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Volume 49 - Issue 2 - June 1989

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The Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism, 1890–1916: The Market, The Law, and Politics. By Martin J. Sklar. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 484. $49.50, cloth; $15.95, paper.
Nick Salvatore
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“Big Bill” Haywood. By Melvyn Dubofsky. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Pp. viii, 184. $19.95.
Nick Salvatore
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03 March 2009, p. 518
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America in the Age of the Titans: The Progressive Era and World War I. By Sean Dennis Cashman. New York: New York University, 1988. Pp. xvi, 605. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.
Paul J. Mirantim, Jr
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03 March 2009, pp. 518-520
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American “Reparations” to Germany, 1919–1933: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis. By Stephen A. Schuker. Princeton Studies in International Finance, No. 61. Princeton: Princeton University, 1988. Pp. 170. $6.50, paper.
Steven B. Webb
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03 March 2009, pp. 520-521
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Academic Scientists and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Corporate Research in Twentieth-Century America. By John P. Swann. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 249. $32.50.
Robert K. Dekosky
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03 March 2009, pp. 521-522
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Social Security: The First Half-Century. Edited by Gerald D. Nash, Noel H. Pugach, and Richard Tomasson. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 344. $24.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Jill Quadagno
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03 March 2009, pp. 522-523
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Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal. By William R. Brock. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. viii, 376. $49.50.
Peter Fearon
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The New Deal in the Urban South. By Douglas L. Smith. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. Pp. 287. $29.95.
Elliot A. Rosen
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Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s. By Bruce Nelson. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 352. $29.95.
Walter Galenson
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The Irony of Victory: World War II and Lowell, Massachusetts. By Marc Scott Miller. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 233. $24.95.
Alan Clive
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And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry. By John P. Hoerr. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 689. $39.95, cloth; $14.95, paper.
Harland Prechel
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American-Soviet Trade in the Cold War. By Philip J. Funigiello. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Pp. xii, 289. $32.50.
Theodore A. Wilson
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Growth in a Changing Environment: A History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) 1950–1972 and Exxon Corporation 1972–1975. By Bennett H. Wall. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988. Pp. xlv, 1020. $39.95.
Joseph A. Pratt
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Issues in US-EC Trade Relations. Edited by Robert E. Baldwin, Carl B. Hamilton, and André Sapir. Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988. Pp. xii, 397. $49.00.
Daniel Barbezat
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The Decline and Crash of the American Economy. By Joel Kurtzman. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1988. Pp. 224. $18.95.
Richard Vedder
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Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences. Edited by Alan J. Auerbach. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Pp. ix, 343. $45.00.
Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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The Fall of the Bell System: A Study in Prices and Politics. By Peter Temin with Louis Galambos. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. xviii, 378. $27.95.
Gary D. Libecap
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Canadian Papers in Rural History. Vol. VI. Edited by Donald H. Akenson. Gananoque, Ontario: Langdale Press, 1988. Pp. 353. $35.00.
Ruth Dupre
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Economic Thought - Econometric History. By Donald N. McCloskey. London: Macmillan Education Ltd., 1987. Pp. 117. $9.95.
William N. Parker
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03 March 2009, pp. 539-541
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General and Miscellaneous - In Search of Stability: Explorations in Historical Political Economy. By Charles S. Maier. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. x, 293. $29.95, cloth; $10.95, paper.
Brendan Kennelly
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Reviews of Books

The Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism, 1890–1916: The Market, The Law, and Politics. By Martin J. Sklar. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 484. $49.50, cloth; $15.95, paper.

“Big Bill” Haywood. By Melvyn Dubofsky. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Pp. viii, 184. $19.95.

America in the Age of the Titans: The Progressive Era and World War I. By Sean Dennis Cashman. New York: New York University, 1988. Pp. xvi, 605. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.

American “Reparations” to Germany, 1919–1933: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis. By Stephen A. Schuker. Princeton Studies in International Finance, No. 61. Princeton: Princeton University, 1988. Pp. 170. $6.50, paper.

Academic Scientists and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Corporate Research in Twentieth-Century America. By John P. Swann. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 249. $32.50.

Social Security: The First Half-Century. Edited by Gerald D. Nash, Noel H. Pugach, and Richard Tomasson. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 344. $24.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.

Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal. By William R. Brock. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. viii, 376. $49.50.

The New Deal in the Urban South. By Douglas L. Smith. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. Pp. 287. $29.95.

Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s. By Bruce Nelson. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 352. $29.95.

The Irony of Victory: World War II and Lowell, Massachusetts. By Marc Scott Miller. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 233. $24.95.

And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry. By John P. Hoerr. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 689. $39.95, cloth; $14.95, paper.

American-Soviet Trade in the Cold War. By Philip J. Funigiello. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Pp. xii, 289. $32.50.

Growth in a Changing Environment: A History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) 1950–1972 and Exxon Corporation 1972–1975. By Bennett H. Wall. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988. Pp. xlv, 1020. $39.95.

Issues in US-EC Trade Relations. Edited by Robert E. Baldwin, Carl B. Hamilton, and André Sapir. Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988. Pp. xii, 397. $49.00.

The Decline and Crash of the American Economy. By Joel Kurtzman. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1988. Pp. 224. $18.95.

Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences. Edited by Alan J. Auerbach. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Pp. ix, 343. $45.00.

The Fall of the Bell System: A Study in Prices and Politics. By Peter Temin with Louis Galambos. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. xviii, 378. $27.95.

Canadian Papers in Rural History. Vol. VI. Edited by Donald H. Akenson. Gananoque, Ontario: Langdale Press, 1988. Pp. 353. $35.00.

Economic Thought - Econometric History. By Donald N. McCloskey. London: Macmillan Education Ltd., 1987. Pp. 117. $9.95.

General and Miscellaneous - In Search of Stability: Explorations in Historical Political Economy. By Charles S. Maier. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. x, 293. $29.95, cloth; $10.95, paper.

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