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Volume 56 - December 1996

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One South or Many? Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee. By Robert Tracy McKenzie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. x, 213. $39.95.
Garland L. Brinkley
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03 March 2009, pp. 741-742
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Appalachia in the Making: The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Mary Beth Pudup, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. viii, 391. $49.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.
Sean Patrick Adams
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03 March 2009, pp. 525-526
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The Chicago Plan & New Deal Banking Reform. By Ronnie J. Phillips. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. Pp. xvi, 227. $55.00, cloth; $21.95, paper.
Richard C. Schiming
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03 March 2009, pp. 264-265
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General and Miscellaneous - Protecting Women: Labor Legislation in Europe, the United States and Australia, 1880–1920. Edited by Ulla Wikander Alice Kessler-Harris, and Jane Lewis. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1995. Pp. vi, 379. $49.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Andrew J. Seltzer
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03 March 2009, pp. 964-965
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A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America 1865–1925. By Thomas J. Misa. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Pp. xv, 367. $49.95.
Patricia O'Brien
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03 March 2009, pp. 526-527
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Bretton Woods and Dunbarton Oaks. By Schild George. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Pp. xiii. 254. $45.00.
Elmus Wicker
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03 March 2009, pp. 265-266
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The Failure of Agrarian Capitalism: Agrarian Politics in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA, 1846–1919. By Niek Koning. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. xii, 292. $85.00.
Peter A. Coclanis
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03 March 2009, pp. 965-966
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From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: The Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas. Edited by Mary Turner. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1995. Pp. x, 309. $39.95 cloth; $15.95 paper.
Christopher Hanes
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03 March 2009, pp. 742-743
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For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New York. By J. T. W. Hubbard. New York: New York University Press, 1995. Pp. xxiii, 309. $40.00.
Robert M. Blackson
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03 March 2009, pp. 266-267
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The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890–1990. By Jane Adams. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. xxx, 321. $49.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Hal S. Barron
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03 March 2009, pp. 743-745
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Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875–1920. By Henry M. McKivenJr. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. xiii, 223. $37.50, cloth; $14.95, paper.
Thomas J. Misa
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03 March 2009, pp. 527-529
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Currency and Coercion: The Political Economy of International Monetary Power. By Jonathan Kirshner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. 289. $39.50.
Lawrence H. Officer
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03 March 2009, pp. 966-968
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State and Party in America's New Deal. By Theda Skocpol and Kenneth Finegold. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 342. $54.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Colin Gordon
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03 March 2009, pp. 529-530
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The Bretton-Woods-GATT System: Retrospect and Prospect After Fifty Years. Edited by Orin Kirschner. Armounk, NY: M. E. Sharpe for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 1996. Pp. xiii, 321.
Barry Eichengreen
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03 March 2009, pp. 968-969
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United States and the Caribbean - Farm and Factory: Workers in the Midwest, 1880–1990. By Daniel Nelson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 258. $29.95.
Louis P. Cain
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03 March 2009, pp. 745-746
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Deficit Government: Taxing and Spending in Modern America. By Iwan W. Morgan. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Pp. x, 212. $24.95.
Mark H. Leff
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03 March 2009, pp. 267-268
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Improving Poor People: The Welfare State, The “Underclass,” and Urban Schools as History. By Michael B. Katz. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. xi, 179. $22.50.
Blanche D. Coll
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Technical Change, Human Capital, And Spillovers in United States Agriculture, 1949–1985. By Klaus W. Deininger. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1995. Pp. v, 158. $42.00.
John Nader
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03 March 2009, pp. 746-747
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Models of Management: Work, Authority, and Organization in a Comparative Perspective. By Mauro E. Guillen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. xiii, 424. $57.50, cloth; $18.95, paper.
Bernard Elbaum
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03 March 2009, pp. 970-972
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The Limits of Affluence: Welfare in Ontario, 1920–1970. By Struthers James. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. ix, 401. $55.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.
Linda Barrington
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03 March 2009, pp. 268-269
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One South or Many? Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee. By Robert Tracy McKenzie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. x, 213. $39.95.

Appalachia in the Making: The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Mary Beth Pudup, Dwight B. Billings, and Altina L. Waller. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. viii, 391. $49.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.

The Chicago Plan & New Deal Banking Reform. By Ronnie J. Phillips. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. Pp. xvi, 227. $55.00, cloth; $21.95, paper.

General and Miscellaneous - Protecting Women: Labor Legislation in Europe, the United States and Australia, 1880–1920. Edited by Ulla Wikander Alice Kessler-Harris, and Jane Lewis. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1995. Pp. vi, 379. $49.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America 1865–1925. By Thomas J. Misa. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Pp. xv, 367. $49.95.

Bretton Woods and Dunbarton Oaks. By Schild George. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Pp. xiii. 254. $45.00.

The Failure of Agrarian Capitalism: Agrarian Politics in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA, 1846–1919. By Niek Koning. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. xii, 292. $85.00.

From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: The Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas. Edited by Mary Turner. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1995. Pp. x, 309. $39.95 cloth; $15.95 paper.

For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New York. By J. T. W. Hubbard. New York: New York University Press, 1995. Pp. xxiii, 309. $40.00.

The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890–1990. By Jane Adams. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. xxx, 321. $49.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875–1920. By Henry M. McKivenJr. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Pp. xiii, 223. $37.50, cloth; $14.95, paper.

Currency and Coercion: The Political Economy of International Monetary Power. By Jonathan Kirshner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. 289. $39.50.

State and Party in America's New Deal. By Theda Skocpol and Kenneth Finegold. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 342. $54.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.

The Bretton-Woods-GATT System: Retrospect and Prospect After Fifty Years. Edited by Orin Kirschner. Armounk, NY: M. E. Sharpe for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 1996. Pp. xiii, 321.

United States and the Caribbean - Farm and Factory: Workers in the Midwest, 1880–1990. By Daniel Nelson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 258. $29.95.

Deficit Government: Taxing and Spending in Modern America. By Iwan W. Morgan. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Pp. x, 212. $24.95.

Improving Poor People: The Welfare State, The “Underclass,” and Urban Schools as History. By Michael B. Katz. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. xi, 179. $22.50.

Technical Change, Human Capital, And Spillovers in United States Agriculture, 1949–1985. By Klaus W. Deininger. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1995. Pp. v, 158. $42.00.

Models of Management: Work, Authority, and Organization in a Comparative Perspective. By Mauro E. Guillen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. xiii, 424. $57.50, cloth; $18.95, paper.

The Limits of Affluence: Welfare in Ontario, 1920–1970. By Struthers James. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. ix, 401. $55.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.

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