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Volume 58 - Issue 2 - June 1998

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Reviews of Books

The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question 1700–1775. By Steven L. Kaplan. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1996. Pp. xviii, 761. $49.95.
Leonard N. Rosenband
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03 March 2009, pp. 573-575
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The Village and the Outside World in Golden Age Castile: Mobility and Migration in Everyday Rural Life. By David E. Vassberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xviii, 253. $59.95.
Akira Motomura
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03 March 2009, pp. 575-576
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Agricultural Revolution in England: The Transformation of the Agrarian Economy 1500–1850. By Mark Overton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 258. $54.95, cloth. $19.95 paper.
Gregory Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 576-578
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Maritime Commerce and English Power. By S. Arasaratnam. Aldershot, England and Brookfield, VT: Variorum, 1996. Pp. v, 326. $72.95.
Santhi Hejeebu
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03 March 2009, pp. 578-579
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Dress, Culture and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade before the Factory, 1660–1800. By Beverly Lemire. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997. Pp. vii, 224. $65.00.
Nancy Page Fernandez
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03 March 2009, pp. 579-580
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Urban Decline in Early Modern Germany: Schwābisch Hall and its Region, 1650–1750. By Terence McIntosh. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xix, 317. $37.00, paper.
Sheilagh Ogilvie
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03 March 2009, pp. 580-582
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Modern Europe - The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe, 1780–1914: Enterprise, Family and Independence. By Geoffrey Crossick and Heinz-Gerhard Haupt. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. pp. xi, 296. $75.00.
Sarah Maza
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03 March 2009, pp. 582-583
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La longue stagnation en France: L'autre grande dépression, 1873–1897. Edited by Yves Breton, Albert Broder, and Michel Lutfalla. Paris: Economica, 1997. pp.viii, 492. FF 250.
Jonathan J. Liebowitz
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Sick, Not Dead: The Health of British Workingmen during the Mortality Decline. By James C. Riley. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University press, 1997. pp. xvii, 349. $58.00.
John E. Murray
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03 March 2009, pp. 584-586
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Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy: The Attlee Years, 1945–1951. By Jim Tomlinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 331. $64.95.
Alan Booth
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03 March 2009, pp. 586-587
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Britain's Relative Economic Decline. By Nicholas Crafts. London: Social Market Foundation, 1997. pp. 68. £12.00.
Sidney Pollard
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03 March 2009, pp. 587-588
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Accounting for War: Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defense Burden, 1940–1945. By Mark Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. xxiv, 338.
Robert C. Allen
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03 March 2009, pp. 588-590
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Peasant Rebels under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. By Lynne Viola. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 312.
Robert C. Allen
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03 March 2009, pp. 590-591
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Asia and Latin America - Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture. By Susan B. Hanley. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 213. $35.00.
Alan MacFarlane
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03 March 2009, pp. 591-592
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Odd Markets in Japanese History: Law and Economic Growth. By J. Mark Ramseyer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 189. $54.95.
Carl Mosk
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03 March 2009, pp. 592-594
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Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China, 1000–1700. By Richard Von Glahn. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 338. $55.00.
Arturo Giraldez
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03 March 2009, pp. 594-595
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Trade and Gunboats: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Empire. By Steven C. Topik. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. Pp. viii, 301. $55.00.
Anne Hanley
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United States and Canada - Federal Taxation in America: A Short History. By W. Elliot Brownlee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 190. $39.95, cloth; $12.95, paper. - Funding the Modern American State, 1941–1995: The Rise and Fall of Easy Finance. Edited by W. Elliot Brownlee. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. ix, 467. $59.95
Mark H. Leff
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03 March 2009, pp. 597-599
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The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period, 1789–1801. By David P. Currie. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 327. $32.50.
Robert McGuire
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03 March 2009, pp. 599-600
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Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting. By Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 297. $85.00, cloth.
Ronald N. Johnson
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03 March 2009, pp. 600-601
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The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question 1700–1775. By Steven L. Kaplan. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1996. Pp. xviii, 761. $49.95.

The Village and the Outside World in Golden Age Castile: Mobility and Migration in Everyday Rural Life. By David E. Vassberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xviii, 253. $59.95.

Agricultural Revolution in England: The Transformation of the Agrarian Economy 1500–1850. By Mark Overton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 258. $54.95, cloth. $19.95 paper.

Maritime Commerce and English Power. By S. Arasaratnam. Aldershot, England and Brookfield, VT: Variorum, 1996. Pp. v, 326. $72.95.

Dress, Culture and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade before the Factory, 1660–1800. By Beverly Lemire. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997. Pp. vii, 224. $65.00.

Urban Decline in Early Modern Germany: Schwābisch Hall and its Region, 1650–1750. By Terence McIntosh. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xix, 317. $37.00, paper.

Modern Europe - The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe, 1780–1914: Enterprise, Family and Independence. By Geoffrey Crossick and Heinz-Gerhard Haupt. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. pp. xi, 296. $75.00.

La longue stagnation en France: L'autre grande dépression, 1873–1897. Edited by Yves Breton, Albert Broder, and Michel Lutfalla. Paris: Economica, 1997. pp.viii, 492. FF 250.

Sick, Not Dead: The Health of British Workingmen during the Mortality Decline. By James C. Riley. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University press, 1997. pp. xvii, 349. $58.00.

Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy: The Attlee Years, 1945–1951. By Jim Tomlinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 331. $64.95.

Britain's Relative Economic Decline. By Nicholas Crafts. London: Social Market Foundation, 1997. pp. 68. £12.00.

Accounting for War: Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defense Burden, 1940–1945. By Mark Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. xxiv, 338.

Peasant Rebels under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. By Lynne Viola. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 312.

Asia and Latin America - Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture. By Susan B. Hanley. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 213. $35.00.

Odd Markets in Japanese History: Law and Economic Growth. By J. Mark Ramseyer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 189. $54.95.

Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China, 1000–1700. By Richard Von Glahn. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 338. $55.00.

Trade and Gunboats: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Empire. By Steven C. Topik. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. Pp. viii, 301. $55.00.

The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period, 1789–1801. By David P. Currie. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 327. $32.50.

Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting. By Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 297. $85.00, cloth.

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