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Volume 78 - Winter 2004

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Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest. By Linda Carlson. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. viii + 286 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, photographs. Paper, $22.50. ISBN 0-295-98332-9.

The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. By Robert E. Mohowski. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xix + 205 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN:0-801-87222-7.

Suburban Steel: The Magnificent Failure of the Lustron Corporation, 1945–1951. ByDouglass Knerr. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2004. x + 248 pp. Index, notes, photographs. Cloth, $44.95. ISBN: 0-814-20961-0.

The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, USA. ByLisa M. Fine. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. xii + 239 pp. Index, notes, appendix, illustrations. Cloth, $69.50; paper, $22.95. ISBN: cloth, 1-592-13257-X; paper, 1-592-13258-8.

Suburban Landscapes: Culture and Politics in a New York Metropolitan Community. By Paul H. Mattingly. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xi + 333 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, maps, appendix. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-801-86680-4.

The Second Information Revolution. By Gerald W. Brock. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. xiv + 322 pp. Index, references. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-674-01178-3.

The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon. By Robert D. Johnston. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. xxiii + 394 pp. Photographs, illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, index. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN 0-691-09668-6.

The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son. By Richard S. Tedlow. New York: HarperBusiness, 2003. xi + 340 pp. Bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $26.95. ISBN: 0-060-01405-9.

Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence. By Arnold Thackray and Minor Myers Jr. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000. xvii + 379 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $65.00. ISBN 0-941-90123-8.

American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers during the Reuther Years, 1935–1970. ByJohn Barnard. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. xiv + 607 pp. Index, notes, photographs. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN: 0-814-32947-0.

The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924–1970. ByRobert F. Freeland. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xvii + 364 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, appendix, figures, tables. Cloth, $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-63034-7.

Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970–2002. By Richard Saunders Jr. De Kalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois Press, 2003. xxii + 436 pp. Tables, maps, notes, index. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN 0-875-80316-4.

Rethinking the Great Depression: A New View of Its Causes and Consequences. By Gene Smiley. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. xii + 179 pp. Index. Cloth, $24.95. ISBN 1-566-63472-5.

Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950. By Mark Tebeau. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xi + 425 pp. Index, notes, appendix, illustrations. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-801-86791-6.

The Bellwomen: The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case. ByMarjorie A. Stockford. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2004. xv + 247 pp. Index, notes. Cloth, $25.95. ISBN: 0-813-53428-3.

Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946–61. By Colin J. Davis. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2003. x + 246 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-252-02878-3.

Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors. By David Farber. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xii + 292 pp. Photographs, illustrations, notes, index. Cloth, $27.50. ISBN 0-226-23804-0.

Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region. Edited by Joel A. Tarr. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. 312 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth, $32. ISBN: 0-822-94156-2.

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