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Volume 46 - September 1986

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Page 11 of 13

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Agricultural Science and the Quest for Legitimacy: Farmers, Agricultural Colleges, and Experiment Stations, 1870–1890. By Alan I. Marcus. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 269. $22.50.
Allan G. Bogue
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03 March 2009, pp. 566-568
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Synthetic Rubber: A Project that Had to Succeed. By Vernon Herbert and Attilio Bisio. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 243. $45.00.
John B. Rae
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03 March 2009, pp. 1096-1097
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The U.S. Economy in World War II. By Harold G. Vatter. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 198. $25.00.
Hugh Rockoff
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03 March 2009, pp. 876-877
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Family Connections: A History of Italian and Jewish Immigrant Lives in Providence, Rhode Island, 1900–1940. By Judith E. Smith. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 228. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper.
Mary J. Oates
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03 March 2009, pp. 295-296
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Working the Range: Essays on the History of Western Land Management and the Environment. Edited by R. Wunder John. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. xv, 237. $29.95.
Gary D. Libecap
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03 March 2009, pp. 568-569
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Coping With Abundance: Energy and Environment in Industrial America. By Martin V. Melosi. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 355. $29.95.
J. Herschel Barnhill
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03 March 2009, pp. 296-297
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The Quest for Economic Stability: Roosevelt to Reagan. By Hugh S. Norton. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985. $19.95.
Christina Romer
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03 March 2009, pp. 877-878
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More Deadly than War: Pacific Coast Logging, 1827–1981. By Andrew Mason Prouty. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. Pp. xxvii, 252. $30.00.
Price V. Fishback
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03 March 2009, pp. 1097-1098
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Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 401. $25.00.
Avi J. Cohen
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03 March 2009, pp. 1098-1099
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Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders Among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1783–1818. Edited and introduction by W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. American Exploration and Travel Series. Pp. xx, 353. $29.95.
Ann Harper Fender
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03 March 2009, pp. 297-299
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Performance of the U.S. Railroads Since World War II: A Quarter Century of Private Operation. By Kent T. Healy. New York: Vantage Press, 1985. Pp. vii, 295. $17.95.
William F. Huneke
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03 March 2009, pp. 878-879
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Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration to Preparation for War. Edited by S. Olson James. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. vii, 611. $65.00.
John Joseph Wallis
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Irredeemable America: The Indians' Estate and Land Claims. Edited by Imre Sutton. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985. Pp. xxiii, 421. $27.50.
Ann Harper-Fender
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03 March 2009, pp. 879-880
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Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West. By Donald Worster. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. Pp. xi, 402. $24.95.
Randal R. Rucker
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03 March 2009, pp. 1099-1100
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Challenges to American Values: Society, Business, and Religion. By Thomas C. Cochran. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 147. $13.95.
W. Elliot Brownlee
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03 March 2009, pp. 299-300
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The War Against The Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery. By Briton Cooper Busch. Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985. Pp. xviii, 374. $29.95.
Arthur F. McEvoy
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03 March 2009, pp. 570-571
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Fishermen and Merchants in 19th Century Gaspé. By Roch Samson. Ottawa, Canada: Parks Canada, 1984. Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History. Pp. 124. $7.50.
Leah J. Smith
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Peasant, Lord and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes, 1740–1840. By Allan Greer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 304. $35.00 cloth; $15.00 paper.
Marvin McInnis
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The American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War. By Gerald D. Nash. Bloomington: Indian University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 304. $35.00.
James E. Crisp
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03 March 2009, pp. 1100-1101
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The IDB: A History of Canada's Industrial Development Bank. By E. Ritchie Clark. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. Pp. xix, 435. $30.00
Ian M. Drummond
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03 March 2009, pp. 880-881
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Agricultural Science and the Quest for Legitimacy: Farmers, Agricultural Colleges, and Experiment Stations, 1870–1890. By Alan I. Marcus. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 269. $22.50.

Synthetic Rubber: A Project that Had to Succeed. By Vernon Herbert and Attilio Bisio. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 243. $45.00.

The U.S. Economy in World War II. By Harold G. Vatter. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 198. $25.00.

Family Connections: A History of Italian and Jewish Immigrant Lives in Providence, Rhode Island, 1900–1940. By Judith E. Smith. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 228. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper.

Working the Range: Essays on the History of Western Land Management and the Environment. Edited by R. Wunder John. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. xv, 237. $29.95.

Coping With Abundance: Energy and Environment in Industrial America. By Martin V. Melosi. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 355. $29.95.

The Quest for Economic Stability: Roosevelt to Reagan. By Hugh S. Norton. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985. $19.95.

More Deadly than War: Pacific Coast Logging, 1827–1981. By Andrew Mason Prouty. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. Pp. xxvii, 252. $30.00.

Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 401. $25.00.

Early Fur Trade on the Northern Plains: Canadian Traders Among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1783–1818. Edited and introduction by W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. American Exploration and Travel Series. Pp. xx, 353. $29.95.

Performance of the U.S. Railroads Since World War II: A Quarter Century of Private Operation. By Kent T. Healy. New York: Vantage Press, 1985. Pp. vii, 295. $17.95.

Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration to Preparation for War. Edited by S. Olson James. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. vii, 611. $65.00.

Irredeemable America: The Indians' Estate and Land Claims. Edited by Imre Sutton. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985. Pp. xxiii, 421. $27.50.

Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West. By Donald Worster. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. Pp. xi, 402. $24.95.

Challenges to American Values: Society, Business, and Religion. By Thomas C. Cochran. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 147. $13.95.

The War Against The Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery. By Briton Cooper Busch. Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985. Pp. xviii, 374. $29.95.

Fishermen and Merchants in 19th Century Gaspé. By Roch Samson. Ottawa, Canada: Parks Canada, 1984. Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History. Pp. 124. $7.50.

Peasant, Lord and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes, 1740–1840. By Allan Greer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 304. $35.00 cloth; $15.00 paper.

The American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War. By Gerald D. Nash. Bloomington: Indian University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 304. $35.00.

The IDB: A History of Canada's Industrial Development Bank. By E. Ritchie Clark. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. Pp. xix, 435. $30.00

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