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Volume 53 - Issue 2 - June 1993

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Medieval and Early Modern - England and the German Hanse, 1157–1611. A Study of Their Trade and Commercial Diplomacy. By T. H. Lloyd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. ix, 401. $79.95.
James M. Murray
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The Political Economy of Merchant Empires: State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750. Edited by James D. Tracy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 504. $54.95.
Michael N. Hayes
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03 March 2009, pp. 416-417
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Modern Europe - The North Sea: Twelve Essays on Social History of Maritime Labour. Edited by Lewis R. Fischer, Harald Hamre, Poul Holm, and Jaap R. Bruijn. Stavanger Maritime Museum/The Association of North Sea Societies: Stavanger, Norway, 1992. Pp. 216. NOK 150.
Lena Sommestad
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03 March 2009, pp. 418-419
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The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason. By Larry Neal. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 278. $37.50.
David Weir
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03 March 2009, pp. 419-420
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The Development of the French Economy, 1750–1914. By Colin Heywood. London: Macmillan Press, 1992. Pp. 82. $5.99.
John Vincent Nye
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03 March 2009, pp. 420-422
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The Middle East and Asia - Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881–1948. By Anita Shapira. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 446. $59.00.
Elias H. Tuma
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03 March 2009, pp. 422-423
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Creating Chinese Ethnicity: Subei People in Shanghai, 1850–1980. By Emily Honig. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 174. $22.50.
Lynda S. Bell
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03 March 2009, pp. 423-424
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Enterprise Unionism in Japan. By Hirosuke Kawanishi. Translated by Ross E. Mouer. London: Kegan Paul International, 1992. Pp. xxvi, 467. $89.95.
William Lazonick
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03 March 2009, pp. 424-425
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United States and Canada - Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739–1748. By Carl E. Swanson. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 299. $29.95.
W. Jeffrey Bolster
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03 March 2009, pp. 425-427
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Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: The Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785‐1841. By James R. Gibson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 422. $45.00.
Ann M. Carlos
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03 March 2009, pp. 427-428
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“To Make America”: European Emigration in the Early Modern Period. Edited by Ida Altman and James Horn. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. v, 251. $34.95.
Farley Grubb
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03 March 2009, pp. 428-429
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The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815–1846. By Charles Sellers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Pp. 502. $35.00.
William G. Shade
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Canals for a Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790–1860. By Ronald E. Shaw. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990. Pp. x, 284. $28.00.
Bradley G. Lewis
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Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England. By Teresa Anne Murphy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 231. $29.95.
John L. Brooke
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03 March 2009, pp. 431-433
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Not Slave, Not Free: The African American Economic Experience since the Civil War. By Jay R. Mandle. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 137. $29.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Peter A. Coclanis
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03 March 2009, pp. 433-434
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Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877–1915. By Kenneth Marvin Hamilton. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xii, 185. $29.95.
Stephen Vincent
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03 March 2009, pp. 435-436
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Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950. By Walter Licht. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 317. $39.95.
Robert Whaples
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03 March 2009, pp. 436-437
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Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890–1930. By Price V. Fishback. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 279. $39.95.
Joshua L. Rosenbloom
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The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895–98. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xxvii, 592. $49.95.
Ira N. Gang
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03 March 2009, pp. 439-440
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Shaping Invention: Thomas Blanchard's Machinery and Patent Management in Nineteenth-Century America. By Carolyn C. Cooper. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 326. $45.00.
B. Zorina Khan
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Medieval and Early Modern - England and the German Hanse, 1157–1611. A Study of Their Trade and Commercial Diplomacy. By T. H. Lloyd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. ix, 401. $79.95.

The Political Economy of Merchant Empires: State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750. Edited by James D. Tracy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 504. $54.95.

Modern Europe - The North Sea: Twelve Essays on Social History of Maritime Labour. Edited by Lewis R. Fischer, Harald Hamre, Poul Holm, and Jaap R. Bruijn. Stavanger Maritime Museum/The Association of North Sea Societies: Stavanger, Norway, 1992. Pp. 216. NOK 150.

The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason. By Larry Neal. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 278. $37.50.

The Development of the French Economy, 1750–1914. By Colin Heywood. London: Macmillan Press, 1992. Pp. 82. $5.99.

The Middle East and Asia - Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881–1948. By Anita Shapira. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 446. $59.00.

Creating Chinese Ethnicity: Subei People in Shanghai, 1850–1980. By Emily Honig. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 174. $22.50.

Enterprise Unionism in Japan. By Hirosuke Kawanishi. Translated by Ross E. Mouer. London: Kegan Paul International, 1992. Pp. xxvi, 467. $89.95.

United States and Canada - Predators and Prizes: American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739–1748. By Carl E. Swanson. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 299. $29.95.

Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods: The Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785‐1841. By James R. Gibson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 422. $45.00.

“To Make America”: European Emigration in the Early Modern Period. Edited by Ida Altman and James Horn. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. v, 251. $34.95.

The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815–1846. By Charles Sellers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Pp. 502. $35.00.

Canals for a Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790–1860. By Ronald E. Shaw. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990. Pp. x, 284. $28.00.

Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England. By Teresa Anne Murphy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 231. $29.95.

Not Slave, Not Free: The African American Economic Experience since the Civil War. By Jay R. Mandle. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 137. $29.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.

Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877–1915. By Kenneth Marvin Hamilton. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xii, 185. $29.95.

Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950. By Walter Licht. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 317. $39.95.

Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890–1930. By Price V. Fishback. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 279. $39.95.

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895–98. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xxvii, 592. $49.95.

Shaping Invention: Thomas Blanchard's Machinery and Patent Management in Nineteenth-Century America. By Carolyn C. Cooper. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 326. $45.00.

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