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Volume 53 - Issue 1 - Spring 1979

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Book Reviews

Angestellte zwischen Faschismus und Demokratie. Zur politischen Sozialgeschichte der Angelstellten: USA 1890–1940 im internationalen Vergleich. By Jürgen Kocka. Göttingen, Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977. Pp. 556. DM 92.
Hans Jaeger
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11 June 2012, pp. 113-115
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The American Railroad Passenger Car. By John H. WhiteJr, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Pp. xiv + 701. $45.00.
Keith L. Bryant, Jr.
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11 June 2012, pp. 115-116
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Railroad in the Clouds: The Alaska Railroad in the Age of Steam, 1914–1945. By William H. Wilson. Boulder, Colorado, Pruett Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. vi + 279. $25.00.
Donovan L. Hofsommer
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11 June 2012, p. 117
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The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500–1800. By Lawrence Stone. New York, Harper and Row, 1977. Pp. xxxi + 800. $30.00.
Stanley L. Engerman
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11 June 2012, pp. 117-119
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The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism Before its Triumph. By Albert O. Hirschman. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1977. Pp. x + 153. $10.00.
D.T. Armentano
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11 June 2012, pp. 119-120
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Corn, Cash, Commerce: The Economic Policies of the Tory Governments 1815–1830. By Boyd Hilton. New York, Oxford University Press, 1977. Pp. xii + 338. $19.50.
Ronald K. Huch
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11 June 2012, pp. 121-122
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The Vickers Brothers: Armaments and Enterprise, 1854–1914. By Clive Tiebilcock. London, Europe Publications, 1977. P. xl + 181. $12.95.
Malcolm Smith
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11 June 2012, pp. 122-123
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The British Coalmining Industry: Retrospect and Prospect. By A.R. Griffin. Buxton, Moorland Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. 224. £6.00. - The British Coalmining Industry, 1870–1946: A Political and Economic History. By M.W. Kirby. Hamden, Connecticut, Archon Books, 1977. Pp. vii + 278. $17.50.
Charles K. Hyde
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11 June 2012, pp. 123-126
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Business Imperialism 1840–1930: An Inquiry Based on British Experience in Latin America. Edited by D.C.M. Platt. New York, Oxford University Press, 1977. Pp. xv + 449. $28.50.
Laura Randall
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11 June 2012, pp. 126-128
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The Development of Cotton Textile Production in China. By Rang Chao (with the assistance of Jessica C.Y. Chao). Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1976. Pp. xvi + 402. $15.00.
Bruce L. Reynolds
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11 June 2012, pp. 128-130
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The Factory Girls: A Collection of Writings on Life and Struggles in the New England Factories of the 1840s by the Factory Girls Themselves, and the Story, in their Own Words, of the First Trade Unions of Women Workers in the United States. Edited by Philip S. Foner. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1977. Pp. xxvii + 360. $15.00.
Susan Estabrook Kennedy
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11 June 2012, pp. 130-131
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The Work Ethic in Industrial America: 1850–1920. By Daniel T. Rodgers. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1978. Pp. xv + 300. $15.00.
William Graebner
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11 June 2012, pp. 131-132
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Immigration and Industrialization: Ethnicity in an American Mill Town, 1870–1940. By John E. Bodnar. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. Pp. xix + 213. $11.95
Richard L. Ehrlich
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11 June 2012, pp. 132-134
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The Rural Component of American Society. By Edward W. Hassinger. Danville, Ill., Interstate Printers and Publishers Inc., 1978. Pp. x + 397. $12.75.
Allan G. Bogue
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11 June 2012, pp. 134-135
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Finance and Enterprise in Early America: A Study of Stephen Girard's Bank, 1812–1831. By Donald R. AdamsJr., Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. Pp. xi + 163. $12.50.
John A. James
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11 June 2012, pp. 135-136
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The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880–1934. By Jules Robert Benjamin. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. Pp. xii + 266. $14.95.
Robert L. Beisner
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11 June 2012, pp. 136-137
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The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate. By Erik Barnouw. New York, Oxford University Press, 1978. Pp. 256. $10.00. - The Politics of Propaganda: The Office of War Information, 1942–1945. By Allan M. Winkler. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1978. Pp. ix + 230. $11.95.
Richard S. Tedlow
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11 June 2012, pp. 138-140
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Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000–1700. By Carlo M. Cipolla. New York, W. W. Norton, 1976. Pp. xiv + 326. $12.95.
Edward P. Duggan
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11 June 2012, pp. 140-141
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Family Formation in an Age of Nascent Capitalism. By David Levine. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1977. Pp. xiv + 194. $14.50.
William H. Mulligan, Jr.
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11 June 2012, pp. 142-143
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The Middle Passage: Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Herbert S. Klein. Princeton, N. J., Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. xxiii + 282. $20.00, cloth; $9.75, paper.
B. W. Higman
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11 June 2012, pp. 143-144
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Angestellte zwischen Faschismus und Demokratie. Zur politischen Sozialgeschichte der Angelstellten: USA 1890–1940 im internationalen Vergleich. By Jürgen Kocka. Göttingen, Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977. Pp. 556. DM 92.

The American Railroad Passenger Car. By John H. WhiteJr, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Pp. xiv + 701. $45.00.

Railroad in the Clouds: The Alaska Railroad in the Age of Steam, 1914–1945. By William H. Wilson. Boulder, Colorado, Pruett Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. vi + 279. $25.00.

The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500–1800. By Lawrence Stone. New York, Harper and Row, 1977. Pp. xxxi + 800. $30.00.

The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism Before its Triumph. By Albert O. Hirschman. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1977. Pp. x + 153. $10.00.

Corn, Cash, Commerce: The Economic Policies of the Tory Governments 1815–1830. By Boyd Hilton. New York, Oxford University Press, 1977. Pp. xii + 338. $19.50.

The Vickers Brothers: Armaments and Enterprise, 1854–1914. By Clive Tiebilcock. London, Europe Publications, 1977. P. xl + 181. $12.95.

The British Coalmining Industry: Retrospect and Prospect. By A.R. Griffin. Buxton, Moorland Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. 224. £6.00. - The British Coalmining Industry, 1870–1946: A Political and Economic History. By M.W. Kirby. Hamden, Connecticut, Archon Books, 1977. Pp. vii + 278. $17.50.

Business Imperialism 1840–1930: An Inquiry Based on British Experience in Latin America. Edited by D.C.M. Platt. New York, Oxford University Press, 1977. Pp. xv + 449. $28.50.

The Development of Cotton Textile Production in China. By Rang Chao (with the assistance of Jessica C.Y. Chao). Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1976. Pp. xvi + 402. $15.00.

The Work Ethic in Industrial America: 1850–1920. By Daniel T. Rodgers. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1978. Pp. xv + 300. $15.00.

Immigration and Industrialization: Ethnicity in an American Mill Town, 1870–1940. By John E. Bodnar. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. Pp. xix + 213. $11.95

The Rural Component of American Society. By Edward W. Hassinger. Danville, Ill., Interstate Printers and Publishers Inc., 1978. Pp. x + 397. $12.75.

Finance and Enterprise in Early America: A Study of Stephen Girard's Bank, 1812–1831. By Donald R. AdamsJr., Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. Pp. xi + 163. $12.50.

The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880–1934. By Jules Robert Benjamin. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. Pp. xii + 266. $14.95.

The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate. By Erik Barnouw. New York, Oxford University Press, 1978. Pp. 256. $10.00. - The Politics of Propaganda: The Office of War Information, 1942–1945. By Allan M. Winkler. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1978. Pp. ix + 230. $11.95.

Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000–1700. By Carlo M. Cipolla. New York, W. W. Norton, 1976. Pp. xiv + 326. $12.95.

Family Formation in an Age of Nascent Capitalism. By David Levine. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1977. Pp. xiv + 194. $14.50.

The Middle Passage: Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Herbert S. Klein. Princeton, N. J., Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. xxiii + 282. $20.00, cloth; $9.75, paper.

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