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Volume 51 - Issue 4 - December 1991

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Economic Development in the Habsburg Monarchy and in the Successor States. Edited by John Komlos. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1990. Pp. vi, 368. $38.00.
Herman Freudenberger
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The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain. By Benjamin Martin. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1990. Pp. xvii, 576. $42.00.
James Simpson
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03 March 2009, pp. 979-980
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Middle East and Asia - Economic and Social Policy in Israel: The First Generation. Edited by Moshe Sanbar. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990. Pp. 312. $22.50.
Sulayman Al-Qudsi
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03 March 2009, pp. 980-981
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Opium and Empire: Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800–1910. By Carl A. Trocki. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990. Pp. v, 260. $39.95.
Lee Poh Ping
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03 March 2009, pp. 981-982
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Latin America - Cuban Rural Society in the Nineteenth Century: The Social and Economic History of Monoculture in Matanzas. By Laird W. Bergad. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. Pp. ix, 425. $65.00
Hilary McD. Beckles
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03 March 2009, pp. 982-984
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Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830–1848. By Dale W. Tomich. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 353. $46.50.
John Stiles
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03 March 2009, pp. 984-985
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Coffee, Contention, and Change in the Making of Modern Brazil. By Mauricio A. Font. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990. Pp. xii, 351. $49.95.
Steven Topik
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03 March 2009, pp. 985-986
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United States - Manhattan For Rent, 1785–1850. By Elizabeth Blackmar. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. Pp. xiii, 348. $29.95.
David C. Hammack
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03 March 2009, p. 987
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The Mirage of Oil Protectionism. By Robert L. BradleyJr. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989. Pp. xvi, 266. $23.50, cloth; $11.95, paper.
Joseph A. Pratt
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03 March 2009, p. 988
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America in the Twenties and Thirties: The Olympian Age of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. By Sean Dennis Cashman. New York: New York University Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 632. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.
Ellis W. Hawley
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03 March 2009, pp. 988-990
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The Making of an American Pluralism: Buffalo, New York, 1825–60. By David A. Gerber. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xvii, 531. $34.95.
Gordon W. Kirk, Jr
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03 March 2009, pp. 990-991
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Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry. By Priscilla Long. New York: Paragon House, 1989. Pp. xxv, 420. $24.95.
Price V. Fishback
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Phoenix: The History of a Southwestern Metropolis. By Bradford Luckingham. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1989. Pp. xi, 316. $29.95.
John C. Brown
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03 March 2009, pp. 992-993
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Distribution of Wealth and Income in the United States in 1798. By Lee Soltow. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Pp. xix, 328. $49.95.
Clayne Pope
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03 March 2009, pp. 993-995
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Budget Reform Politics: The Design of the Appropriations Process in the House of Representatives, 1865–1921. By Charles StewartIII. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xi, 254. $39.50.
Edward John Ray
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03 March 2009, pp. 995-996
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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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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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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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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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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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Economic Development in the Habsburg Monarchy and in the Successor States. Edited by John Komlos. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1990. Pp. vi, 368. $38.00.

The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain. By Benjamin Martin. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1990. Pp. xvii, 576. $42.00.

Middle East and Asia - Economic and Social Policy in Israel: The First Generation. Edited by Moshe Sanbar. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990. Pp. 312. $22.50.

Opium and Empire: Chinese Society in Colonial Singapore, 1800–1910. By Carl A. Trocki. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990. Pp. v, 260. $39.95.

Latin America - Cuban Rural Society in the Nineteenth Century: The Social and Economic History of Monoculture in Matanzas. By Laird W. Bergad. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. Pp. ix, 425. $65.00

Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830–1848. By Dale W. Tomich. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 353. $46.50.

Coffee, Contention, and Change in the Making of Modern Brazil. By Mauricio A. Font. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990. Pp. xii, 351. $49.95.

United States - Manhattan For Rent, 1785–1850. By Elizabeth Blackmar. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. Pp. xiii, 348. $29.95.

The Mirage of Oil Protectionism. By Robert L. BradleyJr. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989. Pp. xvi, 266. $23.50, cloth; $11.95, paper.

America in the Twenties and Thirties: The Olympian Age of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. By Sean Dennis Cashman. New York: New York University Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 632. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.

The Making of an American Pluralism: Buffalo, New York, 1825–60. By David A. Gerber. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xvii, 531. $34.95.

Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry. By Priscilla Long. New York: Paragon House, 1989. Pp. xxv, 420. $24.95.

Phoenix: The History of a Southwestern Metropolis. By Bradford Luckingham. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1989. Pp. xi, 316. $29.95.

Distribution of Wealth and Income in the United States in 1798. By Lee Soltow. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Pp. xix, 328. $49.95.

Budget Reform Politics: The Design of the Appropriations Process in the House of Representatives, 1865–1921. By Charles StewartIII. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xi, 254. $39.50.

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.

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

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

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

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