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Volume 49 - Issue 4 - December 1989

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United States and Canada - The Shadow of a Dream: Economic Life and Death in the South Carolina Low Country, 1670–1920. By Peter A. Coclanis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 370. $39.95.
James M. Clifton
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03 March 2009, pp. 1041-1042
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First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492–2000. By Jack Ralph KloppenburgJr, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xviii, 349. $37.50. - From Farming to Biotechnology: A Theory of Agro-Industrial Development. By David Goodman, Bernardo Sorj, and John Wilkinson. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. vii, 214. $39.95.
Wayne D. Rasmussen
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03 March 2009, pp. 1042-1044
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Corn and Its Early Fathers. By Henry A. Wallace and William L. Brown. Revised Edition. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 141. $18.95.
Harry C. McDean
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03 March 2009, pp. 1044-1045
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Law and the Shaping of Public Education, 1785–1954. By David Tyack, Thomas James, and Aaron Benavot. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 259. $25.00.
Martin J. Eisenberg
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03 March 2009, pp. 1045-1046
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Liberty, Property, and the Foundations of the American Constitution. Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 181. $39.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Robert A. McGuire
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03 March 2009, pp. 1046-1048
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A Community Transplanted: The Trans-Atlantic Experience of a Swedish Immigrant Settlement in the Upper Middle West, 1835–1915. By Robert C. Ostergren. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 400. $45.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Walter D. Kamphoefner
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03 March 2009, pp. 1048-1049
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Atlanta, 1847–1890: City Building in the Old South and the New. By James Michael Russell. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 314. $32.50.
Thomas E. Terrill
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03 March 2009, pp. 1049-1051
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America in the Gilded Age: From the Death of Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. By Sean Dennis Cashman. Second Edition. New York: New York University Press, 1988. Pp. xvi, 408. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.
Clair E. Morris
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03 March 2009, pp. 1051-1052
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Textiles in Transition: Technology, Wages, and Industry Relocation in the U.S. Textile Industry, 1880–1930. By Nancy Frances Kane. New York: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. x, 190. $37.95.
Jack Blicksilver
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03 March 2009, pp. 1052-1054
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Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan. By Archer H. Mayor. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1988. Pp. xvii, 263. $30.00.
William Marr
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03 March 2009, pp. 1054-1055
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From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888–1986. By George David Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xxxiv, 554. $29.95.
H. V. Nelles
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03 March 2009, pp. 1055-1056
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Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899–1922. By Susan J. Douglas. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Pp. xxix, 363. $29.50.
James E. Brittain
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03 March 2009, pp. 1056-1057
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Managing the American Economy: From Roosevelt to Reagan. By Nicolas Spulber. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 172. $25.00
James Bradford De Long
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03 March 2009, pp. 1058-1059
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Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics. By Ronald A Smith. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 290. $29.95.
Stanley L. Engerman
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03 March 2009, pp. 1059-1060
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The Wealth Creators: An Entrepreneurial History of the United States. By Gerald Gunderson. New York: E. P. Dutton/Truman Talley Books, 1989. Pp. viii, 278. $18.95.
Thomas C. Cochran
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03 March 2009, p. 1060
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Voluntarism, Planning, and the State: The American Planning Experience, 1914–1946. Edited by Jerold E. Brown and Patrick D. Reagan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. xix, 168. $37.95.
Joseph A. McCartin
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03 March 2009, pp. 1061-1062
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Business and Religion in the American 1920s. By Rolf Lundén. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. xiii, 204. $37.95.
Martha L. Olney
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03 March 2009, pp. 1062-1063
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The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930–1980. Edited by Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xxv, 311. $25.00.
Donald R. McCoy
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03 March 2009, pp. 1063-1064
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Corporatism and the Rule of Law: A Study of the National Recovery Administration. By Donald R. Brand. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. Pp. xii, 340. $39.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.
James S. Olson
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03 March 2009, p. 1065
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The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States. By Michael Goldfield. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1987, pp. xv, 294, $12.95.
David Card
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03 March 2009, pp. 1066-1067
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Reviews of Books

United States and Canada - The Shadow of a Dream: Economic Life and Death in the South Carolina Low Country, 1670–1920. By Peter A. Coclanis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 370. $39.95.

Corn and Its Early Fathers. By Henry A. Wallace and William L. Brown. Revised Edition. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 141. $18.95.

Law and the Shaping of Public Education, 1785–1954. By David Tyack, Thomas James, and Aaron Benavot. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Pp. xi, 259. $25.00.

Liberty, Property, and the Foundations of the American Constitution. Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 181. $39.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.

A Community Transplanted: The Trans-Atlantic Experience of a Swedish Immigrant Settlement in the Upper Middle West, 1835–1915. By Robert C. Ostergren. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 400. $45.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Atlanta, 1847–1890: City Building in the Old South and the New. By James Michael Russell. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. Pp. xiii, 314. $32.50.

America in the Gilded Age: From the Death of Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. By Sean Dennis Cashman. Second Edition. New York: New York University Press, 1988. Pp. xvi, 408. $40.00, cloth; $17.50, paper.

Textiles in Transition: Technology, Wages, and Industry Relocation in the U.S. Textile Industry, 1880–1930. By Nancy Frances Kane. New York: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. x, 190. $37.95.

Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan. By Archer H. Mayor. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1988. Pp. xvii, 263. $30.00.

From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888–1986. By George David Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xxxiv, 554. $29.95.

Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899–1922. By Susan J. Douglas. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Pp. xxix, 363. $29.50.

Managing the American Economy: From Roosevelt to Reagan. By Nicolas Spulber. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. xv, 172. $25.00

Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics. By Ronald A Smith. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 290. $29.95.

The Wealth Creators: An Entrepreneurial History of the United States. By Gerald Gunderson. New York: E. P. Dutton/Truman Talley Books, 1989. Pp. viii, 278. $18.95.

Voluntarism, Planning, and the State: The American Planning Experience, 1914–1946. Edited by Jerold E. Brown and Patrick D. Reagan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. xix, 168. $37.95.

Business and Religion in the American 1920s. By Rolf Lundén. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press Inc., 1988. Pp. xiii, 204. $37.95.

The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930–1980. Edited by Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xxv, 311. $25.00.

Corporatism and the Rule of Law: A Study of the National Recovery Administration. By Donald R. Brand. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. Pp. xii, 340. $39.95, cloth; $12.95, paper.

The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States. By Michael Goldfield. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1987, pp. xv, 294, $12.95.

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