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Volume 58 - December 1998

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Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century. By Mary P. Ryan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 376. $27.50.
Gillian Hamilton
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03 March 2009, pp. 913-914
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Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: From Cooperation to Confrontation. By Terence Kehoe. De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 250. $32.00.
Louis P. Cain
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03 March 2009, pp. 1171-1172
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Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830–1890. By Wayne M. O'Leary. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1966. Pp. ix, 391. $24.95, paper.
Ronald N. Johnson
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03 March 2009, pp. 270-271
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100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture. By Timothy B. Spears. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp. xx, 300. $40.00, cloth; $17.00. paper.
Larry Schweikart
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03 March 2009, pp. 608-609
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The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870–1945. By Cindy Hahamovitch. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 287. $45.00, cloth; $17.95, paper.
Linda Barrington
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03 March 2009, pp. 609-610
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General and Miscellaneous - On the Search for Well-Being. By Henry J. Bruton. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1997. Pp. x, 227. $37.50, cloth.
Lee J. Alston
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03 March 2009, pp. 914-916
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The Rise of Hotel Chains in the United States, 1896–1980. By Paul L. Ingram. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. Pp. xiv, 159. $47.00.
Peter Z. Grossman
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03 March 2009, pp. 271-272
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General and Miscellaneous - Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance. Edited by Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xviii, 303. $59.95. - Accumulation and Stability under Capitalism, Prabhat Patnaik. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Pp. viii, 322. $75.
Gregory Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 1173-1175
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Socializing Capital: The Rise of the Large Industrial Corporation in America. By William G. Roy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 338. $35.
Christopher Grandy
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03 March 2009, pp. 273-274
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The Promise of Private Pensions: The First Hundred Years. By Steven A. Sass. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. Pp. viii, 332. $39.95.
Dora L. Costa
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03 March 2009, pp. 610-612
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Advances in economics and econometrics: theory and applications. Seventh World Congress. Volume 2. Edited by David M. Kreps and Kenneth F. Wallis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. ix, 356. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Lee J. Alston
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03 March 2009, pp. 1175-1176
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Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior. By Lawrence Officer . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xxi, 342. $59.50.
Richard Tilly
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03 March 2009, pp. 916-917
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Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations. By Yujiro Hayami. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 316. $75.00.
Bernardo Mueller
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03 March 2009, pp. 1176-1178
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Capitalism from Above and Capitalism from Below: An Essay in Comparative Political Economy. By Terence J. Byers. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Pp. xxiii, 490. $79.95.
Lee A. Craig
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03 March 2009, pp. 917-918
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Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995. By Louis Galambos with Jane Eliot Sewell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 274. $39.95.
B. Zorina Khan
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03 March 2009, pp. 612-613
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Kellogg's Six-Hour Day. By Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 261. $24.95, paper.
Joyce Jacobsen
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03 March 2009, pp. 274-275
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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 353. $29.95, cloth.
Ron Limbaugh
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03 March 2009, pp. 613-614
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Against the Tide, an Intellectual History of Free Trade. By Douglas A. Irwin. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. 274. $39.50, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Franck Schuurmans
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03 March 2009, pp. 1178-1179
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The Quest for a Living Wage: The History of the Federal Minimum Wage Program. By Willis J. Nordlund. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xviii, 283. $57.95.
Clifford F. Thies
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03 March 2009, pp. 275-276
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The Wealth of States: A Comparative Sociology of International Economic and Political Change. By John M. Hobson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 338. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Suzanne Gleason
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03 March 2009, pp. 919-920
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Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century. By Mary P. Ryan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 376. $27.50.

Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: From Cooperation to Confrontation. By Terence Kehoe. De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 250. $32.00.

Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830–1890. By Wayne M. O'Leary. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1966. Pp. ix, 391. $24.95, paper.

100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture. By Timothy B. Spears. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp. xx, 300. $40.00, cloth; $17.00. paper.

The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870–1945. By Cindy Hahamovitch. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 287. $45.00, cloth; $17.95, paper.

General and Miscellaneous - On the Search for Well-Being. By Henry J. Bruton. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1997. Pp. x, 227. $37.50, cloth.

The Rise of Hotel Chains in the United States, 1896–1980. By Paul L. Ingram. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. Pp. xiv, 159. $47.00.

Socializing Capital: The Rise of the Large Industrial Corporation in America. By William G. Roy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 338. $35.

The Promise of Private Pensions: The First Hundred Years. By Steven A. Sass. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. Pp. viii, 332. $39.95.

Advances in economics and econometrics: theory and applications. Seventh World Congress. Volume 2. Edited by David M. Kreps and Kenneth F. Wallis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. ix, 356. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Between the Dollar-Sterling Gold Points: Exchange Rates, Parity, and Market Behavior. By Lawrence Officer . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xxi, 342. $59.50.

Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations. By Yujiro Hayami. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 316. $75.00.

Capitalism from Above and Capitalism from Below: An Essay in Comparative Political Economy. By Terence J. Byers. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Pp. xxiii, 490. $79.95.

Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895–1995. By Louis Galambos with Jane Eliot Sewell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 274. $39.95.

Kellogg's Six-Hour Day. By Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 261. $24.95, paper.

Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 353. $29.95, cloth.

Against the Tide, an Intellectual History of Free Trade. By Douglas A. Irwin. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. 274. $39.50, cloth; $16.95, paper.

The Quest for a Living Wage: The History of the Federal Minimum Wage Program. By Willis J. Nordlund. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xviii, 283. $57.95.

The Wealth of States: A Comparative Sociology of International Economic and Political Change. By John M. Hobson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 338. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

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