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Volume 46 - September 1986

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The Politics and Development of the Federal Income Tax. By John F. Witte. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. Pp. xxii, 438. $25.00.
Edward John Ray
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03 March 2009, pp. 560-561
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Off The Track: The Decline of the Intercity Passenger Train in the United States. By Donald M. Itzkoff. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. Contributions in Economics and Economic History. Pp. xii, 161. $27.95.
David J. St. Clair
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03 March 2009, pp. 287-289
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Workers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788–1890. By Steven J. Ross. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Pp. xx,406. $35.00.
Diane Lindstrom
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03 March 2009, pp. 869-871
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Hard Times and New Deal in Kentucky, 1929–1939. By George T. Blakey. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. Pp. vii, 252. $25.00.
John Joseph Wallis
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03 March 2009, pp. 1090-1091
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The Kingdom of Coal: Work, Enterprise and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields. By Donald L. Miller and Richard E. Sharpless. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Pp. xxii, 360. $35.00 cloth, $17.95 paper.
Price V. Fishback
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03 March 2009, pp. 871-872
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Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression. By Janet Poppendieck. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 306. $30.00.
Roger Lambert
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03 March 2009, pp. 1091-1092
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The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904. By Naomi R. Lamoreaux. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 208. $29.95.
John A. James
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03 March 2009, pp. 561-563
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The Southern Railway: Road of Innovators. By Burke Davis. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985. Pp. viii, 309. $19.95.
William F. Huneke
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03 March 2009, pp. 289-290
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Family Firm to Modern Multinational: Norton Company, a New England Enterprise. By Charles W. Cheape. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. Harvard Studies in Business History, 36. Pp. xvii, 424. $25.00.
D.M.P. McCarthy
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03 March 2009, pp. 290-292
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The Correspondence of Mother Jones. Edited by Edward M. Steel. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. Pp. xlix, 360. $34.95.
H. M. Gitelman
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03 March 2009, p. 872
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Willis R. Whitney, General Electric, and the Origins of U.S. Industrial Research. By George Wise. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Pp. x, 375. $29.00. - Image Worlds, Corporate Identities at General Electric, 1890–1930. By David E. Nye. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 188. $20.00.
Martha M. Trescott
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03 March 2009, pp. 1092-1093
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Alcoholic Beverages: Dimensions of Corporate Power. By John Cavanagh and Frederick F. Clairmonte. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Pp. 173. $25.00.
James M. MacDonald
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The Altruistic Imagination: A History of Social Work and Social Policy in the United States. By John H. Ehrenreich. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985. Pp. 271. $24.50. - Social Change in the United States, 1945–1983. By William Issel. New York: Schocken Books, 1985. Pp. xi, 228. $24.00.
Blanche D. Coll
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E. H. Harriman: Master Railroader. By Lloyd J. Mercer. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Pp. xi, 188. $19.95.
Bradley G. Lewis
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03 March 2009, pp. 1093-1095
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The State and the Unions: Labor Relations, Law, and the Organized Labor Movement in America, 1880–1960. By Christopher L. Tomlins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 348. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper.
Gerald Friedman
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03 March 2009, pp. 873-874
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Richard Peters: Champion of the New South. By Royce Shingleton. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 258. $21.95.
Leonard A. Carlson
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03 March 2009, pp. 564-565
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Citibank, 1812–1970. By Harold van B. Cleveland and Thomas F. Huertas. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. Harvard Studies in Business History. Pp. xx, 456.$25.00.
Eugene Nelson White
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As Rare as Rain: Federal Relief in the Great Southern Drought of 1930–31. By Nan Elizabeth Woodruff. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 203. $18.95.
Elliot A. Rosen
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Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family from Slavery to the Present. By Jacqueline Jones. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1985. Pp. xiii, 432. $25.95.
Anne Mayhew
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03 March 2009, pp. 565-566
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Trucking and the Public Interest: The Emergence of Federal Regulation, 1914–1940. By William R. Childs. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 243. $19.95.
Wayne G. Broehl, Jr
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03 March 2009, pp. 1095-1096
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Reviews of Books

The Politics and Development of the Federal Income Tax. By John F. Witte. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. Pp. xxii, 438. $25.00.

Off The Track: The Decline of the Intercity Passenger Train in the United States. By Donald M. Itzkoff. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. Contributions in Economics and Economic History. Pp. xii, 161. $27.95.

Workers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788–1890. By Steven J. Ross. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Pp. xx,406. $35.00.

Hard Times and New Deal in Kentucky, 1929–1939. By George T. Blakey. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. Pp. vii, 252. $25.00.

The Kingdom of Coal: Work, Enterprise and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields. By Donald L. Miller and Richard E. Sharpless. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Pp. xxii, 360. $35.00 cloth, $17.95 paper.

Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression. By Janet Poppendieck. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1986. Pp. xvii, 306. $30.00.

The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895–1904. By Naomi R. Lamoreaux. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 208. $29.95.

The Southern Railway: Road of Innovators. By Burke Davis. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985. Pp. viii, 309. $19.95.

Family Firm to Modern Multinational: Norton Company, a New England Enterprise. By Charles W. Cheape. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. Harvard Studies in Business History, 36. Pp. xvii, 424. $25.00.

The Correspondence of Mother Jones. Edited by Edward M. Steel. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. Pp. xlix, 360. $34.95.

Alcoholic Beverages: Dimensions of Corporate Power. By John Cavanagh and Frederick F. Clairmonte. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Pp. 173. $25.00.

The Altruistic Imagination: A History of Social Work and Social Policy in the United States. By John H. Ehrenreich. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985. Pp. 271. $24.50. - Social Change in the United States, 1945–1983. By William Issel. New York: Schocken Books, 1985. Pp. xi, 228. $24.00.

E. H. Harriman: Master Railroader. By Lloyd J. Mercer. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Pp. xi, 188. $19.95.

The State and the Unions: Labor Relations, Law, and the Organized Labor Movement in America, 1880–1960. By Christopher L. Tomlins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 348. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper.

Richard Peters: Champion of the New South. By Royce Shingleton. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 258. $21.95.

Citibank, 1812–1970. By Harold van B. Cleveland and Thomas F. Huertas. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. Harvard Studies in Business History. Pp. xx, 456.$25.00.

As Rare as Rain: Federal Relief in the Great Southern Drought of 1930–31. By Nan Elizabeth Woodruff. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 203. $18.95.

Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family from Slavery to the Present. By Jacqueline Jones. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1985. Pp. xiii, 432. $25.95.

Trucking and the Public Interest: The Emergence of Federal Regulation, 1914–1940. By William R. Childs. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985. Pp. xiv, 243. $19.95.

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