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Volume 58 - December 1998

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Reviews of Books

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. By Jared Diamond. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. Pp. 480. $27.50.
Philip R. P. Coelho
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03 March 2009, pp. 1179-1181
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General and Miscellaneous - Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias. Edited by Eugene N. White. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996. Pp. xviii, 564. $179.95.
Charles W. Calomiris
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03 March 2009, pp. 614-617
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Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology. By Robert Pool. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 358. $30.00
Thomas J. Holmes
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03 March 2009, pp. 920-921
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The Rational Factory: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production. By Lindy Biggs. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 202. $39.95.
Laura J. Owen
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03 March 2009, pp. 276-278
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Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System. By Barry Eichengreen. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 223. $24.95.
Anna J. Schwartz
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03 March 2009, pp. 617-618
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The Third Revolution. Professional Elites in the Modern World. By Harold Perkin. Routledge: London and New York1996, pp. xviii, 253; $65.00.
Gianni Toniolo
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03 March 2009, pp. 921-922
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Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870–1939. By Mark Aldrich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 415. $49.95.
Price V. Fishback
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03 March 2009, pp. 278-279
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The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History. By Rodney Stark. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 245. $24.95.
Philip R. P. Coelho
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03 March 2009, pp. 1181-1183
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Interest Groups and Monetary Integration: The Political Economy of Exchange Regime Choice. By Carsten Hefeker. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. Pp. viii, 159. $55.00.
Lee A. Craig
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03 March 2009, pp. 618-619
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The Ephemeral Civilization: Exploring the Myth of Social Evolution. By Graeme Donald Snooks. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xiv, 585. $125, cloth.
Gregory Clark
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03 March 2009, pp. 1183-1184
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Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science. By Christopher C. Sellers. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 331. $45.00.
Melissa A. Thomasson
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03 March 2009, pp. 279-280
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The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History. By David Hackett Fischer. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 536.
Jan de Vries
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03 March 2009, pp. 922-924
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In Pursuit of the Quality of Life. Edited by Avner Offer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp viii, 302. £35.00.
N. F. R. Crafts
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03 March 2009, pp. 924-925
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Economics and the Historian. By Thomas G. Rawski, Susan B. Carter, Jon S. Cohen, Steven Cullenberg, Peter H. Lindert, Donald M. McCloskey, Hugh Rockoff, and Richard Sutch. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 297. $45.00, cloth; $17.00, paper.
Judith A. Miller
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03 March 2009, pp. 1184-1185
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The Power of Boldness. Ten Master Builders of American Industry Tell Their Success Stories. Edited by Elkan Blout. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 214. $29.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.
David Mitch
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03 March 2009, pp. 280-282
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Engineering Labour: Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith. London: Verso, 1996, Pp. 296.
Ken Alder
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03 March 2009, pp. 620-621
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The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? Edited by Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills. London and New York; Routledge, 1996. Pp. xxii, 320. £16.99, paper.
John M. Hobson
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03 March 2009, pp. 925-926
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Consumption in the Age of Affluence: The World of Food. By Ben Fine, Michael Heasman and Judith Wright. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. x, 305. $75.00, cloth; $22.00, paper.
Avner Offer
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03 March 2009, pp. 621-622
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“Fear God and Walk Humbly”: The Agricultural Journal of James Mallory, 1843–1877. Edited by Grady McWhiney, Warner O. MooreJr., and Robert F. Pace. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1997. Pp. xxi, 687. $49.95.
Gavin Wright
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03 March 2009, pp. 282-283
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Index to Volume 58

Index to Volume 58
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Reviews of Books

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. By Jared Diamond. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. Pp. 480. $27.50.

General and Miscellaneous - Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias. Edited by Eugene N. White. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996. Pp. xviii, 564. $179.95.

Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology. By Robert Pool. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 358. $30.00

The Rational Factory: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production. By Lindy Biggs. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 202. $39.95.

Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System. By Barry Eichengreen. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 223. $24.95.

The Third Revolution. Professional Elites in the Modern World. By Harold Perkin. Routledge: London and New York1996, pp. xviii, 253; $65.00.

Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870–1939. By Mark Aldrich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 415. $49.95.

The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History. By Rodney Stark. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 245. $24.95.

Interest Groups and Monetary Integration: The Political Economy of Exchange Regime Choice. By Carsten Hefeker. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. Pp. viii, 159. $55.00.

The Ephemeral Civilization: Exploring the Myth of Social Evolution. By Graeme Donald Snooks. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xiv, 585. $125, cloth.

Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science. By Christopher C. Sellers. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 331. $45.00.

The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History. By David Hackett Fischer. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 536.

In Pursuit of the Quality of Life. Edited by Avner Offer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp viii, 302. £35.00.

Economics and the Historian. By Thomas G. Rawski, Susan B. Carter, Jon S. Cohen, Steven Cullenberg, Peter H. Lindert, Donald M. McCloskey, Hugh Rockoff, and Richard Sutch. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 297. $45.00, cloth; $17.00, paper.

The Power of Boldness. Ten Master Builders of American Industry Tell Their Success Stories. Edited by Elkan Blout. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 214. $29.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.

Engineering Labour: Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith. London: Verso, 1996, Pp. 296.

The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? Edited by Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills. London and New York; Routledge, 1996. Pp. xxii, 320. £16.99, paper.

Consumption in the Age of Affluence: The World of Food. By Ben Fine, Michael Heasman and Judith Wright. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. x, 305. $75.00, cloth; $22.00, paper.

“Fear God and Walk Humbly”: The Agricultural Journal of James Mallory, 1843–1877. Edited by Grady McWhiney, Warner O. MooreJr., and Robert F. Pace. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1997. Pp. xxi, 687. $49.95.

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