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Volume 28 - December 1954

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Book Reviews

Railroads of New York: A Study of Government Aid, 1826–1875. By Harry H. Pierce. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. 208. $3.00.
Martin Deming Lewis
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24 July 2012, pp. 185-186
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American Business Corporations until 1860. By Edwin M. Dodd. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1954. Pp. xix + 524. $7.50.
John P. Frank
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24 July 2012, pp. 276-278
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Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company. By Allan Nevins. New York, Scribners, 1954. Pp. 688. $6.75.
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
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24 July 2012, pp. 387-389
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Encyclopedia of American History. Edited by Richard B. Morris. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1953. Pp. xv + 776. 32 maps and charts. $6.00.
John G. B. Hutchins
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24 July 2012, pp. 100-101
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Messrs. William Pepperrell: Merchants at Piscataqua. By Byron Fairchild. Ithaca, New York, Published for the American Historical Association by the Cornell University Press, 1954. Pp. vii + 223. $3.50.
Bernard Bailyn
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24 July 2012, pp. 278-280
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Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America N.T. & S.A. By Marquis James and Bessie Rowland James. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1954. Pp. 566. $5.00.
Ralph W. Hidy
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24 July 2012, pp. 390-391
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Railroad Leaders, 1845–1890: The Business Mind in Action. By Thomas C. Cochran. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. xii + 564. $7.50.
Richard C. Overton
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24 July 2012, pp. 186-188
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Winchester: The Gun that Won the West. By Harold F. Williamson. Washington, D. C., Combat Forces Press, 1952. Pp. xvi + 494. $10.00.
Richard N. Current
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24 July 2012, pp. 101-103
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Israel Thorndike: Federalist Financier. By J. D. Forbes. Published for the Beverly Historical Society by the Exposition Press. New York, 1953. Pp. 160. Bibliographical note. $3.50.
Clarence L. Ver Steeg
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24 July 2012, pp. 103-104
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Arid Domain. The Santa Fe Railway and Its Western Land Grant. By William S. Greever. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1954. Pp. x + 184. $4.00.
Paul W. Gates
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24 July 2012, pp. 391-392
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American Life Convention, 1906–1952: A Study in the History of Life Insurance. By R. Carlyle Buley. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953. 2 vols. Pp. xxx + 680; 681–1,397. $15.
Laurence J. Ackerman
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24 July 2012, pp. 280-282
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Trust Banking in Washington. By Howard H. Preston. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1953. Pp. 145. $3.00.
Leon M. Little
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24 July 2012, pp. 188-189
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Sugar Country. By J. Carlyle Sitterson. Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1953. Pp. xvi + 414. $6.00.
Allan G. Bogue
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24 July 2012, pp. 189-190
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Steam Power on the American Farm. By Reynold M. Wik. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. Pp. ix + 288. $5.00.
Lewis E. Atherton
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24 July 2012, pp. 283-284
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Planter Management and Capitalism in Ante-Bellum Georgia: The Journal of Hugh Frazer Grant, Ricegrower. Edited with introductory chapters by Albert Virgil House. New York, Columbia University Press, 1954. Pp. xvii + 329. $4.75. - Rice Planter and Sportsman: The Recollections of J. Motte Alston, 1821–1909. Edited with an introduction by Arney R. Childs. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1953. Pp. xviii + 148. $4.50.
Reynold M. Wik
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24 July 2012, pp. 392-394
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BHR volume 28 issue 1 Cover and Front matter
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The House of Morrell. By Lawrence Oakley Cheever. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press, 1948. Pp. xi + 303.
Marian V. Sears
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24 July 2012, pp. 394-395
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New Light on the History of the Great American Fortunes: American Millionaires of 1892 and 1902. Edited with an introduction by Sidney Ratner. New York, Augustus M. Kelley, Inc., 1953. Pp. xxvii + 146. $3.00.
A. T. Brown
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24 July 2012, p. 191
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British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790–1950. By Rowland T. Berthoff. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. 296. $5.00. - European Impressions of the American Worker. By Robert W. Smuts. New York, Kings Crown Press, 1953. Pp. 62. $1.50.
Charlotte Erickson
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24 July 2012, pp. 284-286
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The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio: A Railroad that Had to Expand or Expire. (Indiana University School of Business Study No. 36.) By James Hutton Lemly. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1953. Pp. viii + 347. $6.65.
Charles J. Kennedy
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24 July 2012, pp. 287-288
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Volume 28 - December 1954

Book Reviews

Railroads of New York: A Study of Government Aid, 1826–1875. By Harry H. Pierce. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. 208. $3.00.

American Business Corporations until 1860. By Edwin M. Dodd. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1954. Pp. xix + 524. $7.50.

Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company. By Allan Nevins. New York, Scribners, 1954. Pp. 688. $6.75.

Encyclopedia of American History. Edited by Richard B. Morris. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1953. Pp. xv + 776. 32 maps and charts. $6.00.

Messrs. William Pepperrell: Merchants at Piscataqua. By Byron Fairchild. Ithaca, New York, Published for the American Historical Association by the Cornell University Press, 1954. Pp. vii + 223. $3.50.

Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America N.T. & S.A. By Marquis James and Bessie Rowland James. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1954. Pp. 566. $5.00.

Railroad Leaders, 1845–1890: The Business Mind in Action. By Thomas C. Cochran. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. xii + 564. $7.50.

Winchester: The Gun that Won the West. By Harold F. Williamson. Washington, D. C., Combat Forces Press, 1952. Pp. xvi + 494. $10.00.

Israel Thorndike: Federalist Financier. By J. D. Forbes. Published for the Beverly Historical Society by the Exposition Press. New York, 1953. Pp. 160. Bibliographical note. $3.50.

Arid Domain. The Santa Fe Railway and Its Western Land Grant. By William S. Greever. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1954. Pp. x + 184. $4.00.

American Life Convention, 1906–1952: A Study in the History of Life Insurance. By R. Carlyle Buley. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953. 2 vols. Pp. xxx + 680; 681–1,397. $15.

Trust Banking in Washington. By Howard H. Preston. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1953. Pp. 145. $3.00.

Sugar Country. By J. Carlyle Sitterson. Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1953. Pp. xvi + 414. $6.00.

Steam Power on the American Farm. By Reynold M. Wik. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. Pp. ix + 288. $5.00.

Front matter

BHR volume 28 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

Book Reviews

The House of Morrell. By Lawrence Oakley Cheever. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press, 1948. Pp. xi + 303.

New Light on the History of the Great American Fortunes: American Millionaires of 1892 and 1902. Edited with an introduction by Sidney Ratner. New York, Augustus M. Kelley, Inc., 1953. Pp. xxvii + 146. $3.00.

British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790–1950. By Rowland T. Berthoff. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1953. Pp. 296. $5.00. - European Impressions of the American Worker. By Robert W. Smuts. New York, Kings Crown Press, 1953. Pp. 62. $1.50.

The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio: A Railroad that Had to Expand or Expire. (Indiana University School of Business Study No. 36.) By James Hutton Lemly. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1953. Pp. viii + 347. $6.65.

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