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Volume 48 - September 1988

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Reviews of Books

The Stubborn Earth: American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898–1937. By Randall E. Stross. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 272. $25.00.
Barbara N. Sands
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Local Merchants and the Chinese Bureaucracy, 1750–1950. By Susan Mann. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987. Pp. xiv, 278. $35.00.
Albert Feuerwerker
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Bound for American: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718–1775. By A. Roger Ekirch. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. pp. xvii, 277. $45.00.
Farley Grubb
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Banque et investissement industriel: Paribas, le pétrole roumain et la politique française, 1919–1939. By Philippe Marguerat. Neuchâtel: Faculté des Lettres and Librairie Droz, 1987. Pp. 145.
John P. McKay
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United States and Canada - “To Serve Well and Faithfully,” Labor and Indentured Servants in Pennsylvania, 1682–1800. By Sharon V. Salinger. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987, Pp. vii, 192. $29.95.
Farley Grubb
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United States - Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790–1860. By Brooke Hindle and Steven Lubar. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Pp. 309. $29.95. cloth, $14.95 paper.
Kenneth L. Sokoloff
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Structural Rigidities and Policy Inertia in Inter-War Belgium. By Robin L. Hogg. Brussels: Paleis der Academien, 1986. Pp. 203. BF 900.
Julie Laureyssens
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Banking in the American South From the Age of Jackson to Reconstruction. By Larry Schweikart, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. pp. xiv, 367. $35.00.
Richard Timberlake
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The Roots of Southern Distinctiveness: Tobacco and Society in Danville, Virginia, 1780–1865. By Frederick F. Siegel. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 205. $22.00.
Paul G. E. Clemens
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The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840–1875. By Elliott Ashkenazi. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabana Press, 1988, pp. x, 219. $22.95.
Pamela J. Nickless
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Custom and Contract: Household, Government, and the Economy in Colonial Pennsylvania. By Mary M. Schweitzer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987. Pp. xii, 271. $32.00.
James Lemon
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Italian Economic Literature in the Kress Library, 1475–1850. Compiled by P. Barucci and K. Carpenter. Cambridge, Mass.: Kress Library, Harvard University, 1985. 2 volumes. Pp. xxii, 490. $25.00.
Peter R. Toscano
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Planters and Plain Folk: Agriculture in Antebellum Texas. By Richard G. Lowe and Randolph B. Campbell. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1987. Pp. xvi, 216. $22.50.
Harold D. Woodman
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Merchants and Reform in Livorno, 1814–1868. By David G. LoRomer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Pp. x, 389. $45.00.
Frank J. Coppa
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the Guardian Life Insurance Company, 1986–1920: A History of a German-American Enterprise. By Anita Rapone. New york: New York University Press,1987. pp. xv, 209. $35.00.
Richard H. Keehn
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The Townshend Duties Crisis: The Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767–1773. By Peter D. G. Thomas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Pp. v, 282. $52.00.
Joseph Ernst
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Why the South Lost the Civil War. By Richard E. Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William N. StillJr, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 582. $29.95.
Geofrey T. Mills
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History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. By John F. Stover. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. Pp. xiv, 419. $29.50.
Lloyd J. Mercer
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The Economy of Early America: The Revolutionary Period, 1763–1790. Edited by Ronald Hoffman, John J. McCusker, Russell R. Menard, and Peter J. Albert. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988. Pp. xvi, 334. $30.00.
Edwin J. Perkins
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Growth Policies in a Nordic Perspective. Stockholm: Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, 1987. Pp. 367.
Donald J. Daly
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The Stubborn Earth: American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898–1937. By Randall E. Stross. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 272. $25.00.

Local Merchants and the Chinese Bureaucracy, 1750–1950. By Susan Mann. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1987. Pp. xiv, 278. $35.00.

Bound for American: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718–1775. By A. Roger Ekirch. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. pp. xvii, 277. $45.00.

Banque et investissement industriel: Paribas, le pétrole roumain et la politique française, 1919–1939. By Philippe Marguerat. Neuchâtel: Faculté des Lettres and Librairie Droz, 1987. Pp. 145.

United States and Canada - “To Serve Well and Faithfully,” Labor and Indentured Servants in Pennsylvania, 1682–1800. By Sharon V. Salinger. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987, Pp. vii, 192. $29.95.

United States - Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790–1860. By Brooke Hindle and Steven Lubar. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Pp. 309. $29.95. cloth, $14.95 paper.

Structural Rigidities and Policy Inertia in Inter-War Belgium. By Robin L. Hogg. Brussels: Paleis der Academien, 1986. Pp. 203. BF 900.

Banking in the American South From the Age of Jackson to Reconstruction. By Larry Schweikart, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. pp. xiv, 367. $35.00.

The Roots of Southern Distinctiveness: Tobacco and Society in Danville, Virginia, 1780–1865. By Frederick F. Siegel. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 205. $22.00.

The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840–1875. By Elliott Ashkenazi. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabana Press, 1988, pp. x, 219. $22.95.

Custom and Contract: Household, Government, and the Economy in Colonial Pennsylvania. By Mary M. Schweitzer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987. Pp. xii, 271. $32.00.

Italian Economic Literature in the Kress Library, 1475–1850. Compiled by P. Barucci and K. Carpenter. Cambridge, Mass.: Kress Library, Harvard University, 1985. 2 volumes. Pp. xxii, 490. $25.00.

Planters and Plain Folk: Agriculture in Antebellum Texas. By Richard G. Lowe and Randolph B. Campbell. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1987. Pp. xvi, 216. $22.50.

Merchants and Reform in Livorno, 1814–1868. By David G. LoRomer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Pp. x, 389. $45.00.

the Guardian Life Insurance Company, 1986–1920: A History of a German-American Enterprise. By Anita Rapone. New york: New York University Press,1987. pp. xv, 209. $35.00.

The Townshend Duties Crisis: The Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767–1773. By Peter D. G. Thomas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Pp. v, 282. $52.00.

Why the South Lost the Civil War. By Richard E. Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William N. StillJr, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 582. $29.95.

History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. By John F. Stover. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. Pp. xiv, 419. $29.50.

The Economy of Early America: The Revolutionary Period, 1763–1790. Edited by Ronald Hoffman, John J. McCusker, Russell R. Menard, and Peter J. Albert. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988. Pp. xvi, 334. $30.00.

Growth Policies in a Nordic Perspective. Stockholm: Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, 1987. Pp. 367.

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