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Volume 58 - December 1998

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Reviews of Books

Convict Maids: The Forced Migration of Women to Australia. By Deborah Oxley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, Pp. ix, 339. $64.95.
Ralph Shlomowitz
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03 March 2009, pp. 257-258
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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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Transforming the Cotton Frontier: Madicon County, Alabama 1800–1840. By Daniel S. Dupre. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 269. $40.00.
Nancy Virts
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03 March 2009, pp. 1158-1159
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Two Months in the Confederate States: An Englishman's Travels Through the South. By W. C. Corsan. Edited by Benjamin H. Trask. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 155. $26.95.
David G. Surdam
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03 March 2009, p. 900
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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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03 March 2009, pp. 595-596
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United States and Canada - Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich. By Conrad P. Waligorski. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. Pp. xii, 258. $29.95.
Ben Baack
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03 March 2009, pp. 258-259
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Revolt among the Sharecroppers. By Howard Kester. With an Introduction by Alex Lichtenstein. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. Pp. lvii, 98. $14.50, paper.
Joseph D. Reid, Jr
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03 March 2009, p. 1160
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An Anthology of Henry George's Thought. Volume 1 of the Henry George Centennial Trilogy. Edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 253. $59.95.
Robert V. Andelson
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03 March 2009, pp. 901-902
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The Rise of Big Government in the United States. By John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Pp. xiii, 261. $64.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.
Robert Higgs
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03 March 2009, pp. 902-903
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Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits: Great Cities of North America Since 1600. By James T. Lemmon. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 341. $39.95.
Kerry A. Odell
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03 March 2009, pp. 259-260
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Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America. By Leland Donald. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 379. $40.00.
D. Bruce Johnsen
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03 March 2009, pp. 1160-1162
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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 One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency. By Robert Kanigel. New York: Viking, 1997. Pp. xi, 675. $34.95.
Daniel Nelson
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03 March 2009, pp. 903-904
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Economics in the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and their Legacies, 1933–1993. By Theodore Rosenof. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 222. $34.95.
Barbara J. Alexander
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03 March 2009, pp. 261-262
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The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860–1930. By Wendy Gamber. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 300. $39.95, cloth; $16.95 paper.
Carolyn M. Moehling
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03 March 2009, pp. 1162-1163
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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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Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865–1925. By Philip Scranton. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 415. $39.50.
Dario Gaggio
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03 March 2009, pp. 1163-1164
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Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910–1935. By Claudia Clark. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 289. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.
Melissa A. Thomasson
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03 March 2009, pp. 904-906
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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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Taxing America. Edited by Karen B. Brown and Mary Louise Fellows. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Pp. ix, 363. $65.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.
Richard Vedder
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03 March 2009, pp. 262-263
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Convict Maids: The Forced Migration of Women to Australia. By Deborah Oxley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, Pp. ix, 339. $64.95.

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.

Transforming the Cotton Frontier: Madicon County, Alabama 1800–1840. By Daniel S. Dupre. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 269. $40.00.

Two Months in the Confederate States: An Englishman's Travels Through the South. By W. C. Corsan. Edited by Benjamin H. Trask. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 155. $26.95.

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.

United States and Canada - Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich. By Conrad P. Waligorski. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. Pp. xii, 258. $29.95.

Revolt among the Sharecroppers. By Howard Kester. With an Introduction by Alex Lichtenstein. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. Pp. lvii, 98. $14.50, paper.

An Anthology of Henry George's Thought. Volume 1 of the Henry George Centennial Trilogy. Edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 253. $59.95.

The Rise of Big Government in the United States. By John F. Walker and Harold G. Vatter. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Pp. xiii, 261. $64.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.

Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits: Great Cities of North America Since 1600. By James T. Lemmon. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 341. $39.95.

Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America. By Leland Donald. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 379. $40.00.

The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency. By Robert Kanigel. New York: Viking, 1997. Pp. xi, 675. $34.95.

Economics in the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and their Legacies, 1933–1993. By Theodore Rosenof. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. 222. $34.95.

The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860–1930. By Wendy Gamber. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Pp. xiii, 300. $39.95, cloth; $16.95 paper.

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

Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865–1925. By Philip Scranton. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 415. $39.50.

Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910–1935. By Claudia Clark. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Pp. vii, 289. $49.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.

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.

Taxing America. Edited by Karen B. Brown and Mary Louise Fellows. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Pp. ix, 363. $65.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.

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