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Volume 30 - December 1956

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Book Reviews

The Resurgent Years: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1911–1927 (Vol. II). By George S. Gibb and Evelyn H. Knowlton. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1956. Pp. xxix + 754. $7.50.
Gerald T. White
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24 July 2012, pp. 493-495
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Fabulous Dustpan, The Story of the Hoover. By Frank G. Hoover. Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, 1955. Pp. 250. $3.75.
Elizabeth Bricker Currier
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24 July 2012, pp. 99-100
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Designed for Digging. The First 75 Years of Bucyrus-Erie Company. By Harold F. Williamson and Kenneth H. MyersII. Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 1955. Pp. 384. $7.50.
John B. Rae
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24 July 2012, pp. 347-348
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Great Enterprise; Growth and Behavior of the Big Corporation. By Herrymon Maurer. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1955. Pp. 313. $5.00.
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
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24 July 2012, pp. 228-230
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Scientific Management and the Unions, 1900–1932, A Historical Analysis. By Milton J. Nadworny. (Studies in Entrepreneurial History.) Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. vii + 187. $3.75.
Hugh G. J. Aitken
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24 July 2012, pp. 101-103
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The Farmer from Merna. A Biography of George J. Mecherle and a History of the State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Illinois. By Karl Schriftgiesser. New York, Random House, Inc., 1955. Pp. 243. $3.50.
Harris Proschansky
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24 July 2012, pp. 230-232
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The Development of American Petroleum Pipelines: A Study in Private Enterprise and Public Policy, 1862–1906. By Arthur Menzies Johnson. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1956. Pp. xiii + 307. $4.50.
Elizabeth Bricker Currier
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The Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue Supplement Covering Material Published Through 1776 with Data upon Cognate Items in other Harvard Libraries (Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Soldiers Field, Boston, Massachusetts). 1956. Pp. vi + 175. $4.00.
Barry E. Supple
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Money at Interest. The Farm Mortgage on the Middle Border. By Allan G. Bogue. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1955. Pp. viii + 293. $4.00.
Lewis Atherton
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24 July 2012, pp. 350-351
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The Big Business Executive. The Factors that Made Him, 1900–1950. By Mabel Newcomer. New York, Columbia University Press, 1955. Pp. xii + 164. $4.00.
John B. Rae
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Chessie's Road. By Charles W. Turner. Richmond, Va., Garrett & Massie, Inc., 1956. Pp. xi + 286. $4.90.
James F. Doster
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Distributions Place in the American Economy since 1869. By Harold Barger. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1955. Pp. xviii + 222. $4.50.
Wayland A. Tonning
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24 July 2012, pp. 232-235
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The McCormick Reaper Legend: The True Story of a Great Invention. By Norbert Lyons. New York, Exposition Press, 1955. Pp. 217. $4.00.
Frank W. Tuttle
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24 July 2012, pp. 497-499
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A History of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. By Gerald T. White. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. xvii + 229. $5.00.
Harris Proschansky
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Labor's Untold Story. By Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais. New York, Cameron Associates, 1955. Pp. 402. $4.75.
Josepha Perry
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24 July 2012, pp. 235-236
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The Great Burlington Strike of 1888: A Case History in Labor Relations. By Donald L. McMurry. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1956. Pp. 387. $6.00.
Robert A. Christie
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24 July 2012, pp. 351-353
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Yankees and Creoles: The Trade between North America and the West Indies before the American Revolution. By Richard Pares. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1956. Pp. 175. $4.75.
Barry E. Supple
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24 July 2012, pp. 236-238
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Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry, 1928–1952. By W. Lloyd Warner and James C. Abegglen. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1955. Pp. xxi + 315. $3.50.
Mabel Newcomer
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The Power to Go. By Merrill Denison. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1956. Pp. 324. $5.00.
John B. Rae
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The Original Has This Signature — W. K. Kellogg. By Horace B. Powell. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1956. Pp. 358. $5.00.
F. W. Tuttle
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24 July 2012, pp. 353-355
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Volume 30 - December 1956

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The Resurgent Years: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1911–1927 (Vol. II). By George S. Gibb and Evelyn H. Knowlton. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1956. Pp. xxix + 754. $7.50.

Fabulous Dustpan, The Story of the Hoover. By Frank G. Hoover. Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, 1955. Pp. 250. $3.75.

Designed for Digging. The First 75 Years of Bucyrus-Erie Company. By Harold F. Williamson and Kenneth H. MyersII. Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 1955. Pp. 384. $7.50.

Great Enterprise; Growth and Behavior of the Big Corporation. By Herrymon Maurer. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1955. Pp. 313. $5.00.

Scientific Management and the Unions, 1900–1932, A Historical Analysis. By Milton J. Nadworny. (Studies in Entrepreneurial History.) Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. vii + 187. $3.75.

The Farmer from Merna. A Biography of George J. Mecherle and a History of the State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Illinois. By Karl Schriftgiesser. New York, Random House, Inc., 1955. Pp. 243. $3.50.

The Development of American Petroleum Pipelines: A Study in Private Enterprise and Public Policy, 1862–1906. By Arthur Menzies Johnson. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1956. Pp. xiii + 307. $4.50.

The Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue Supplement Covering Material Published Through 1776 with Data upon Cognate Items in other Harvard Libraries (Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Soldiers Field, Boston, Massachusetts). 1956. Pp. vi + 175. $4.00.

Money at Interest. The Farm Mortgage on the Middle Border. By Allan G. Bogue. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1955. Pp. viii + 293. $4.00.

The Big Business Executive. The Factors that Made Him, 1900–1950. By Mabel Newcomer. New York, Columbia University Press, 1955. Pp. xii + 164. $4.00.

Chessie's Road. By Charles W. Turner. Richmond, Va., Garrett & Massie, Inc., 1956. Pp. xi + 286. $4.90.

Distributions Place in the American Economy since 1869. By Harold Barger. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1955. Pp. xviii + 222. $4.50.

The McCormick Reaper Legend: The True Story of a Great Invention. By Norbert Lyons. New York, Exposition Press, 1955. Pp. 217. $4.00.

A History of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. By Gerald T. White. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. xvii + 229. $5.00.

Labor's Untold Story. By Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais. New York, Cameron Associates, 1955. Pp. 402. $4.75.

The Great Burlington Strike of 1888: A Case History in Labor Relations. By Donald L. McMurry. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1956. Pp. 387. $6.00.

Yankees and Creoles: The Trade between North America and the West Indies before the American Revolution. By Richard Pares. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1956. Pp. 175. $4.75.

Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry, 1928–1952. By W. Lloyd Warner and James C. Abegglen. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1955. Pp. xxi + 315. $3.50.

The Power to Go. By Merrill Denison. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1956. Pp. 324. $5.00.

The Original Has This Signature — W. K. Kellogg. By Horace B. Powell. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1956. Pp. 358. $5.00.

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