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Volume 53 - Issue 4 - December 1993

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The Fading Miracle: Four Decades of Market Economy in Germany. By Herbert Giersch, Karl-Heinz Paqué, and Holger Schmieding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 302. $39.95.
Richard Tilly
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03 March 2009, pp. 942-943
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Middle East and Asia - The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth: Egypt and Turkey. By Bent Hansen. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 572. $39.95.
Alan Richards
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03 March 2009, pp. 943-946
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Trade, Tariffs and Empire: Lancashire and British Policy in India 1919–1939. By Basudev Chatterji. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 521. $45.00.
Tara Sethia
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03 March 2009, pp. 946-947
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The World of the Rural Labourer in Colonial India. Edited by Gyan Prakash. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. viii, 310. $19.95.
Gregory Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 947-948
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The Chinese Economy in the Early Twentieth Century: Recent Chinese Studies. Edited by Tim Wright. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Pp. x, 220. $70.00.
Thomas R. Gottschang
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03 March 2009, pp. 948-949
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Latin America - Domestic and Foreign Finance in Modern Peru, 1850–1950: Financing Visions of Development. By Alfonso W. Quiroz. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 297. $49.95.
A. J. Bauer
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03 March 2009, pp. 949-950
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The Logic of the Latifundio: The Large Estates of Northwestern Costa Rica Since the Late Nineteenth Century. By Marc Edelman. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 478. $55.00.
Paul Cantor
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03 March 2009, pp. 950-951
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Economic Growth and Change in Bourbon Mexico. By Richard L. Garner with Spiro E. Stefanou. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993. Pp. xiii, 354. $49.95.
Woodrow Borah
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03 March 2009, pp. 951-952
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United States and Canada - Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century. By Carroll Van West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. xiii, 281. $37.50.
Phil Roberts
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03 March 2009, pp. 952-954
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Capital Mobilization and Regional Financial Markets: The Pacific Coast States, 1850–1920. By Kerry A. Odell. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. Pp. xiii, 222. $60.00.
Halsey Rogers
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03 March 2009, pp. 954-955
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Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Hawaii's Economy. By Thomas Kemper Hitch. Honolulu: First Hawaiian Bank, 1992. Pp. xxii, 353. $29.95.
Sumner J. La Croix
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03 March 2009, pp. 955-956
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Canada and the Gold Standard: Balance-of-Payments Adjustment Under Fixed Exchange Rates, 1871–1913. By Trevor J. O. Dick and John E. Floyd. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 236. $49.95.
Georg Rich
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03 March 2009, pp. 956-958
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Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884–1984. By Douglas Flamming. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Pp. xxxi, 433. $42.50.
Pamela J. Nickless
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03 March 2009, pp. 958-959
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Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900–1939. By Ruth A. Frager. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 300. $60.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Frans J. Schryer
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03 March 2009, pp. 959-960
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Industrial Democracy in America: The Ambiguous Promise. Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Howell John Harris. New York: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. ix, 293. $44.95.
David Witwer
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03 March 2009, pp. 960-962
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New Jersey and the Fiscal Origins of Modern American Corporation Law. By Christopher Grandy. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1993. Pp. xii, 141. $45.00.
Gary D. Libecap
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03 March 2009, pp. 962-963
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Justice Lies in the District: The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902–1960. By Charles L. Zelden. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Pp. 312. $49.50.
Jenny Bourne Wahl
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03 March 2009, pp. 963-964
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“Stalin Over Wisconsin”: The Making and Unmaking of Militant Unionism, 1900–1950. By Stephen Meyer. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 256. $45.00.
Richard C. Haney
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03 March 2009, pp. 964-966
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Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865–1956. By James Cortada. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 344. $55.00.
JoAnne Yates
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03 March 2009, pp. 966-967
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Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. By JoAnne Yates. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. vii, 339. $36.00 cloth; $15.95, paper.
Ernie Englander
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03 March 2009, pp. 967-968
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The Fading Miracle: Four Decades of Market Economy in Germany. By Herbert Giersch, Karl-Heinz Paqué, and Holger Schmieding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 302. $39.95.

Middle East and Asia - The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth: Egypt and Turkey. By Bent Hansen. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xvii, 572. $39.95.

Trade, Tariffs and Empire: Lancashire and British Policy in India 1919–1939. By Basudev Chatterji. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 521. $45.00.

The World of the Rural Labourer in Colonial India. Edited by Gyan Prakash. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. viii, 310. $19.95.

The Chinese Economy in the Early Twentieth Century: Recent Chinese Studies. Edited by Tim Wright. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Pp. x, 220. $70.00.

Latin America - Domestic and Foreign Finance in Modern Peru, 1850–1950: Financing Visions of Development. By Alfonso W. Quiroz. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 297. $49.95.

The Logic of the Latifundio: The Large Estates of Northwestern Costa Rica Since the Late Nineteenth Century. By Marc Edelman. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 478. $55.00.

Economic Growth and Change in Bourbon Mexico. By Richard L. Garner with Spiro E. Stefanou. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993. Pp. xiii, 354. $49.95.

United States and Canada - Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century. By Carroll Van West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. xiii, 281. $37.50.

Capital Mobilization and Regional Financial Markets: The Pacific Coast States, 1850–1920. By Kerry A. Odell. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. Pp. xiii, 222. $60.00.

Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Hawaii's Economy. By Thomas Kemper Hitch. Honolulu: First Hawaiian Bank, 1992. Pp. xxii, 353. $29.95.

Canada and the Gold Standard: Balance-of-Payments Adjustment Under Fixed Exchange Rates, 1871–1913. By Trevor J. O. Dick and John E. Floyd. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 236. $49.95.

Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884–1984. By Douglas Flamming. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Pp. xxxi, 433. $42.50.

Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900–1939. By Ruth A. Frager. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 300. $60.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Industrial Democracy in America: The Ambiguous Promise. Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Howell John Harris. New York: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. ix, 293. $44.95.

New Jersey and the Fiscal Origins of Modern American Corporation Law. By Christopher Grandy. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1993. Pp. xii, 141. $45.00.

Justice Lies in the District: The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902–1960. By Charles L. Zelden. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Pp. 312. $49.50.

“Stalin Over Wisconsin”: The Making and Unmaking of Militant Unionism, 1900–1950. By Stephen Meyer. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 256. $45.00.

Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865–1956. By James Cortada. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 344. $55.00.

Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. By JoAnne Yates. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. vii, 339. $36.00 cloth; $15.95, paper.

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