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Volume 34 - Issue 4 - December 1974

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Reviews of Books

Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders. By S. D. Goitein. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Pp. 359 + 2 maps, 4 plates. $12.50.
Norman A. Stillman
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11 May 2010, pp. 1037-1038
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Economic Instability and Growth: The American Record. By Robert Aaron Gordon. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. Pp. viii, 216. Paper: $4.95.
John A. Shaw
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11 May 2010, pp. 1038-1039
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The Evolution of American Society, 1700–1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis. By James A. Henretta. Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1973. Pp. 242 plus index. $3.50.
Duane E. Ball
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11 May 2010, pp. 1040-1041
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An Economic History of West Africa. By A. G. Hopkins. London: Longman Group, Ltd., 1973. £5, paperback £2.25. And New York: Columbia University Press. Pp. x, 337, 6 figures, 17 maps. $15.00.
Jan S. Hogendorn
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11 May 2010, pp. 1041-1043
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A History of Prices in Sweden, 1732–1914. Vol I: Sources, Methods, Tables. Vol. II: Description, Analysis. By Lennart Jörberg. Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1972. Pp. VIII, 714; x, 391, 54 diagrams, 142 Tables, 2 maps. Sw. kr. 230.
Austin Spencer
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11 May 2010, pp. 1043-1044
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The Last Phase in the Transformation of Capitalism. By Michal Kalecki. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972. Pp. 124. $6.50 (cloth), $2.25 (paper).
Stewart Long
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11 May 2010, pp. 1044-1045
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The World in Depression, 1929–1939. By Charles P. Kindleberger. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. 336.
Stephen A. Schuker
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11 May 2010, pp. 1045-1047
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New Horizons, 1927–1950: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). By Henrietta M. Larson, Evelyn H. Knowlton, and Charles S. Popple. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. Pp. xxv, 945 + Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Charts and Diagrams, Appendices, Notes, Index. $12.50.
Francis J. Munch
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11 May 2010, pp. 1047-1050
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Le revenu agricole et la rente foncière en Basse-Normandie: Étude de croissance régionale. By Maurice Lévy-Leboyer. Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1972. Pp. xi, 201. 7s Francs.
William H. Newell
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11 May 2010, pp. 1050-1051
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Spanish Central America: A Socioeconomic History, 1520–1720. By M. J. MacLeod. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. xvi, 554. $20.00.
Caedmon A. Liburd
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11 May 2010, pp. 1052-1053
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The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History. By Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. viii, 171. $7.95.
Ramon Knauerhase
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11 May 2010, pp. 1053-1054
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Liberal America and the Third World. By Robert A. Packenham. Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973. Pp. xxii, 395. $15.00.
Paul P. Abrahams
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11 May 2010, pp. 1055-1056
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The Populist Context: Rural Versus Urban Power on a Great Plains Frontier. By Stanley B. Parsons. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1973. Pp. xviii, 205. $11.00.
Matthew Edel
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11 May 2010, pp. 1056-1057
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Riches, Class, and Power Before the Civil War. By Edward Pessen. Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1973. Pp. 378.
Brodie Remington
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11 May 2010, pp. 1057-1058
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Socialist Banking and Monetary Control: The Experience of Poland. By T. M. Podolski. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. ix, 392. $28.50.
Duane B. Graddy
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11 May 2010, pp. 1058-1059
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The Age of Giant Corporations: A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914–1970. By Robert Sobel. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1972. Pp. 257.
Austin Spencer
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11 May 2010, p. 1060
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Five Percent Philanthropy. An Account of Housing in Urban Areas Between 1840 and 1914. By John Nelson Tarn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. II, 181 + 135 plates. $23.50.
Fred Siegel
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11 May 2010, pp. 1061-1062
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A New System of Slavery: The Export of Indian Labour Overseas, 1830–1920. By Hugh Tinker. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Pp. xvi, 432 + 18 plates. £5.75.
Michael Adas
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11 May 2010, pp. 1062-1063
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Books Received

Books Received
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11 May 2010, pp. 1064-1067
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Index

Index to Volume XXXIV
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Reviews of Books

Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders. By S. D. Goitein. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Pp. 359 + 2 maps, 4 plates. $12.50.

Economic Instability and Growth: The American Record. By Robert Aaron Gordon. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1974. Pp. viii, 216. Paper: $4.95.

The Evolution of American Society, 1700–1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis. By James A. Henretta. Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1973. Pp. 242 plus index. $3.50.

An Economic History of West Africa. By A. G. Hopkins. London: Longman Group, Ltd., 1973. £5, paperback £2.25. And New York: Columbia University Press. Pp. x, 337, 6 figures, 17 maps. $15.00.

A History of Prices in Sweden, 1732–1914. Vol I: Sources, Methods, Tables. Vol. II: Description, Analysis. By Lennart Jörberg. Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1972. Pp. VIII, 714; x, 391, 54 diagrams, 142 Tables, 2 maps. Sw. kr. 230.

The Last Phase in the Transformation of Capitalism. By Michal Kalecki. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972. Pp. 124. $6.50 (cloth), $2.25 (paper).

The World in Depression, 1929–1939. By Charles P. Kindleberger. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. 336.

New Horizons, 1927–1950: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). By Henrietta M. Larson, Evelyn H. Knowlton, and Charles S. Popple. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. Pp. xxv, 945 + Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Charts and Diagrams, Appendices, Notes, Index. $12.50.

Le revenu agricole et la rente foncière en Basse-Normandie: Étude de croissance régionale. By Maurice Lévy-Leboyer. Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1972. Pp. xi, 201. 7s Francs.

Spanish Central America: A Socioeconomic History, 1520–1720. By M. J. MacLeod. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. xvi, 554. $20.00.

The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History. By Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. viii, 171. $7.95.

Liberal America and the Third World. By Robert A. Packenham. Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973. Pp. xxii, 395. $15.00.

The Populist Context: Rural Versus Urban Power on a Great Plains Frontier. By Stanley B. Parsons. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1973. Pp. xviii, 205. $11.00.

Riches, Class, and Power Before the Civil War. By Edward Pessen. Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1973. Pp. 378.

Socialist Banking and Monetary Control: The Experience of Poland. By T. M. Podolski. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. ix, 392. $28.50.

The Age of Giant Corporations: A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914–1970. By Robert Sobel. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1972. Pp. 257.

Five Percent Philanthropy. An Account of Housing in Urban Areas Between 1840 and 1914. By John Nelson Tarn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp. II, 181 + 135 plates. $23.50.

A New System of Slavery: The Export of Indian Labour Overseas, 1830–1920. By Hugh Tinker. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Pp. xvi, 432 + 18 plates. £5.75.

Books Received

Books Received

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