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Volume 51 - Issue 2 - June 1991

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Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations

Comments on Greif, McIntosh, and O'Rourke
David R. Weir
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Medieval and Early Modern - Structure and Scale in the Roman Empire. By Richard Duncan-Jones. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xvi, 245. $59.50.
M. K. Thornton, R. L. Thornton
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03 March 2009, pp. 480-481
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God and the Moneylenders: Usury and Law in Early Modern England. By Norman L. Jones. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. viii, 217. $49.95.
Michael N. Hayes
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03 March 2009, pp. 481-482
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The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350–1750. Edited by James D. Tracy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xviii, 442. $44.50.
Rondo Cameron
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03 March 2009, pp. 482-484
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The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade 1600–1815. By Johannes Menne Postma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 428. $54.95.
David Eltis
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03 March 2009, pp. 484-485
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Modern Europe - A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840. By Ann Kussmaul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 216. $39.50.
Jane Humphries
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03 March 2009, pp. 485-487
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English Laundresses: A Social History, 1850–1930. By Patricia E. Malcolmson. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 220. $26.95.
Anne C. Meyering
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03 March 2009, pp. 487-488
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Protectionism and Economic Revival: The British Interwar Economy. By Michael Kitson and Solomos Solomou. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xi 123. $44.50.
Barry Eichengreen
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03 March 2009, pp. 488-490
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British Unemployment 1919–1939: A Study in Public Policy. By W. R. Garside. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990. Pp. 414. $69.50.
T. J. Hatton
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03 March 2009, pp. 490-492
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Mercedes in Peace and War: German Automobile Workers 1903–1945. By Bernard Bellon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Pp. xv, 356. $37.50.
Harold James
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03 March 2009, pp. 492-493
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The European Payments Union: Financial Diplomacy in the 1950s. By Jacob J. Kaplan and Gunther Schleiminger. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Pp. xx, 383. $72.00.
Samuel I. Katz
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03 March 2009, pp. 493-496
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British Culture and Economic Decline. Edited by Bruce Collins and Keith Robbins. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Pp. v, 208. $33.95.
Edward H. Lorenz
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03 March 2009, pp. 496-498
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The Modern Industrialisation of Ireland 1940–1988. By Liam Kennedy. Dunkalk: The Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1989. Pp. 74. £3.50.
Brian Girvin
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03 March 2009, pp. 498-499
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Asia - Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1820–1940. Edited by Angus Maddison and Gé Prince. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Foris Publications, 1989. Pp. vii, 300. Hfl 40.
Sumner J. La Croix
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03 March 2009, pp. 499-501
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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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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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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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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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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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Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations

Comments on Greif, McIntosh, and O'Rourke

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Reviews of Books

Medieval and Early Modern - Structure and Scale in the Roman Empire. By Richard Duncan-Jones. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xvi, 245. $59.50.

God and the Moneylenders: Usury and Law in Early Modern England. By Norman L. Jones. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. viii, 217. $49.95.

The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350–1750. Edited by James D. Tracy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xviii, 442. $44.50.

The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade 1600–1815. By Johannes Menne Postma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 428. $54.95.

Modern Europe - A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840. By Ann Kussmaul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 216. $39.50.

English Laundresses: A Social History, 1850–1930. By Patricia E. Malcolmson. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 220. $26.95.

Protectionism and Economic Revival: The British Interwar Economy. By Michael Kitson and Solomos Solomou. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xi 123. $44.50.

British Unemployment 1919–1939: A Study in Public Policy. By W. R. Garside. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990. Pp. 414. $69.50.

Mercedes in Peace and War: German Automobile Workers 1903–1945. By Bernard Bellon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Pp. xv, 356. $37.50.

The European Payments Union: Financial Diplomacy in the 1950s. By Jacob J. Kaplan and Gunther Schleiminger. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Pp. xx, 383. $72.00.

British Culture and Economic Decline. Edited by Bruce Collins and Keith Robbins. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Pp. v, 208. $33.95.

The Modern Industrialisation of Ireland 1940–1988. By Liam Kennedy. Dunkalk: The Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1989. Pp. 74. £3.50.

Asia - Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1820–1940. Edited by Angus Maddison and Gé Prince. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Foris Publications, 1989. Pp. vii, 300. Hfl 40.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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