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Volume 53 - December 1993

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From New Day to New Deal: American Farm Policy from Hoover to Roosevelt, 1928–1933. By David E. Hamilton. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. xi, 333. $39.95.
Robert Charles Graham
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Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877–1915. By Kenneth Marvin Hamilton. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xii, 185. $29.95.
Stephen Vincent
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03 March 2009, pp. 435-436
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Regulating a New Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900–1933. By Morton Keller. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. vii, 300. $29.50.
Andrew Rutten
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03 March 2009, pp. 696-697
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New Jersey and the Fiscal Origins of Modern American Corporation Law. By Christopher Grandy. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1993. Pp. xii, 141. $45.00.
Gary D. Libecap
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03 March 2009, pp. 962-963
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Justice Lies in the District: The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902–1960. By Charles L. Zelden. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Pp. 312. $49.50.
Jenny Bourne Wahl
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03 March 2009, pp. 963-964
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Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States. By Theda Skocpol. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xxi, 714. $34.95.
Daniel T. Rodgers
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03 March 2009, pp. 697-698
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Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950. By Walter Licht. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 317. $39.95.
Robert Whaples
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03 March 2009, pp. 436-437
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Cargill: Trading the World's Grain. By Wayne G. BroehlJr. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1992. Pp. xx, 1007. $35.00.
Mansel G. Blackford
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03 March 2009, pp. 197-198
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Forging the Military-Industrial Complex: World War II's Battle of the Potomac. By Gregory Hooks. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 303. $39.95.
David J. St. Clair
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03 March 2009, pp. 198-199
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“Stalin Over Wisconsin”: The Making and Unmaking of Militant Unionism, 1900–1950. By Stephen Meyer. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 256. $45.00.
Richard C. Haney
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03 March 2009, pp. 964-966
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Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, New York, 1864–86. By Carole Turbin. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 231. $39.95.
Joy Parr
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03 March 2009, pp. 698-700
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Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890–1930. By Price V. Fishback. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 279. $39.95.
Joshua L. Rosenbloom
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03 March 2009, pp. 437-439
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The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895–98. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xxvii, 592. $49.95.
Ira N. Gang
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03 March 2009, pp. 439-440
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Black Women and White Women in the Professions: Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender, 1960–1980. By Natalie J. Sokoloff. New York: Routledge, 1992. Pp. ix, 175. $49.95, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Joan Underhill Hannon
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03 March 2009, pp. 700-701
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Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865–1956. By James Cortada. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 344. $55.00.
JoAnne Yates
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03 March 2009, pp. 966-967
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Power at Cost: Ontario Hydro and Rural Electrification, 1911–1958. By Keith R. Fleming. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 326. $39.95.
Peter Wylie
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03 March 2009, pp. 199-201
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Shaping Invention: Thomas Blanchard's Machinery and Patent Management in Nineteenth-Century America. By Carolyn C. Cooper. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 326. $45.00.
B. Zorina Khan
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03 March 2009, pp. 440-442
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Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. By JoAnne Yates. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. vii, 339. $36.00 cloth; $15.95, paper.
Ernie Englander
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03 March 2009, pp. 967-968
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Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners, 1851–1933. By Ken Cruikshank. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 287. $44.95.
Frank Lewis
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03 March 2009, pp. 201-202
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Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy. By Sarah Carter. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 323. $44.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
David M. Wishart
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03 March 2009, pp. 701-703
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From New Day to New Deal: American Farm Policy from Hoover to Roosevelt, 1928–1933. By David E. Hamilton. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. xi, 333. $39.95.

Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877–1915. By Kenneth Marvin Hamilton. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xii, 185. $29.95.

Regulating a New Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900–1933. By Morton Keller. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. Pp. vii, 300. $29.50.

New Jersey and the Fiscal Origins of Modern American Corporation Law. By Christopher Grandy. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1993. Pp. xii, 141. $45.00.

Justice Lies in the District: The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902–1960. By Charles L. Zelden. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1993. Pp. 312. $49.50.

Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States. By Theda Skocpol. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xxi, 714. $34.95.

Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950. By Walter Licht. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Pp. xiii, 317. $39.95.

Cargill: Trading the World's Grain. By Wayne G. BroehlJr. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1992. Pp. xx, 1007. $35.00.

Forging the Military-Industrial Complex: World War II's Battle of the Potomac. By Gregory Hooks. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 303. $39.95.

“Stalin Over Wisconsin”: The Making and Unmaking of Militant Unionism, 1900–1950. By Stephen Meyer. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 256. $45.00.

Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, New York, 1864–86. By Carole Turbin. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Pp. xi, 231. $39.95.

Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890–1930. By Price V. Fishback. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. xii, 279. $39.95.

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895–98. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xxvii, 592. $49.95.

Black Women and White Women in the Professions: Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender, 1960–1980. By Natalie J. Sokoloff. New York: Routledge, 1992. Pp. ix, 175. $49.95, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865–1956. By James Cortada. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 344. $55.00.

Power at Cost: Ontario Hydro and Rural Electrification, 1911–1958. By Keith R. Fleming. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 326. $39.95.

Shaping Invention: Thomas Blanchard's Machinery and Patent Management in Nineteenth-Century America. By Carolyn C. Cooper. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. vii, 326. $45.00.

Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. By JoAnne Yates. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Pp. vii, 339. $36.00 cloth; $15.95, paper.

Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners, 1851–1933. By Ken Cruikshank. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 287. $44.95.

Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy. By Sarah Carter. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 323. $44.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

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