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Volume 56 - December 1996

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Reviews of Books

When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt. By Robert Vitalis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Pp. xxi, 282. $50.00, cloth; $20.00, paper.
Roger Owen
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03 March 2009, pp. 517-519
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The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888. By Joanne Reitano. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 190. $28.50.
Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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03 March 2009, pp. 257-258
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The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller 1888–1910. By James W. ElyJr, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 248. $49.95.
Marc Jeffrey Stern
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03 March 2009, pp. 957-958
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United States and the Caribbean - Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse. By Richard R. John. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 369. $49.95.
John Majewski
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03 March 2009, pp. 734-735
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The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century. By W. G. Huff. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, Pp. vii, 472.
Tan Lin-Yeok
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03 March 2009, pp. 519-520
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The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change. By Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. 229. $49.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.
John Joseph Wallis
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03 March 2009, pp. 258-259
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Producing Hegemony: The Politics of Mass Production and American Global Power. By Mark Rupert. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xi, 261. $54.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.
Thomas W. Zeiler
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03 March 2009, pp. 958-960
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International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820–1914. By Lance E. Davis and Robert J. Cull. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. vii, 166. $34.95.
Richard S. Grossman
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03 March 2009, pp. 735-737
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Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America. By Mark Rose. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Pp. xviii, 229. $34.50.
Werner Troesken
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03 March 2009, pp. 260-261
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Economic Policy in the Carter Administration. By Anthony S. Campagna. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. Pp. xv, 216. $59.95.
Wyatt Wells
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03 March 2009, pp. 960-961
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Latin America - The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence. By Victor Bulmer-Thomas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xv, 485. $69.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.
Alan M. Taylor
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03 March 2009, pp. 520-522
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International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820–1914. By Lance E. Davis and Robert J. Cull. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. vii, 166. $34.95.
John A. James
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03 March 2009, pp. 737-738
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Deregulating Freight Transportation: Delivering the Goods. By Paul Teske, Samuel Best, and Michael Mintrom. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 236. $39.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.
William R. Childs
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03 March 2009, pp. 961-962
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The First American Frontier: Transition to Capitalism in Southern Appalachia, 1700–1860. By Wilma A. Dunaway. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1996. Pp. xvii, 448. $49.95.
Ann Harper Fender
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03 March 2009, pp. 738-739
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Planning for the Private Interest: Land Use Controls and Residential Patterns in Columbus, Ohio, 1900–1970. By Patricia Burgess. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 258. $59.50.
Gregory L. Thompson
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03 March 2009, pp. 261-263
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Engines of Growth: The State and Transnational Auto Companies in Brazil. By Helen Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, Pp. xii, 267. $54.95.
William Summerhill
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03 March 2009, pp. 522-523
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United States - Masters of Small Worlds: Yeoman Households, Gender Relations, and the Political Culture of the Antebellum South Carolina Low Country. By Stephanie McCurry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xx, 320. $39.95. - Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1770–1860. By Christopher Morris. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xix, 258. $35.00.
Martha Hodes
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03 March 2009, pp. 523-525
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Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity. By Sally H. Clarke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 310. $59.95.
Ruth Dupré
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03 March 2009, pp. 263-264
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Economic Thought - Essays on Economics and Economists. By R. H. Coase. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994, Pp. viii, 222. $11.95.
Warren J. Samuels
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03 March 2009, pp. 962-964
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Them Dark Days: Slavery in the American Rice Swamps. By William Dusinberre. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 556. $55.00.
Christopher Morris
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03 March 2009, pp. 739-741
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When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt. By Robert Vitalis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Pp. xxi, 282. $50.00, cloth; $20.00, paper.

The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888. By Joanne Reitano. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 190. $28.50.

The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller 1888–1910. By James W. ElyJr, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 248. $49.95.

United States and the Caribbean - Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse. By Richard R. John. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 369. $49.95.

The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century. By W. G. Huff. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, Pp. vii, 472.

The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change. By Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. 229. $49.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.

Producing Hegemony: The Politics of Mass Production and American Global Power. By Mark Rupert. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xi, 261. $54.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.

International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820–1914. By Lance E. Davis and Robert J. Cull. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. vii, 166. $34.95.

Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America. By Mark Rose. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Pp. xviii, 229. $34.50.

Economic Policy in the Carter Administration. By Anthony S. Campagna. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. Pp. xv, 216. $59.95.

Latin America - The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence. By Victor Bulmer-Thomas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xv, 485. $69.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.

International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820–1914. By Lance E. Davis and Robert J. Cull. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. vii, 166. $34.95.

Deregulating Freight Transportation: Delivering the Goods. By Paul Teske, Samuel Best, and Michael Mintrom. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995. Pp. xii, 236. $39.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.

The First American Frontier: Transition to Capitalism in Southern Appalachia, 1700–1860. By Wilma A. Dunaway. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1996. Pp. xvii, 448. $49.95.

Planning for the Private Interest: Land Use Controls and Residential Patterns in Columbus, Ohio, 1900–1970. By Patricia Burgess. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 258. $59.50.

Engines of Growth: The State and Transnational Auto Companies in Brazil. By Helen Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, Pp. xii, 267. $54.95.

Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity. By Sally H. Clarke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 310. $59.95.

Economic Thought - Essays on Economics and Economists. By R. H. Coase. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994, Pp. viii, 222. $11.95.

Them Dark Days: Slavery in the American Rice Swamps. By William Dusinberre. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 556. $55.00.

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