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Volume 52 - December 1992

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Eisenhower and the Management of Prosperity. By John W. Sloan. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. Pp. viii, 191. $25.00.
R. Alton Lee
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03 March 2009, pp. 969-970
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The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930. By Harold L. Platt. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 371. $34.95.
John L. Neufeld
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03 March 2009, pp. 731-732
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Patriotism for Profit: Georgia's Urban Entrepreneurs and the Confederate War Effort. By Mary A. DeCredico, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Pp. xx, 211. $29.95.
Lawrence H. Larsen
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03 March 2009, pp. 247-248
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Peasants and Protest: Agricultural Workers, Politics, and Unions in the Aude, 1850–1914. By Laura Levine Frader. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 260. $38.00.
James R. Lehning
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03 March 2009, p. 488
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Slavery Attacked: Southern Slaves and Their Allies, 1619–1865. By Merton L. Dillon. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Pp. vii, 300. $39.95, cloth; $16.95, paper.
David L. Lightner
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03 March 2009, pp. 248-249
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Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets, and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1885–1941. By Philip Scranton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 518. $49.50.
William Lazonick
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03 March 2009, pp. 732-734
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Baker & Botts in the Development of Modern Houston. By Kenneth J. Lipartito and Joseph A. Pratt. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xi, 253. $24.95.
J. Herschel Barnhill
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03 March 2009, pp. 970-971
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International Competition and Strategic Response in the Textile Industries Since 1870. Edited by Mary B. Rose. London: Frank Cass, 1991. Pp. v, 194. £24.
Lars G. Sandberg
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03 March 2009, pp. 489-490
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An Economic History of Liberal Italy, 1850–1918. By Gianni Toniolo. London and New York: Routledge, 1990. Pp. xv, 181. $55.00.
Jon S. Cohen
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03 March 2009, pp. 490-491
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Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890–1950. By Darlene Clark Hine. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. xxiii, 264. $35.00, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Pamela J. Nickless
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03 March 2009, pp. 249-251
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R & D for Industry: A Century of Technical Innovation at Alcoa. By Margaret B. W. Graham and Bettye H. Pruitt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 645. $49.50.
Margaret C. Levenstein
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03 March 2009, pp. 971-973
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Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England. By Theodore Steinberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 284. $34.50.
Richard W. Judd
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03 March 2009, pp. 734-735
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A Monetary History of France in the Twentieth Century. By Jean-Pierre Patat and Michel Lutfalla. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Pp. xxx, 312. $55.00.
Eugene N. White
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03 March 2009, pp. 491-492
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On the Line: Essays in the History of Auto Work. Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Stephen Meyer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. 256. $32.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Robert Ozanne
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03 March 2009, p. 251
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The Public Debt of the United States: An Historical Perspective, 1775–1990. By Donald R. Stabile and Jeffrey A. Cantor. New York: Praeger, 1991. Pp. xiii, 243. $42.95.
Ben Baack
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03 March 2009, pp. 973-974
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Masters to Managers: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers. Edited by Sanford M. Jacoby. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 249. $35.00.
William A. Sundstrom
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03 March 2009, pp. 735-737
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The Origins of American Social Science. By Dorothy Ross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xxii, 508. $29.95.
M. E. Cookingham
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03 March 2009, p. 737
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The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program. By Peter J. T. Morris. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 191. $34.95.
John W. Servos
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03 March 2009, pp. 252-253
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Latin America - Agrarian Capitalism and the World Market: Buenos Aires in the Pastoral Age, 1840–1890. By Hilda Sábato. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 316. $50.00.
A. J. Bauer
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03 March 2009, pp. 492-493
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Financial Markets and Financial Crises. Edited by R. Glenn Hubbard. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 394. $52.00.
Howard Bodenhorn
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03 March 2009, pp. 974-976
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Volume 52 - December 1992

Reviews of Books

Eisenhower and the Management of Prosperity. By John W. Sloan. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. Pp. viii, 191. $25.00.

The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880–1930. By Harold L. Platt. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 371. $34.95.

Patriotism for Profit: Georgia's Urban Entrepreneurs and the Confederate War Effort. By Mary A. DeCredico, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Pp. xx, 211. $29.95.

Peasants and Protest: Agricultural Workers, Politics, and Unions in the Aude, 1850–1914. By Laura Levine Frader. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Pp. xiv, 260. $38.00.

Slavery Attacked: Southern Slaves and Their Allies, 1619–1865. By Merton L. Dillon. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Pp. vii, 300. $39.95, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets, and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1885–1941. By Philip Scranton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 518. $49.50.

Baker & Botts in the Development of Modern Houston. By Kenneth J. Lipartito and Joseph A. Pratt. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Pp. xi, 253. $24.95.

International Competition and Strategic Response in the Textile Industries Since 1870. Edited by Mary B. Rose. London: Frank Cass, 1991. Pp. v, 194. £24.

An Economic History of Liberal Italy, 1850–1918. By Gianni Toniolo. London and New York: Routledge, 1990. Pp. xv, 181. $55.00.

Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890–1950. By Darlene Clark Hine. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Pp. xxiii, 264. $35.00, cloth; $12.95, paper.

R & D for Industry: A Century of Technical Innovation at Alcoa. By Margaret B. W. Graham and Bettye H. Pruitt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 645. $49.50.

Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England. By Theodore Steinberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 284. $34.50.

A Monetary History of France in the Twentieth Century. By Jean-Pierre Patat and Michel Lutfalla. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Pp. xxx, 312. $55.00.

On the Line: Essays in the History of Auto Work. Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Stephen Meyer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. 256. $32.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.

The Public Debt of the United States: An Historical Perspective, 1775–1990. By Donald R. Stabile and Jeffrey A. Cantor. New York: Praeger, 1991. Pp. xiii, 243. $42.95.

Masters to Managers: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers. Edited by Sanford M. Jacoby. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 249. $35.00.

The Origins of American Social Science. By Dorothy Ross. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xxii, 508. $29.95.

The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program. By Peter J. T. Morris. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 191. $34.95.

Latin America - Agrarian Capitalism and the World Market: Buenos Aires in the Pastoral Age, 1840–1890. By Hilda Sábato. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 316. $50.00.

Financial Markets and Financial Crises. Edited by R. Glenn Hubbard. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Pp. ix, 394. $52.00.

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