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Volume 47 - December 1987

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Reviews of Books

A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. xxii, 732. $50.00.
Jeremy Atack
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03 March 2009, pp. 270-273
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Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786–1846. By James R. Gibson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 265. $25.00.
Ann M. Carlos
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03 March 2009, pp. 829-830
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World of Sorrow: The African Slave Trade to Brazil. By Robert Edgar Conrad. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 215. $25.00.
David Eltis
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03 March 2009, pp. 542-543
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Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801–1885. By Judith A. McGaw. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. xvii, 439. $40.00.
Avi J. Cohen
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03 March 2009, pp. 1044-1046
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Municipal Ownership in the Electric Utility Industry: A Centennial View. By David Schap. New York: Praeger, 1986. Pp. xiii, 128. $33.95.
Arthur Woolf
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03 March 2009, pp. 273-274
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Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World: The Diffusion of Crops and Farming Techniques, 700–1100. By Andrew M. Watson. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. x, 260. $39.50.
Elias H. Tuma
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03 March 2009, pp. 543-544
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Railroads and the Character of America, 1820–1887. By James A. Ward. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 200. $14.95.
Bradley G. Lewis
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03 March 2009, pp. 1046-1047
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River of Lost Dreams: Navigation on the Rio Grande. By Pat Kelley. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 149. $19.95.
Erik Haites
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03 March 2009, pp. 830-831
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Financing Growth: A Financial History of American Life Insurance Through 1900. By B. Michael Pritchett. Philadelphia: Huebner Foundation Monograph No. 13, University of Pennsylvania, 1985. Pp. xvi, 90. $14.95 paper.
Jack Blicksilver
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03 March 2009, pp. 831-832
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A Generation of Boomers: The Pattern of Railroad Labor Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America. By Shelton Stromquist. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1987. The Working Class in American History Series. Pp. xix, 353. $29.95.
Albro Martin
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03 March 2009, pp. 1047-1048
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The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800–1930. By Edward J. DaviesII. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 277. $27.00.
Shirley F. Weiss
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03 March 2009, pp. 274-275
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Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750. By K. N. Chaudhuri. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 269. $42.50 cloth; $16.95 paper.
Richard T. Lindholm
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03 March 2009, pp. 544-545
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Muslim Endowments and Society in British India. By Gregory C. Kozlowski. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 211. $42.50.
David Ludden
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Filling Up America: An Economic-Demographic Model of Population Growth and Distribution in the Nineteenth-Century United States. By Morton Owen Schapiro. Greenwich: JAI Press, 1986. Pp. xiii, 149. $24.75.
Michael R. Haines
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03 March 2009, pp. 832-834
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Farming and Folk Society: Threshing among the Pennsylvania Germans. By Beauveau BoneIV. Edited by Gregory Sharrow. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 139. $39.95.
Donald Hoke
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03 March 2009, pp. 275-276
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The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854–1913. By Vincent P. Carosso. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. Harvard Studies in Business History. Pp. xx, 888. $65.00.
Thomas Huertas
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03 March 2009, pp. 1049-1050
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To Their Own Soil: Agriculture in the Antebellum North. By Jeremy Atack and Fred Bateman. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 322. $29.95.
Allan G. Bogue
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03 March 2009, pp. 1050-1051
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Patriarchy and Fertility: Japan and Sweden, 1880–1960. By Carl Mosk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1983. Pp. xxii, 320. $41.50.
Richard H. Steckel
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03 March 2009, pp. 546-547
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Medicine and American Growth, 1800–1860. By James H. Cassedy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 298. $39.50 cloth, $19.95 paper.
Richard H. Steckel
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03 March 2009, pp. 834-835
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Schooling for All: Class, Race, and the Decline of the Democratic Ideal. By Ira Katznelson and Margaret Weir. New York: Basic Books, 1985. Pp. viii, 258. $19.95. - The Politics of School Reform, 1870–1940. By Paul E. Peterson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Pp. x, 241. $25.00 cloth, $11.95 paper.
Michael B. Katz
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03 March 2009, pp. 276-278
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Reviews of Books

A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. xxii, 732. $50.00.

Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786–1846. By James R. Gibson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 265. $25.00.

World of Sorrow: The African Slave Trade to Brazil. By Robert Edgar Conrad. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 215. $25.00.

Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801–1885. By Judith A. McGaw. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. xvii, 439. $40.00.

Municipal Ownership in the Electric Utility Industry: A Centennial View. By David Schap. New York: Praeger, 1986. Pp. xiii, 128. $33.95.

Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World: The Diffusion of Crops and Farming Techniques, 700–1100. By Andrew M. Watson. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. x, 260. $39.50.

Railroads and the Character of America, 1820–1887. By James A. Ward. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. Pp. xii, 200. $14.95.

River of Lost Dreams: Navigation on the Rio Grande. By Pat Kelley. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 149. $19.95.

Financing Growth: A Financial History of American Life Insurance Through 1900. By B. Michael Pritchett. Philadelphia: Huebner Foundation Monograph No. 13, University of Pennsylvania, 1985. Pp. xvi, 90. $14.95 paper.

A Generation of Boomers: The Pattern of Railroad Labor Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America. By Shelton Stromquist. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1987. The Working Class in American History Series. Pp. xix, 353. $29.95.

The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800–1930. By Edward J. DaviesII. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 277. $27.00.

Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750. By K. N. Chaudhuri. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 269. $42.50 cloth; $16.95 paper.

Muslim Endowments and Society in British India. By Gregory C. Kozlowski. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 211. $42.50.

Filling Up America: An Economic-Demographic Model of Population Growth and Distribution in the Nineteenth-Century United States. By Morton Owen Schapiro. Greenwich: JAI Press, 1986. Pp. xiii, 149. $24.75.

Farming and Folk Society: Threshing among the Pennsylvania Germans. By Beauveau BoneIV. Edited by Gregory Sharrow. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 139. $39.95.

The Morgans: Private International Bankers, 1854–1913. By Vincent P. Carosso. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. Harvard Studies in Business History. Pp. xx, 888. $65.00.

To Their Own Soil: Agriculture in the Antebellum North. By Jeremy Atack and Fred Bateman. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 322. $29.95.

Patriarchy and Fertility: Japan and Sweden, 1880–1960. By Carl Mosk. Orlando: Academic Press, 1983. Pp. xxii, 320. $41.50.

Medicine and American Growth, 1800–1860. By James H. Cassedy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 298. $39.50 cloth, $19.95 paper.

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