally Griffen, Natives and Newcomers: The Ordering of Opportunity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Poughkeepsie (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978, £12·95). Pp. xiii, 291.
Hugh Tulloch
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16 January 2009, pp. 477-478
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Thomas Parkinson, Hart Crane and Yuor Winters: Their Literary Correspondence (Berkeley, California: Univ. of California Press, 1978, £8·35). Pp xxiii, 174.
Herbie Butterfield
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16 January 2009, pp. 478-480
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Gary D. Engle (ed. and comp.), This Grotesque Essence: Plays from the American Minstrel Stage (Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1978, $14.95). Pp. xxix, 200, plus 12 plates, unnumbered.

Nathan M. Pusey, American Higher Education, 1945–1970: A Personal Report (Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978, $10.00). Pp. 204.

Edward H. Rosenberry, Melville (London, Henley and Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, £6·25). Pp. xii, 170. - Faith Pullin (ed.), New Perspectives on Melville (Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1978, £8·50). Pp. xii, 314.

Werner Sollers, Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones: The Quest for a “ Populist Modernism ” (New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1978, $16.95). Pp xii, 338.

W. H. Nolte, Rock and Hawk (Athens, Ga.: The Univ. of Georgia Press, 1978, $14.00). Pp. 207.

Edward Pessen (ed.), The Many-faceted Jacksonian Era: New Interpretations (Westport, Connecticut, and London: Greenwood Press, 1978, $19.95). Pp. viii, 331.

Nina Baym, Woman's Fiction: A Guide to Novels by and about Women in America 1820–1870 (Ithaca and London: Cornell Univ. Press, 1978, £10.50). Pp. 320.

John F. Stover, Iron Road To The West: American Railroads In The 1850s (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1978, $ 14.95). Pp. xii, 266.

Clifford E. ClarkJr, Henry Ward Beecher: Spokesman for a Middle-Class America (Urbana, Illinois: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1978, $12.95). Pp. x, 288.

Jacob D. Beam, Multiple Exposure: An American Ambassador's Unique Perspective on East-West Issues (New York: Norton, 1978, $12.95). Pp. 317.

John A. Gable, The Bull Moose Years (Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press Corp., 1978, $15.00). Pp. 302.

Steven J. Brams, The Presidential Election Game (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1978, cloth £10·80, paper £2·85). Pp. 240.

Paul Boyer, Urban Masses and Moral Order in America, 1820–1920 (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978, £18.50). Pp. xvi, 387.

Kenneth Lasson, Private Lives of Public Servants (Bloomington, Ind., and London: Indiana Univ. Press, 1978, £7·70). Pp. 262.

Alan Tully, William Penn's Legacy: Politics and Social Structure in Provincial Pennsylvania, 1726–1755 (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1978, £9·75). Pp. xvi, 255.

Louis K. Wechsler, The Common People of Colonial America (New York: Vantage Press, 1978, $6.95). Pp. xix, 172.

Thomas Parkinson, Hart Crane and Yuor Winters: Their Literary Correspondence (Berkeley, California: Univ. of California Press, 1978, £8·35). Pp xxiii, 174.

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