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Volume 33 - Winter 1959

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Book Reviews

Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia: A Study in the History of the Booktrade. By David Kaser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957. Pp. 182. $4.00.
Elva Tooker
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24 July 2012, pp. 114-115
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The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine. By Helen Rocca Goss. Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California, 1958. Pp. xvi + 150. $5.00.
Clark C. Spence
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24 July 2012, pp. 583-585
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American Automobile Manufacturers: The First Forty Years. By John B. Rae. Philadelphia and New York, Chilton Company, Book Division, 1959. Pp. xii + 223. $6.00.
Thomas C. Cochran
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24 July 2012, pp. 454-455
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The Coming of the New Deal. By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Pp. xii + 669. $6.75.
John B. Rae
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24 July 2012, pp. 257-258
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British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860–1901. By Clark C. Spence. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1958. Pp. ix + 288. $4.50.
Arthur M. Johnson
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24 July 2012, pp. 258-260
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Railroads In Alabama Politics, 1875–1914. By James F. Doster. University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1957. Pp. 254. $5.00.
Bennett H. Wall
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24 July 2012, pp. 115-117
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Endless Frontiers: The Story of Mcgraw-Hill. By Roger Burlingame. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1959. Pp. 506. $7.50.
Allan W. Ferrin
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24 July 2012, pp. 585-586
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Geschicte Des Geigy-Unternehmens Von 1758 Bis 1939. By Alfred Buergin. Basel, 1958. 2 vols.
Paul J. Meier
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24 July 2012, pp. 455-457
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Hydroelectricity and Industrial Development: Quebec, 1898–1940. By John H. Dales. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. xii + 269. $5.00.
Vincent Jolivet
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24 July 2012, pp. 457-459
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Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbable Rascal. By W. A. Swanberg. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Pp. 310. $4.50.
Julius Grodinsky
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24 July 2012, pp. 586-587
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Commitment to Freedom, the Story of the Christian Science Monitor. By Erwin D. Canham, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Pp. xxiv + 454. $4.85.
Elizabeth Bricker Currier
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24 July 2012, pp. 117-119
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Success and Failure in Small Manufacturing: a Study of 20 Small Manufacturing Concerns. By A. M. Woodruff, and T. G. Alexander. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958. Pp. 124. $3.50.
James H. Soltow
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24 July 2012, pp. 260-261
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BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Front matter
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Development of Comprehensive Insurance for the Household. By John Eugene Pierce. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1958. $5.00.
Harris Proschansky
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24 July 2012, pp. 460-461
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Benjamin Strong: Central Banker. By Lester V. Chandler. Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1958. Pp. 495. $6.00.
Lance E. Davis
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The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830: A Study of the Early Factory System. By R. S. Fitton and A. P. Wadsworth, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1959. Pp. xi + 324. 35s.
Keiichiro Nakagawa
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24 July 2012, pp. 587-589
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Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of “The Richest Man in the World.” By John Lodwick, in collaboration with D. H. Young. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Co., 1958. Pp. vii + 289. $4.00.
George S. Gibb
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24 July 2012, pp. 461-462
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The Early History of the Houston Oil Company of Texas, 1901–1908. By John O. King. Houston, Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association Publications, Vol. III, No. 1, April, 1959. Pp. 100. $3.00.
Gene M. Gressley
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24 July 2012, pp. 589-590
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The State and the Industrial Revolution in Prussia, 1740–1870. By William O. Henderson. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1938. Pp. xxiii + 232. 37s. 6d.
Fritz Redlich
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24 July 2012, pp. 265-266
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Volume 33 - Winter 1959

Book Reviews

Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia: A Study in the History of the Booktrade. By David Kaser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957. Pp. 182. $4.00.

The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine. By Helen Rocca Goss. Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California, 1958. Pp. xvi + 150. $5.00.

American Automobile Manufacturers: The First Forty Years. By John B. Rae. Philadelphia and New York, Chilton Company, Book Division, 1959. Pp. xii + 223. $6.00.

The Coming of the New Deal. By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Pp. xii + 669. $6.75.

British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860–1901. By Clark C. Spence. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1958. Pp. ix + 288. $4.50.

Railroads In Alabama Politics, 1875–1914. By James F. Doster. University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1957. Pp. 254. $5.00.

Endless Frontiers: The Story of Mcgraw-Hill. By Roger Burlingame. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1959. Pp. 506. $7.50.

Geschicte Des Geigy-Unternehmens Von 1758 Bis 1939. By Alfred Buergin. Basel, 1958. 2 vols.

Hydroelectricity and Industrial Development: Quebec, 1898–1940. By John H. Dales. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. xii + 269. $5.00.

Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbable Rascal. By W. A. Swanberg. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Pp. 310. $4.50.

Commitment to Freedom, the Story of the Christian Science Monitor. By Erwin D. Canham, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Pp. xxiv + 454. $4.85.

Success and Failure in Small Manufacturing: a Study of 20 Small Manufacturing Concerns. By A. M. Woodruff, and T. G. Alexander. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958. Pp. 124. $3.50.

Front matter

BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

Book Reviews

Development of Comprehensive Insurance for the Household. By John Eugene Pierce. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1958. $5.00.

Benjamin Strong: Central Banker. By Lester V. Chandler. Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1958. Pp. 495. $6.00.

The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830: A Study of the Early Factory System. By R. S. Fitton and A. P. Wadsworth, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1959. Pp. xi + 324. 35s.

Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of “The Richest Man in the World.” By John Lodwick, in collaboration with D. H. Young. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Co., 1958. Pp. vii + 289. $4.00.

The Early History of the Houston Oil Company of Texas, 1901–1908. By John O. King. Houston, Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association Publications, Vol. III, No. 1, April, 1959. Pp. 100. $3.00.

The State and the Industrial Revolution in Prussia, 1740–1870. By William O. Henderson. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1938. Pp. xxiii + 232. 37s. 6d.

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