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Volume 51 - December 1991

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Technology in America: A Brief History. By Alan I. Marcus and Howard P. Segal. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, Pp. xii, 380. $11.00, paper.
Peter Z. Grossman
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03 March 2009, pp. 744-745
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Commercialization and Agricultural Development: Central and Eastern China, 1870–1937. By Loren Brandt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 232. $42.50.
Joseph W. Esherick
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03 March 2009, pp. 501-503
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Economic Thought - Adam Smith's Economics: Its Place in the Development of Economic Thought. By Maurice Brown. New York: Croom Helm, 1988. Pp. vii, 189. $55.00.
David Levy
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03 March 2009, pp. 996-997
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Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia during the Civil War. By J. Matthew Gallman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 354. $49.50.
Diane Lindstrom
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03 March 2009, pp. 238-239
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Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute. By Edmund L. Drago. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pp. xi, 402. $45.00.
James Gerber
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03 March 2009, pp. 239-240
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Edison and the Bussiness of Innovation. By Andre Millard. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990, Pp. xiv, 387. $38.50.
Robert Rosenberg
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03 March 2009, pp. 745-746
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Latin America - From Plots to Plantations: Land Transactions in Jamaica, 1866–1900. By Veront M. Satchell. Mona, Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1990. Pp. xv, 197. $16.50, paper.
Jay R. Mandle
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03 March 2009, pp. 503-504
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Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662–1776. By Terence Hutchison. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. x, 469. $65.00.
Mohamed Ali El-Hodiri
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03 March 2009, pp. 997-998
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United States and Canada - The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900–1985. By Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 312. $24.95.
John Strudwick
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03 March 2009, pp. 504-505
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Domesticity and Dirt: Housewives and Domestic Servants in the United States, 1920–1945. By Phyllis Palmer. Philadelphia: Pemple University Press, 1990. Pp. xvi, 214. $29.95.
Angel Kwolek-Folland
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03 March 2009, pp. 746-747
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The Bell System and Regional Business: The Telephone in the South, 1877–1920. By Kenneth Lipartito. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 283. $29.50.
James E. Brittain
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03 March 2009, pp. 240-241
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Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor. By William Lazonick. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. vi, 419. $37.50.
Gregory Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 998-999
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New York and the Rise of American Capitalism: Economic Development and the Social and Political History of an American State, 1780–1870. Edited by William Pencak and Conrad Edick Wright. New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1989. Pp. xx, 315. $19.95.
Russel S. Kirby
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03 March 2009, p. 748
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Enterprise: The Dynamic Economy of a Free People. By Stuart Bruchey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 645. $49.50, cloth; $24.95, paper.
J. Bradford De Long
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03 March 2009, pp. 505-506
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Forgotten Frontier. A History of Wyoming Coal Mining. By A. Dudley Gardner and Verla R. Flores. Boulder: Westview Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 243. $34.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Stephane E. Booth
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03 March 2009, pp. 241-243
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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. By Douglass C. North. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. viii, 152. $32.50, cloth; $10.95, paper.
Alexander J. Field
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03 March 2009, pp. 999-1001
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Labor in Illinois: The Affluent Years, 1945–80. By Milton Derber. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 460. $47.50.
Jack Blicksilver
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03 March 2009, pp. 506-508
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The Humane Economy: Populism, Capitalism, and Democracy. By Norman Pollack. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 215. $40.00.
Anne Mayhew
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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism. By Colin Campbell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. vi, 301. $19.95. - Pre-Industrial Societies. By Patricia Crone. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. xii, 214. $45.00, cloth; $14.95, paper. - The Culture of Capitalism. By Alan Macfarlane. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. 254. $16.95. - Europe and the Rise of Capitalism. Edited by Jean Baechler, John A. Hall, and Michael Mann. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. vi, 249. $18.95.
Jack A. Goldstone
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03 March 2009, pp. 1001-1003
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Ourselves Alone: Women's Emigration from Ireland 1885–1920. By Janet A. Nolan. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1989. Pp. xii, 133. $16.00.
Caroline Brettell
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03 March 2009, pp. 243-244
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Technology in America: A Brief History. By Alan I. Marcus and Howard P. Segal. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, Pp. xii, 380. $11.00, paper.

Commercialization and Agricultural Development: Central and Eastern China, 1870–1937. By Loren Brandt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 232. $42.50.

Economic Thought - Adam Smith's Economics: Its Place in the Development of Economic Thought. By Maurice Brown. New York: Croom Helm, 1988. Pp. vii, 189. $55.00.

Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia during the Civil War. By J. Matthew Gallman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 354. $49.50.

Initiative, Paternalism, and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute. By Edmund L. Drago. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pp. xi, 402. $45.00.

Edison and the Bussiness of Innovation. By Andre Millard. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990, Pp. xiv, 387. $38.50.

Latin America - From Plots to Plantations: Land Transactions in Jamaica, 1866–1900. By Veront M. Satchell. Mona, Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1990. Pp. xv, 197. $16.50, paper.

Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662–1776. By Terence Hutchison. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. x, 469. $65.00.

United States and Canada - The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900–1985. By Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 312. $24.95.

Domesticity and Dirt: Housewives and Domestic Servants in the United States, 1920–1945. By Phyllis Palmer. Philadelphia: Pemple University Press, 1990. Pp. xvi, 214. $29.95.

The Bell System and Regional Business: The Telephone in the South, 1877–1920. By Kenneth Lipartito. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 283. $29.50.

Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor. By William Lazonick. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. vi, 419. $37.50.

New York and the Rise of American Capitalism: Economic Development and the Social and Political History of an American State, 1780–1870. Edited by William Pencak and Conrad Edick Wright. New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1989. Pp. xx, 315. $19.95.

Enterprise: The Dynamic Economy of a Free People. By Stuart Bruchey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 645. $49.50, cloth; $24.95, paper.

Forgotten Frontier. A History of Wyoming Coal Mining. By A. Dudley Gardner and Verla R. Flores. Boulder: Westview Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 243. $34.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.

Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. By Douglass C. North. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. viii, 152. $32.50, cloth; $10.95, paper.

Labor in Illinois: The Affluent Years, 1945–80. By Milton Derber. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 460. $47.50.

The Humane Economy: Populism, Capitalism, and Democracy. By Norman Pollack. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 215. $40.00.

Ourselves Alone: Women's Emigration from Ireland 1885–1920. By Janet A. Nolan. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1989. Pp. xii, 133. $16.00.

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