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Volume 50 - Issue 2 - June 1990

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Middle East, Africa, and Asia - Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882–1914. By Gershon Shafir. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 288. $44.50.
Elias H. Tuma
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The Enigma of Colonialism: British Policy in West Africa. By Anne Phillips. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. vii. 184. $29.95.
Philip D. Curtin
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03 March 2009, pp. 481-483
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Agrarian Transformations: Local Processes and the State in Southeast Asia. Edited by Gillian Hart, Andrew Turton, and Benjamin White. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 341. $35.00.
Jose Edgardo L. Campos
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03 March 2009, pp. 483-484
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Latin America - Our Daily Bread: The Peasant Question and Family Farming in the Colombian Andes. By Nola Reinhardt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 308. $35.00.
Richard L. Garner
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03 March 2009, pp. 485-486
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United States and Canada - Science and Medicine in the Old South. Edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Todd L. Savitt. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 370. $37.50.
Marvin Fischbaum
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03 March 2009, pp. 486-487
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City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports. By Steven A. Riess. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 332. $29.95.
Stanley L. Engerman
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03 March 2009, pp. 487-488
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An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821–1865. By Randolph B. Campbell. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 306. $35.00.
James M. Clifton
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03 March 2009, pp. 488-489
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Free Love: Marriage and Middle-Class Radicalism in America, 1825–1860. By John C. Spurlock. New York: New York University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 277. $40.00, cloth; $15.00, paper.
Winifred D. Wandersee
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03 March 2009, pp. 489-490
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The Barrow Family and the Barataria and Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829–1925. By Thomas A. Becnèl. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 202. $27.50.
Nathan Miller
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03 March 2009, pp. 490-491
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Poverty, Ethnicity, and the American City, 1840–1925: Changing Conceptions of the Slum and the Ghetto. By David Ward. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 263. $39.50, cloth; $13.95, paper.
Michael J. Doucet
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03 March 2009, pp. 491-492
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Capitalist Collective Action: Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Coal Industry. By John R. Bowman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvii, 253. $37.50.
Thomas K. McCraw
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The Samuel Gompers Papers. Vol. 3: Unrest and Depression, 1891–1894. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman and Peter J. Albert. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xxxii, 764. $49.95.
Ira N. Gang
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The Automobile Industry and its Workers: Between Fordism and Flexibility. Edited By Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeitlin. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987, Pp. viii, 335. $45.00.
Steve Babson
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Accumulation and Power: An Economic History of the United States. By Richard B. DuBoff. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. Pp. xii, 223. $38.50.
Christopher Grandy
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03 March 2009, pp. 496-498
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Liberty, Property, and Government: Constitutional Interpretation Before the New Deal. Edited By Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. Pp. viii, 303. $57.50, cloth; $18.95, paper.
Harold L. Platt
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Frontier and Metropolis: Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada Before 1914. By J. M. S. Careless. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Pp. xiii, 132. $22.50.
Rick Szostak
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03 March 2009, pp. 499-501
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Canada, 1900–1945. By Robert Bothwell, Ian Drummond, and John English. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Pp. x, 427. $30.00.
A. G. Green
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Economic Thought - Robert Giffen and the Giffen Paradox. By Roger S. Mason. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1989. Pp. xi, 153. $27.50.
Robert F. Hébert
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A History of Marxian Economics. Vol: 1: 1883–1929. By M. C. Howard and J. E. King. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 359. $45.00, cloth; $14.95, paper.
Stephen Resnick
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03 March 2009, pp. 503-504
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Keynesianism, Monetarism and the Crisis of the State. By Simon Clarke. Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar, 1988. Pp. viii, 368. $49.95.
Hans E. Jensen
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Middle East, Africa, and Asia - Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882–1914. By Gershon Shafir. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 288. $44.50.

The Enigma of Colonialism: British Policy in West Africa. By Anne Phillips. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. vii. 184. $29.95.

Agrarian Transformations: Local Processes and the State in Southeast Asia. Edited by Gillian Hart, Andrew Turton, and Benjamin White. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 341. $35.00.

Latin America - Our Daily Bread: The Peasant Question and Family Farming in the Colombian Andes. By Nola Reinhardt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 308. $35.00.

United States and Canada - Science and Medicine in the Old South. Edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Todd L. Savitt. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 370. $37.50.

City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports. By Steven A. Riess. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 332. $29.95.

An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821–1865. By Randolph B. Campbell. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 306. $35.00.

Free Love: Marriage and Middle-Class Radicalism in America, 1825–1860. By John C. Spurlock. New York: New York University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 277. $40.00, cloth; $15.00, paper.

The Barrow Family and the Barataria and Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829–1925. By Thomas A. Becnèl. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 202. $27.50.

Poverty, Ethnicity, and the American City, 1840–1925: Changing Conceptions of the Slum and the Ghetto. By David Ward. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 263. $39.50, cloth; $13.95, paper.

Capitalist Collective Action: Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Coal Industry. By John R. Bowman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvii, 253. $37.50.

The Samuel Gompers Papers. Vol. 3: Unrest and Depression, 1891–1894. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman and Peter J. Albert. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xxxii, 764. $49.95.

The Automobile Industry and its Workers: Between Fordism and Flexibility. Edited By Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeitlin. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987, Pp. viii, 335. $45.00.

Accumulation and Power: An Economic History of the United States. By Richard B. DuBoff. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. Pp. xii, 223. $38.50.

Liberty, Property, and Government: Constitutional Interpretation Before the New Deal. Edited By Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. Pp. viii, 303. $57.50, cloth; $18.95, paper.

Frontier and Metropolis: Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada Before 1914. By J. M. S. Careless. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Pp. xiii, 132. $22.50.

Canada, 1900–1945. By Robert Bothwell, Ian Drummond, and John English. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Pp. x, 427. $30.00.

Economic Thought - Robert Giffen and the Giffen Paradox. By Roger S. Mason. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1989. Pp. xi, 153. $27.50.

A History of Marxian Economics. Vol: 1: 1883–1929. By M. C. Howard and J. E. King. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 359. $45.00, cloth; $14.95, paper.

Keynesianism, Monetarism and the Crisis of the State. By Simon Clarke. Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar, 1988. Pp. viii, 368. $49.95.

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