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Volume 53 - December 1993

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Manufacturing Knowledge: A History of the Hawthorne Experiments. By Richard Gillespie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 282. $39.50.
Daniel Nelson
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03 March 2009, pp. 209-210
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General and Miscellaneous - Consumption and the World of Goods. Edited by John Brewer and Roy Porter. London: Routledge, 1993. Pp. xxii, 564. $59.95.
E. L. Jones
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03 March 2009, pp. 975-976
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A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 3: The Transmission of Power. By Louis C. Hunter and Lynwood Bryant. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991. Pp. xxv, 596. $50.00.
Patrick M. Malone
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03 March 2009, pp. 711-712
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“Hello, Central?”: Gender, Technology and Culture in the Formation of Telephone Systems. By Michèle Martin. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. 219. $34.95.
Kenneth Lipartito
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03 March 2009, pp. 449-450
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Clean Cheap Heat: The Development of Residential Markets for Natural Gas in the United States. By John H. Herbert. New York: Praeger, 1992. Pp. xiv, 190. $42.95.
John G. Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 712-713
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America's Utopian Experiments: Communal Havens From Long-Wave Crises. By Brian J. L. Berry. Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1992. Pp. xviii, 273. $40.00, cloth; $18.95, paper.
Carl J. Guarneri
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03 March 2009, pp. 976-977
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North American Patterns of Growth and Development: The Continental Context. By W. T. Easterbrook. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. Pp. xxviii, 272. $37.50.
Diane Lindstrom
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03 March 2009, pp. 210-211
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America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940. By Claude S. Fischer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 424. $25.00.
David B. Sicilia
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03 March 2009, pp. 451-452
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Business Cycles: Theory, History, Indicators, and Forecasting. By Victor Zarnowitz. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 593. $70.00.
Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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03 March 2009, pp. 211-213
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Second Thoughts: Myths and Morals of U.S. Economic History. Edited by Donald N. McCloskey. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp. x, 208. $24.95.
Edwin J. Perkins
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03 March 2009, pp. 977-978
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Hollywood's Overseas Campaign: The North Atlantic Movie Trade, 1920–1950. By Ian Jarvie. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 473. $65.00.
Susan Aaronson
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03 March 2009, pp. 713-714
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The Strategy and Consistency of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 1924–1933. By David C. Wheelock. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 126. $39.95.
Mark Toma
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03 March 2009, pp. 452-453
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The Future of American Banking: Managing for Change. By David Rogers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992. Pp. xx, 346. $24.95.
Benjamin J. Klebaner
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03 March 2009, pp. 978-979
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Technology and Enterprise in a Historical Perspective. Edited by Giovanni Dosi, Renato Giannetti, and Pier Angelo Toninelli. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Pp. ix, 415. $75.00.
Francesco L. Galassi
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03 March 2009, pp. 714-716
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International Cartels and Foreign Policy. Edited by Clemens A. Wurm. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989. Pp. vii, 198. DM 58.
Daniel Barbezat
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03 March 2009, pp. 213-214
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The Power “To Coin” Money: The Exercise of Monetary Power by the Congress. By Thomas Wilson. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1992. Pp. xiii, 272. $37.50, cloth; $17.45, paper.
Elmus Wicker
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03 March 2009, pp. 453-455
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Inside the Business Enterprise: Historical Perspectives on the Use of Information. Edited by Peter Temin. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. viii, 260. $43.00, cloth; $14.95, paper.
Terence R. Gourvish
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03 March 2009, pp. 716-717
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The Political Failure of Employment Policy, 1945–1982. By Gary Mucciaroni. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Pp. xi, 317. $34.95.
Robert R. Keller
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03 March 2009, pp. 455-456
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Women's Work and the Family Economy in Historical Perspective. Edited by Pat Hudson and W. R. Lee. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 299. $59.95.
Judy Coffin
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03 March 2009, pp. 214-216
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Economic Policies at Cross-Purposes: The United States and Developing Countries. By Anne O. Krueger. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1993. Pp. xii, 252. Cloth, $36.95; paper, $16.95.
Mira Wilkins
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03 March 2009, pp. 979-981
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Reviews of Books

Manufacturing Knowledge: A History of the Hawthorne Experiments. By Richard Gillespie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 282. $39.50.

General and Miscellaneous - Consumption and the World of Goods. Edited by John Brewer and Roy Porter. London: Routledge, 1993. Pp. xxii, 564. $59.95.

A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 3: The Transmission of Power. By Louis C. Hunter and Lynwood Bryant. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991. Pp. xxv, 596. $50.00.

“Hello, Central?”: Gender, Technology and Culture in the Formation of Telephone Systems. By Michèle Martin. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. 219. $34.95.

Clean Cheap Heat: The Development of Residential Markets for Natural Gas in the United States. By John H. Herbert. New York: Praeger, 1992. Pp. xiv, 190. $42.95.

America's Utopian Experiments: Communal Havens From Long-Wave Crises. By Brian J. L. Berry. Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1992. Pp. xviii, 273. $40.00, cloth; $18.95, paper.

North American Patterns of Growth and Development: The Continental Context. By W. T. Easterbrook. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. Pp. xxviii, 272. $37.50.

America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940. By Claude S. Fischer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 424. $25.00.

Business Cycles: Theory, History, Indicators, and Forecasting. By Victor Zarnowitz. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 593. $70.00.

Second Thoughts: Myths and Morals of U.S. Economic History. Edited by Donald N. McCloskey. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp. x, 208. $24.95.

Hollywood's Overseas Campaign: The North Atlantic Movie Trade, 1920–1950. By Ian Jarvie. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 473. $65.00.

The Strategy and Consistency of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 1924–1933. By David C. Wheelock. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 126. $39.95.

The Future of American Banking: Managing for Change. By David Rogers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992. Pp. xx, 346. $24.95.

Technology and Enterprise in a Historical Perspective. Edited by Giovanni Dosi, Renato Giannetti, and Pier Angelo Toninelli. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Pp. ix, 415. $75.00.

International Cartels and Foreign Policy. Edited by Clemens A. Wurm. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989. Pp. vii, 198. DM 58.

The Power “To Coin” Money: The Exercise of Monetary Power by the Congress. By Thomas Wilson. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1992. Pp. xiii, 272. $37.50, cloth; $17.45, paper.

Inside the Business Enterprise: Historical Perspectives on the Use of Information. Edited by Peter Temin. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. viii, 260. $43.00, cloth; $14.95, paper.

The Political Failure of Employment Policy, 1945–1982. By Gary Mucciaroni. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Pp. xi, 317. $34.95.

Women's Work and the Family Economy in Historical Perspective. Edited by Pat Hudson and W. R. Lee. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 299. $59.95.

Economic Policies at Cross-Purposes: The United States and Developing Countries. By Anne O. Krueger. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1993. Pp. xii, 252. Cloth, $36.95; paper, $16.95.

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