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Volume 62 - Autumn 1988

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Rivalry: In Business, Science, among Nations. By Reuven Brenner. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xi + 244 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, notes, references, and indexes. $27.95.

Economic Development: The History of an Idea. By H. W. Arndt. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1987. viii + 217. Notes and partial index. $20.95.

Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting. By H. Thomas Johnson and Robert S. Kaplan. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987. xv + 269 pp. Notes and index. $24.95.

Leadership and Innovation: A Biographical Perspective on Entrepreneurs in Government. Edited by Jameson W. Doig and Erwin C. Hargrove. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. xii + 459 pp. Charts, notes, and index. $39.50.

Research in Economic History. Vol. 10. Edited by Paul Uselding. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1986. x + 308 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and references. Institutions, $54.50; individuals, $27.25.

Empire of Dust: Settling and Abandoning the Prairie Dry Belt. By David C. Jones. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1987. xiv + 316 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, notes on sources, and index. Cloth, $24.95; paper, $14.95.

Trustees, Trusteeship, and the Public Good: Issues of Accountability for Hospitals, Museums, Universities, and Libraries. By James C. Baughman. Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 1987. xviii + 187 pp. Appendix, notes, and index. $35.00.

Corporate Crime under Attack: The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond. By Francis T. Cullen, William J. Maakestad, and Gray Cavender. Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing Company, 1987. xii + 398 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, and index. $16.95.

The London and New York Stock Exchanges, 1850–1914. By R. C. Michie. Winchester, Mass.: Allen & Unwin, 1987. xv + 312 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $49.95.

Women in the Administrative Revolution: The Feminization of Clerical Work. By Graham S. Lowe. Cheektowaga, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, 1987. xiii + 234 pp. Charts, tables, appendix, notes, and index. Cloth, $32.50; paper, $16.95.

The Wealth of the Nation: An Economic History of the United States. By Stuart Bruchey. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. x + 259 pp. Tables and index. $18.95.

How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World. By Nathan Rosenberg and L. E. BirdzellJr., New York: Basic Books, 1986. xii + 353 pp. Notes and index. $19.95.

Royal Mail: The Post Office since 1840. By M. J. Daunton. London: Athlone Press, 1985. xviii + 388 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $36.50.

Multinational Enterprise in Historical Perspective. Edited by Alice Teichova, Maurice Lévy-Leboyer, and Helga Nussbaum. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. x + 396 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, and index. $49.50.

Textiles and Capitalism in Mexico: An Economic History of the Obrajes, 1539–1840. By Richard J. Salvucci. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988. xiv + 249 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $40.00.

Géographie du capital marchand aux Amériques, 1760–1860. Edited by Jeanne Chase, Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1987. 231 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, and notes. 145F.

The Gregs of Quarry Bank Mill: The Rise and Decline of a Family Firm, 1750–1914. By Mary B. Rose. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xv + 169 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $34.50.

Werken aan Zekerheid: Een terugblik over de schouder van AEGON op twee eeuwen verzekeringsgeschiedenis. By B. P. A. Gales. The Hague: Uitgave Aegon Verzekeringen, 1986. 390 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, and index. With English summary. Dfl 25.

International Business in the Nineteenth Century: The Rise and Fall of a Cosmopolitan Bourgeoisie. By Charles A. Jones. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987. xi + 260 pp. Notes and index. $45.00.

British Capitalism and Caribbean Slavery: The Legacy of Eric Williams. Edited by Barbara L. Solow and Stanley L. Engerman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. x + 345 pp. Tables and notes. $29.95.

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