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Volume 65 - Spring 1991

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The Quanah Route: A History of the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway. ByDon L. Hofsommer · College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1991. xiv + 215 pp. Charts, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $42.50.

Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877–1915. ByKenneth Marvin Hamilton · Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. xii + 185 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $29.95.

The Power That Governs: The Evolution of Judicial Activism in a Midwestern State, 1840–1890. ByKeith R. Schlesinger · New York: Garland Publishing., 1990. xxiii + 323 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $69.00.

Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792–1854. By Ronald E. Shaw · Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1990. xii + 449 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. Cloth, $30.00; paper, $15.00.

The Path to Mechanized Shoe Production in the United States. By Ross Thomson · Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. xiii + 296 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95.

Labor in Massachusetts: Selected Essays. Edited byKenneth Fones-Wolf and Martin Kaufman · Westfield, Mass.: Institute for Massachusetts Studies, 1990. viii + 293 pp. Notes, suggestions for further reading, and index. $10.00.

Abolitionist, Actuary, Atheist: Elizur Wright and the Reform Impulse. ByLawrence B. Goodheart · Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1990. xiv + 282 pp. Charts, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $27.50.

The Union League Movement in the Deep South: Politics and Agricultural Change during Reconstruction. ByMichael W. Fitzgerald · Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. x + 283 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.

A Celebration of Work. ByNorman E. Best. Edited byWilliam G. Robbins · Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. xviii + 244 pp. Maps, illustrations, and notes. $19.95.

Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Edited byRonald L. Filippelli · New York: Garland Publishing, 1990. xlviii + 609 pp. Selected bibliography, further reading, and index. $95.00.

Cleveland: The Making of a City. ByWilliam Ganson Rose · Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1990 (1950; 2d. ed.). xvi + 1272 pp. Maps, illustrations, appendixes, and index. $75.00.

Edison and the Business of Innovation. By Andre Millard · Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. xiv + 387 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $38.50.

Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor. ByWilliam Lazonick · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990. vii + 419 pp. Charts, appendix, notes, and index. $37.50.

Damming the Colorado: The Rise of the Lower Colorado River Authority, 1933–1939. ByJohn A. AdamsJr · College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1990. xvii + 161 pp. Charts, maps, illustration, notes, bibliography, and index. $32.50.

Accountancy Comes of Age: The Development of an American Profession, 1886-1940. By Paul J. MirantiJr., Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. xi + 275 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.

Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Texas, 1854–1980s. ByHarold M. Hyman · College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1990. xxii + 486 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95.

Sons and Daughters of Labor: Class and Clerical Work in Turn-of-the-Century Pittsburgh. ByIleen A. DeVault · Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990. xii + 194 pp. Charts, maps, illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, and index. $21.50.

The Spirit of Enterprise: The History of Pacific Enterprises from 1886 to 1989. ByDouglas R. Littlefield and Tanis C. Thorne · Los Angeles, Calif.: Pacific Enterprises, 1990. ix + 198 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $20.00.

Boeing: In Peace and War. ByEugene E. Bauer · Enumclaw, Wash.: TABA Publishing, 1991. xviii + 364 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $21.95; paper, $14.95.

Union Pacific: The Rebirth, 1894-1969. By Maury Klein · New York: Doubleday, 1989. xviii + 654 pp. Maps, illustrations, selected bibliography, notes, and index. $29.95.

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