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Volume 58 - Issue 3 - September 1998

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The People and the British Economy, 1830–1914. By Roderick Floud. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x, 218. $15.95, paper.
Tim Leunig
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03 March 2009, pp. 881-882
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Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 1862–1969. By Robert Fitzgerald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, Pp. xix, 737. £68.00.
Tom Nicholas
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03 March 2009, pp. 882-883
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Les Logiques de l'entreprise. La rationalisation dans l'industrie francaise de l'entre-deuxguerres. By Aimée Moutet. Paris; Editions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1997. Pp. 495. 250 F.
Maurice Lévy-Leboyer
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03 March 2009, pp. 884-885
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France and the International Economy. From Vichy to the Treaty of Rome. By Frances M. B. Lynch. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xv, 227. £ 45.
Pierre Sicsic
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03 March 2009, pp. 885-886
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Labour, Science, and Technology in France 1500–1620. By Henry Heller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 258.
James B. Collins
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03 March 2009, pp. 886-887
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Selected Cliometric Studies on German Economic History. Edited by John Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997, Pp. 369. 78 DM.
Michael Pammer
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03 March 2009, pp. 887-888
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History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape. By Emilio Sereni. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1997. Pp. xliv, 389. $55.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Francesco L. Galassi
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03 March 2009, pp. 888-889
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Die Bundesbank im westeuropäischen Wiederaufbau: Die internationale Währungspolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1948 bis 1958. By Monika Dickhaus. Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1996. Pp. 286. DM 35, paper.
Caroline Fohlin
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03 March 2009, pp. 889-891
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Asia - The RGA History of the Plantation Industry in the Malay Peninsula. By D. J. M. Tate. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp xx, 647. $80.00.
Colin Barlow
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03 March 2009, pp. 891-892
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Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age: A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840. Compiled by Helen Dunstan. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1996. Pp. 363.
Melissa Macauley
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03 March 2009, pp. 892-894
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Lightning Wires: The Telegraph and China's Technological Modernization, 1860'1890. By Erik Baark. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp, xii, 216. $69.50.
Shannon R. Brown
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03 March 2009, pp. 894-895
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United States and Canada - Texas Oil, American Dreams. By Lawrence Goodwyn. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. Pp. xiii, 274. $29.95.
Peter Z. Grossman
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03 March 2009, pp. 895-896
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Beating Plowshares into Swords. The Political Economy of American Warfare. 1606–1865. By Paul A. C. Koistinen. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Pp. xv, 376. $39.95, cloth.
Michael Edelstein
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03 March 2009, pp. 896-897
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Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. Volume 2. Handbook of American Business History. Edited by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 523. $115.
Louis Cain
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03 March 2009, pp. 897-898
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What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 285. $45.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Morgan O. Reynolds
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03 March 2009, pp. 898-899
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Two Months in the Confederate States: An Englishman's Travels Through the South. By W. C. Corsan. Edited by Benjamin H. Trask. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 155. $26.95.
David G. Surdam
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03 March 2009, p. 900
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An Anthology of Henry George's Thought. Volume 1 of the Henry George Centennial Trilogy. Edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 253. $59.95.
Robert V. Andelson
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03 March 2009, pp. 901-902
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The Rise of Big Government in the United States. By John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Pp. xiii, 261. $64.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.
Robert Higgs
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03 March 2009, pp. 902-903
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The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency. By Robert Kanigel. New York: Viking, 1997. Pp. xi, 675. $34.95.
Daniel Nelson
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03 March 2009, pp. 903-904
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Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910–1935. By Claudia Clark. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 289. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.
Melissa A. Thomasson
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03 March 2009, pp. 904-906
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The People and the British Economy, 1830–1914. By Roderick Floud. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x, 218. $15.95, paper.

Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 1862–1969. By Robert Fitzgerald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, Pp. xix, 737. £68.00.

Les Logiques de l'entreprise. La rationalisation dans l'industrie francaise de l'entre-deuxguerres. By Aimée Moutet. Paris; Editions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1997. Pp. 495. 250 F.

France and the International Economy. From Vichy to the Treaty of Rome. By Frances M. B. Lynch. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xv, 227. £ 45.

Labour, Science, and Technology in France 1500–1620. By Henry Heller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 258.

Selected Cliometric Studies on German Economic History. Edited by John Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997, Pp. 369. 78 DM.

History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape. By Emilio Sereni. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1997. Pp. xliv, 389. $55.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Die Bundesbank im westeuropäischen Wiederaufbau: Die internationale Währungspolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1948 bis 1958. By Monika Dickhaus. Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1996. Pp. 286. DM 35, paper.

Asia - The RGA History of the Plantation Industry in the Malay Peninsula. By D. J. M. Tate. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp xx, 647. $80.00.

Conflicting Counsels to Confuse the Age: A Documentary Study of Political Economy in Qing China, 1644–1840. Compiled by Helen Dunstan. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1996. Pp. 363.

Lightning Wires: The Telegraph and China's Technological Modernization, 1860'1890. By Erik Baark. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp, xii, 216. $69.50.

United States and Canada - Texas Oil, American Dreams. By Lawrence Goodwyn. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. Pp. xiii, 274. $29.95.

Beating Plowshares into Swords. The Political Economy of American Warfare. 1606–1865. By Paul A. C. Koistinen. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Pp. xv, 376. $39.95, cloth.

Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. Volume 2. Handbook of American Business History. Edited by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 523. $115.

What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 285. $45.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Two Months in the Confederate States: An Englishman's Travels Through the South. By W. C. Corsan. Edited by Benjamin H. Trask. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 155. $26.95.

An Anthology of Henry George's Thought. Volume 1 of the Henry George Centennial Trilogy. Edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 253. $59.95.

The Rise of Big Government in the United States. By John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Pp. xiii, 261. $64.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.

The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency. By Robert Kanigel. New York: Viking, 1997. Pp. xi, 675. $34.95.

Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910–1935. By Claudia Clark. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 289. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.

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