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Volume 56 - Issue 1 - March 1996

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Actively Seeking Work? The Politics of Unemployment and Welfare Policy in the United States and Great Britain. By King Desmond. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995. Pp. xvi, 331.
Carolyn Moehling
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03 March 2009, pp. 244-245
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Freedom with Responsibility: The Social Market Economy in Germany, 1918–1963. By A. J. Nicholls. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 422. $45.00.
Till Geiger
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03 March 2009, pp. 245-246
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Asia and Latin America - The Invisible City: Monetary, Administrative and Popular Infrastructures in Asia and Europe, 1500–1900. By Frank Perlin. Aldershot: Variorum, 1993. Pp. xii, 366. $89.95.
Dennis O. Flynn
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03 March 2009, pp. 246-248
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Unbroken Landscape: Commodity, Category, Sign and Identity; Their Production as Myth and Knowledge from 1500. By Frank Perlin. Aldershot: Variorum, 1994. Pp. xiv, 357. $89.95.
Arturo Giraldez
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03 March 2009, pp. 248-250
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Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600–1750. By Stephen Frederic Dale. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 162. $54.95.
Prasannan Parthasarathi
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03 March 2009, pp. 250-251
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International Commercial Rivalry in Southeast Asia in the Interwar Period. Edited by Shinya Sugiyama and Milagros C. Guerrero. New Haven: Monograph 39/Yale Southeast Asia Studies, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1994. Pp. x, 222.
David Feeny
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03 March 2009, pp. 251-252
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The Labor Wars in Córdoba, 1955–1976: Ideology, Work, and Labor Politics in an Argentine Industrial City. By James P. Brennan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xi, 440. $59.95.
Ricardo D. Salvatore
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03 March 2009, pp. 252-254
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United States and Canada - Erie Lackawanna: Death of an American Railroad. By H. Roger Grant. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 284. $45.00.
Don L. Hofsommer
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03 March 2009, pp. 254-255
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Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in The United States and Prussia. By Colleen A. Dunlavy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 303. $39.50.
William H. Becker
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03 March 2009, pp. 255-256
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The Great Guano Rush. Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion. By Jimmy M. Skaggs. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 334. $16.95.
Christopher Grandy
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03 March 2009, pp. 256-257
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The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888. By Joanne Reitano. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 190. $28.50.
Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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03 March 2009, pp. 257-258
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The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change. By Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. 229. $49.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.
John Joseph Wallis
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03 March 2009, pp. 258-259
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Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America. By Mark Rose. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Pp. xviii, 229. $34.50.
Werner Troesken
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03 March 2009, pp. 260-261
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Planning for the Private Interest: Land Use Controls and Residential Patterns in Columbus, Ohio, 1900–1970. By Patricia Burgess. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 258. $59.50.
Gregory L. Thompson
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03 March 2009, pp. 261-263
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Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity. By Sally H. Clarke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 310. $59.95.
Ruth Dupré
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03 March 2009, pp. 263-264
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The Chicago Plan & New Deal Banking Reform. By Ronnie J. Phillips. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. Pp. xvi, 227. $55.00, cloth; $21.95, paper.
Richard C. Schiming
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03 March 2009, pp. 264-265
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Bretton Woods and Dunbarton Oaks. By Schild George. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Pp. xiii. 254. $45.00.
Elmus Wicker
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03 March 2009, pp. 265-266
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For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New York. By J. T. W. Hubbard. New York: New York University Press, 1995. Pp. xxiii, 309. $40.00.
Robert M. Blackson
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03 March 2009, pp. 266-267
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Deficit Government: Taxing and Spending in Modern America. By Iwan W. Morgan. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Pp. x, 212. $24.95.
Mark H. Leff
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03 March 2009, pp. 267-268
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The Limits of Affluence: Welfare in Ontario, 1920–1970. By Struthers James. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. ix, 401. $55.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.
Linda Barrington
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03 March 2009, pp. 268-269
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Actively Seeking Work? The Politics of Unemployment and Welfare Policy in the United States and Great Britain. By King Desmond. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995. Pp. xvi, 331.

Freedom with Responsibility: The Social Market Economy in Germany, 1918–1963. By A. J. Nicholls. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 422. $45.00.

Asia and Latin America - The Invisible City: Monetary, Administrative and Popular Infrastructures in Asia and Europe, 1500–1900. By Frank Perlin. Aldershot: Variorum, 1993. Pp. xii, 366. $89.95.

Unbroken Landscape: Commodity, Category, Sign and Identity; Their Production as Myth and Knowledge from 1500. By Frank Perlin. Aldershot: Variorum, 1994. Pp. xiv, 357. $89.95.

Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600–1750. By Stephen Frederic Dale. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 162. $54.95.

International Commercial Rivalry in Southeast Asia in the Interwar Period. Edited by Shinya Sugiyama and Milagros C. Guerrero. New Haven: Monograph 39/Yale Southeast Asia Studies, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1994. Pp. x, 222.

The Labor Wars in Córdoba, 1955–1976: Ideology, Work, and Labor Politics in an Argentine Industrial City. By James P. Brennan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. xi, 440. $59.95.

United States and Canada - Erie Lackawanna: Death of an American Railroad. By H. Roger Grant. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. Pp. ix, 284. $45.00.

Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in The United States and Prussia. By Colleen A. Dunlavy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 303. $39.50.

The Great Guano Rush. Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion. By Jimmy M. Skaggs. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 334. $16.95.

The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888. By Joanne Reitano. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 190. $28.50.

The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change. By Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. 229. $49.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.

Cities of Light and Heat: Domesticating Gas and Electricity in Urban America. By Mark Rose. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Pp. xviii, 229. $34.50.

Planning for the Private Interest: Land Use Controls and Residential Patterns in Columbus, Ohio, 1900–1970. By Patricia Burgess. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 258. $59.50.

Regulation and the Revolution in United States Farm Productivity. By Sally H. Clarke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 310. $59.95.

The Chicago Plan & New Deal Banking Reform. By Ronnie J. Phillips. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995. Pp. xvi, 227. $55.00, cloth; $21.95, paper.

Bretton Woods and Dunbarton Oaks. By Schild George. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Pp. xiii. 254. $45.00.

For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New York. By J. T. W. Hubbard. New York: New York University Press, 1995. Pp. xxiii, 309. $40.00.

Deficit Government: Taxing and Spending in Modern America. By Iwan W. Morgan. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Pp. x, 212. $24.95.

The Limits of Affluence: Welfare in Ontario, 1920–1970. By Struthers James. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. ix, 401. $55.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.

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