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Volume 58 - December 1998

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Reviews of Books

Great Inflations of the 20th Century: Theories, Policies and Evidence. Edited by P. L. Siklos. Cornwall: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995. Pp. xiv, 308. $79.95.
Bruce D. Smith
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03 March 2009, pp. 249-251
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Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire. By Osumaka Likaka. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 189. $47.95.
Richard Roberts
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03 March 2009, pp. 1152-1153
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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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Lightning Wires: The Telegraph and China's Technological Modernization, 1860'1890. By Erik Baark. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp, xii, 216. $69.50.
Shannon R. Brown
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03 March 2009, pp. 894-895
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Africa, Asia, and Australia - Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800–1946. By Richard L. Roberts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 381. $55.00.
Karen A. Magner
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03 March 2009, pp. 251-252
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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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United States and Canada - Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800–1821. By Frank Lawrence OwsleyJr. and Gene A. Smith. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 241. $29.95.
Robert A. McGuire
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03 March 2009, pp. 1153-1154
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United States and Canada - Texas Oil, American Dreams. By Lawrence Goodwyn. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. Pp. xiii, 274. $29.95.
Peter Z. Grossman
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03 March 2009, pp. 895-896
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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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Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio. By Darrel E. Bigham. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1998. Pp. xiv, 334. $39.95, cloth.
John E. Murray
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03 March 2009, pp. 1155-1156
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Beating Plowshares into Swords. The Political Economy of American Warfare. 1606–1865. By Paul A. C. Koistinen. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Pp. xv, 376. $39.95, cloth.
Michael Edelstein
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03 March 2009, pp. 896-897
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Fortunes á Faire: The French in Asian Trade, 1719–48. By Catherine Manning. Brookfield, VT: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1996. pp. xvi, 286. $72.95.
Jonathan Liebowitz
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03 March 2009, pp. 252-254
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Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. Volume 2. Handbook of American Business History. Edited by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 523. $115.
Louis Cain
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03 March 2009, pp. 897-898
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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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Slavery and Antislavery in Mauritius, 1810–33: The Conflict between Economic Expansion and Humanitarian Reform under British Rule. By Anthony J. Barker. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1996. Pp. x, 225. $65.00.
David N. Gellman
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03 March 2009, pp. 254-255
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Budgeting Democracy: State Building and Citizenship in America, 1890–1928. By Jonathan Kahn. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 222. $39.95.
Thomas Laichas
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03 March 2009, pp. 1156-1157
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Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan. By Carl Mosk. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xv, 156. $45.00.
John Komlos
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03 March 2009, pp. 255-257
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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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What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 285. $45.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Morgan O. Reynolds
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03 March 2009, pp. 898-899
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Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South. By Mark M. Smith. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xxx, 303. $45, cloth; $16.95, paper.
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
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03 March 2009, pp. 1157-1158
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Reviews of Books

Great Inflations of the 20th Century: Theories, Policies and Evidence. Edited by P. L. Siklos. Cornwall: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995. Pp. xiv, 308. $79.95.

Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire. By Osumaka Likaka. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 189. $47.95.

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

Lightning Wires: The Telegraph and China's Technological Modernization, 1860'1890. By Erik Baark. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp, xii, 216. $69.50.

Africa, Asia, and Australia - Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800–1946. By Richard L. Roberts. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996. Pp. vii, 381. $55.00.

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

United States and Canada - Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800–1821. By Frank Lawrence OwsleyJr. and Gene A. Smith. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 241. $29.95.

United States and Canada - Texas Oil, American Dreams. By Lawrence Goodwyn. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. Pp. xiii, 274. $29.95.

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

Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio. By Darrel E. Bigham. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1998. Pp. xiv, 334. $39.95, cloth.

Beating Plowshares into Swords. The Political Economy of American Warfare. 1606–1865. By Paul A. C. Koistinen. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Pp. xv, 376. $39.95, cloth.

Fortunes á Faire: The French in Asian Trade, 1719–48. By Catherine Manning. Brookfield, VT: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1996. pp. xvi, 286. $72.95.

Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. Volume 2. Handbook of American Business History. Edited by David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 523. $115.

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.

Slavery and Antislavery in Mauritius, 1810–33: The Conflict between Economic Expansion and Humanitarian Reform under British Rule. By Anthony J. Barker. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1996. Pp. x, 225. $65.00.

Budgeting Democracy: State Building and Citizenship in America, 1890–1928. By Jonathan Kahn. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 222. $39.95.

Making Health Work: Human Growth in Modern Japan. By Carl Mosk. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xv, 156. $45.00.

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

What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 285. $45.00, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South. By Mark M. Smith. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. xxx, 303. $45, cloth; $16.95, paper.

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