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Volume 10 - Issue 1 - May 1950

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To Dwell in Safety: The Story of Jewish Migration Since 1800. By Mark Wischnitzer. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1948. Pp. xxv, 368. $4.00.
Ellis Rivkin
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03 February 2011, p. 83
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American Social History - Rochester, The Flower City, 1855–1890. By Blake McKelvey. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. Pp. xvii, 407. $5.00.
Constance McL. Green
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03 February 2011, pp. 83-84
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America's 50 Foremost Business Leaders. Edited by B. C. Forbes. New York: B. C. Forbes and Sons Publishing Company, Inc., 1948. Pp. 483. $5.00.
William Miller
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03 February 2011, p. 85
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Harvest Triumphant: The Story of Massey-Harris. By Merrill Denison. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1949. Pp. xii, 351. $3.50.
Leland H. Jenks
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03 February 2011, pp. 86-88
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The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls and Magnates. By Hannah Josephson. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Pp. lx, 325. $3.75.
Vera Shlakman
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03 February 2011, pp. 88-90
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American Social Reform Movements: Their Pattern Since 1865. By Thomas H. Greer. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949. Pp. ix, 312. $5.35; text edition, $4.00.
Samuel Hugh Brockunier
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03 February 2011, p. 90
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The Western Reserve: The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio. By Harlan Henthorne Hatcher. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. Pp. 365. $4.00.
Harvey Wish
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03 February 2011, p. 91
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Why Wisconsin. By Francis Favill Bowman. Madison: The Author, 101 Ely Place, 1948. Pp. 210, vi. $3.00.
John Perry Pritchett
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Plain Folk of the Old South. By Frank Lawrence Owsley. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. Pp. xxi, 235. $3.50.
Fred A. Shannon
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03 February 2011, p. 92
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The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1607–1689. By Wesley Frank Craven. [A History of the South, Vol. I.] Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. Pp. xv, 451. $6.00.
Curtis P. Nettels
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The Negro in the United States. By E. Franklin Frazier. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. Pp. xxxi, 767. $6.00.
Kenneth Wiggins Porter
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03 February 2011, pp. 93-94
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The Story of Tobacco in America. By Joseph C. Robert. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Pp. xii, 296, xxiv. $5.00.
Thomas P. Martin
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03 February 2011, pp. 94-95
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Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation. By Weymouth T. Jordon. University: University of Alabama Press, 1948. Pp. 177. $3.00.
Earle D. Ross
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03 February 2011, pp. 95-96
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The Animating Pursuits of Speculation: Land Traffic in the Annexation of Texas. By Elgin Williams. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Pp. 230. $3.25.
A. M. Sakolski
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03 February 2011, pp. 96-97
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Saga in Steel and Concrete: Norwegian Engineers in America. By Kenneth Bjork. Northfield, Minn.: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1947. Pp. 504. $4.00.
Esther Clark Wright
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03 February 2011, pp. 97-98
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The Maryland Germans a History. By Dieter Cunz. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. Pp. xi, 476. $5.00.
Oscar Handlin
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03 February 2011, pp. 98-99
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Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825–1863. By Robert Ernst. New York: King's Crown Press, 1949. Pp. xvi, 331. $4.50.
Rowland T. Berthoff
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03 February 2011, pp. 99-100
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Labor in America: A History. By Foster Rhea Dulles. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1949. Pp. 402. $4.50.
Harold U. Faulkner
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03 February 2011, pp. 100-101
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Industrial History - The History of an Advertising Agency: N. W. Ayer & Son at Work, 1869–1949. By Ralph M. Hower. Revised edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. Pp. xliii, 647. $7.50.
Herbert O. Brayer
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03 February 2011, pp. 101-102
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Centennial History of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. By George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy. Foreword by Martin W. Clement. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949. Pp. xxvi, 835. $3.50.
Richard C. Overton
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03 February 2011, pp. 103-105
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To Dwell in Safety: The Story of Jewish Migration Since 1800. By Mark Wischnitzer. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1948. Pp. xxv, 368. $4.00.

American Social History - Rochester, The Flower City, 1855–1890. By Blake McKelvey. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. Pp. xvii, 407. $5.00.

America's 50 Foremost Business Leaders. Edited by B. C. Forbes. New York: B. C. Forbes and Sons Publishing Company, Inc., 1948. Pp. 483. $5.00.

Harvest Triumphant: The Story of Massey-Harris. By Merrill Denison. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1949. Pp. xii, 351. $3.50.

The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls and Magnates. By Hannah Josephson. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Pp. lx, 325. $3.75.

American Social Reform Movements: Their Pattern Since 1865. By Thomas H. Greer. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949. Pp. ix, 312. $5.35; text edition, $4.00.

The Western Reserve: The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio. By Harlan Henthorne Hatcher. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. Pp. 365. $4.00.

Why Wisconsin. By Francis Favill Bowman. Madison: The Author, 101 Ely Place, 1948. Pp. 210, vi. $3.00.

Plain Folk of the Old South. By Frank Lawrence Owsley. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. Pp. xxi, 235. $3.50.

The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1607–1689. By Wesley Frank Craven. [A History of the South, Vol. I.] Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. Pp. xv, 451. $6.00.

The Negro in the United States. By E. Franklin Frazier. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. Pp. xxxi, 767. $6.00.

The Story of Tobacco in America. By Joseph C. Robert. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Pp. xii, 296, xxiv. $5.00.

Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation. By Weymouth T. Jordon. University: University of Alabama Press, 1948. Pp. 177. $3.00.

The Animating Pursuits of Speculation: Land Traffic in the Annexation of Texas. By Elgin Williams. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Pp. 230. $3.25.

Saga in Steel and Concrete: Norwegian Engineers in America. By Kenneth Bjork. Northfield, Minn.: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1947. Pp. 504. $4.00.

The Maryland Germans a History. By Dieter Cunz. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. Pp. xi, 476. $5.00.

Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825–1863. By Robert Ernst. New York: King's Crown Press, 1949. Pp. xvi, 331. $4.50.

Labor in America: A History. By Foster Rhea Dulles. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1949. Pp. 402. $4.50.

Industrial History - The History of an Advertising Agency: N. W. Ayer & Son at Work, 1869–1949. By Ralph M. Hower. Revised edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. Pp. xliii, 647. $7.50.

Centennial History of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. By George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy. Foreword by Martin W. Clement. Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949. Pp. xxvi, 835. $3.50.

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