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Volume 47 - Issue 1 - March 1987

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New York City Cartmen, 1667–1850. By Graham Russell Hodges. New York: New York University Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 224. $35.00.
H. M. Gitelman
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03 March 2009, pp. 264-265
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Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680–1800. By Allan Kulikoff. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Pp. xviii, 449. $30.00.
Carville Earle
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03 March 2009, pp. 265-267
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Women and the Law of Property in Early America. By Marylynn Salmon. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 267. $24.00.
Lois Green Carr
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03 March 2009, pp. 267-268
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Loosening the Bonds, Mid-Atlantic Farm Women, 1750–1850. By Joan M. Jensen, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 271. $25.00.
Diane Lindstrom
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03 March 2009, pp. 268-269
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Indian Traders of the Southeastern Spanish Borderlands: Panton, Leslie & Company and John Forbes & Company, 1783–1847. By William S. Coker and Thomas D. Watson. Pensacola: West Florida University Press, 1986. Pp. xix, 428. $30.00.
John Jay Tepaske
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03 March 2009, pp. 269-270
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A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. xxii, 732. $50.00.
Jeremy Atack
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03 March 2009, pp. 270-273
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Municipal Ownership in the Electric Utility Industry: A Centennial View. By David Schap. New York: Praeger, 1986. Pp. xiii, 128. $33.95.
Arthur Woolf
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03 March 2009, pp. 273-274
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The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800–1930. By Edward J. DaviesII. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 277. $27.00.
Shirley F. Weiss
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Farming and Folk Society: Threshing among the Pennsylvania Germans. By Beauveau BoneIV. Edited by Gregory Sharrow. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 139. $39.95.
Donald Hoke
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Schooling for All: Class, Race, and the Decline of the Democratic Ideal. By Ira Katznelson and Margaret Weir. New York: Basic Books, 1985. Pp. viii, 258. $19.95. - The Politics of School Reform, 1870–1940. By Paul E. Peterson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Pp. x, 241. $25.00 cloth, $11.95 paper.
Michael B. Katz
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03 March 2009, pp. 276-278
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Prohibition in Kansas: A History. By Robert Smith Bader. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. Pp. xiii, 322. $19.95 cloth, $12.95 paper.
K. Austin Kerr
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Origins of the Federal Reserve System: Money, Class, and Corporate Capitalism, 1890–1913. By James Livingston. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986. Pp. 250. $27.50.
Richard H. Timberlake, Jr
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The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society. By James R. Beniger. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 493. $25.00.
Robert Higgs
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03 March 2009, pp. 281-282
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Rohm and Haas: History of a Chemical Company. By Sheldon Hochheiser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Pp. xiii, 231. $19.95.
Peter Morris
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03 March 2009, pp. 282-284
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The Brookings Institution, 1916–1952: Expertise and the Public Interest in a Democratic Society. By Donald T. Critchlow. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 247. $23.00.
Patrick D. Reagan
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03 March 2009, pp. 284-285
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Hugh S. Johnson and the New Deal. By John Kennedy Ohl. Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 374. $27.50.
Lester V. Chandler
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03 March 2009, pp. 285-286
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Paul G. Hoffman: Architect of Foreign Aid. By Alan R. Raucher. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. Pp. xi, 208. $22.00.
Clair E. Morris
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03 March 2009, pp. 286-288
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Managing Macroeconomic Policy: The Johnson Presidency. By James E. Anderson and Jared E. Hazleton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. An Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency Series. Pp. xii, 285. $27.50.
F. Gerard Adams
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03 March 2009, pp. 288-289
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Company of Adventurers: The Story of Hudson's Bay Company. Vol. 1. By Peter C. Newman. Viking: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1985. Pp. xxiii, 413. $25.00.
Ann M. Carlos
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03 March 2009, pp. 289-290
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The Rise and Fall? of Montreal: A Case Study of Urban Growth, Regional Economic Expansion and National Development. By Benjamin Higgins. Moncton, New Brunswick: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1986. Pp. x, 256. $12.95 paper.
Morris Altman
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03 March 2009, pp. 290-291
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New York City Cartmen, 1667–1850. By Graham Russell Hodges. New York: New York University Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 224. $35.00.

Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680–1800. By Allan Kulikoff. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Pp. xviii, 449. $30.00.

Women and the Law of Property in Early America. By Marylynn Salmon. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 267. $24.00.

Loosening the Bonds, Mid-Atlantic Farm Women, 1750–1850. By Joan M. Jensen, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Pp. xv, 271. $25.00.

Indian Traders of the Southeastern Spanish Borderlands: Panton, Leslie & Company and John Forbes & Company, 1783–1847. By William S. Coker and Thomas D. Watson. Pensacola: West Florida University Press, 1986. Pp. xix, 428. $30.00.

A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780–1930. Vol. 2: Steam Power. By Louis C. Hunter. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. xxii, 732. $50.00.

Municipal Ownership in the Electric Utility Industry: A Centennial View. By David Schap. New York: Praeger, 1986. Pp. xiii, 128. $33.95.

The Anthracite Aristocracy: Leadership and Social Change in the Hard Coal Regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1800–1930. By Edward J. DaviesII. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 277. $27.00.

Farming and Folk Society: Threshing among the Pennsylvania Germans. By Beauveau BoneIV. Edited by Gregory Sharrow. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 139. $39.95.

Prohibition in Kansas: A History. By Robert Smith Bader. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. Pp. xiii, 322. $19.95 cloth, $12.95 paper.

Origins of the Federal Reserve System: Money, Class, and Corporate Capitalism, 1890–1913. By James Livingston. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986. Pp. 250. $27.50.

The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society. By James R. Beniger. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 493. $25.00.

Rohm and Haas: History of a Chemical Company. By Sheldon Hochheiser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Pp. xiii, 231. $19.95.

The Brookings Institution, 1916–1952: Expertise and the Public Interest in a Democratic Society. By Donald T. Critchlow. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 247. $23.00.

Hugh S. Johnson and the New Deal. By John Kennedy Ohl. Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 374. $27.50.

Paul G. Hoffman: Architect of Foreign Aid. By Alan R. Raucher. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. Pp. xi, 208. $22.00.

Managing Macroeconomic Policy: The Johnson Presidency. By James E. Anderson and Jared E. Hazleton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. An Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency Series. Pp. xii, 285. $27.50.

Company of Adventurers: The Story of Hudson's Bay Company. Vol. 1. By Peter C. Newman. Viking: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1985. Pp. xxiii, 413. $25.00.

The Rise and Fall? of Montreal: A Case Study of Urban Growth, Regional Economic Expansion and National Development. By Benjamin Higgins. Moncton, New Brunswick: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1986. Pp. x, 256. $12.95 paper.

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