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Volume 65 - Spring 1991

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The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World. Edited by James D. Tracy · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xviii + 442 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $47.50.

The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society and Family Life in London, 1660–1730. ByPeter Earle · Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. xiii + 446 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95.

The Politics of Regulatory Change: A Tale of Two Agencies. ByRichard A. Harris and Sidney M. Milkis · New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xiii + 331 pp. References and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $13.95.

Married Women's Separate Property in England, 1660–1833. BySusan Staves · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990. 304pp. Tables, glossary, notes, select bibliography, and index. $35.00.

Public Policy and the Economy since 1900. ByJim Tomlinson · New York: Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press, 1990. xii + 380 pp. Tables, further reading, notes, references, and index. $55.00.

World Economy and World Politics, 1924–1931: From Reconstruction to Collapse. By Gilbert Ziebura · New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. xiv + 190 pp. Tables, select bibliography, and index. $44.00.

The Political Economy of World Energy: A Twentieth-Century Perspective. ByJohn G. Clark · Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. xx + 397 pp. Maps, tables, notes, and index. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $14.95.

A Biography of Sir Charles Hartley, Civil Engineer (1825–1915). ByC. W. S. Hartley · Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. xiv + 840 pp. Maps, charts, illustrations, notes, and index. $79.95.

Fyffes and the Banana: Musa Sapientum. A Centenary History, 1888–1988. ByPeter N. Davies · Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Athlone Press, 1990. xviii + 301 pp. Maps, illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95.

Questions of Power: Electricity and Environment in Inter-war Britain. ByBill Luckin · New York: Manchester University Press, 1990. viii + 200 pp. Charts, maps, tables, notes, select bibliography, and index. $49.95.

Inventing the Industrial Revolution: The English Patent System, 1660–1800. By Christine MacLeod · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xii + 302 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $44.50.

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. ByDaniel Yergin · New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. xxxii + 877 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $24.95; paper, $16.00.

The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development. Edited byOliver E. Williamson and Sidney G. Winter · New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. vi + 235 pp. Index, notes, and bibliography. $29.95.

A New Economic Policy for Britain: Essays on the Development of Industry. Edited byKeith Cowling and Roger Sugden. New York: Manchester University Press, 1990. vi + 217 pp. Notes, bibliographies, and index. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $17.95.

International Competition and Industrial Change: Essays in the History of Mining and Metallurgy, 1800–1950. Edited by Charles Harvey and Jon Press · London: Frank Cass, 1990. 167 pp. Charts, maps, tables, notes, and index. $35.00.

Montague Burton: The Tailor of Taste. ByEric M. Sigsworth · New York: Manchester University Press, 1990. x + 171 pp. Charts, illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $59.95.

Sir Eric Geddes: Business and Government in War and Peace. By Keith Grieves · New York: Manchester University Press, 1990. xiv + 188 pp. Bibliographical note, selected reading, and index. $59.95.

The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative-Historical Perspective. Edited bySteven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeitlin · New York: Routledge, 1991. 352 pp. Notes and index. $49.95.

An Awkward Partner: Britain in the European Community. ByStephen George · New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. x + 224 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95.

Protectionism and Economic Revival: The British Interwar Economy. ByMichael Kitson and Solomos Solomou · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xi + 123 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, notes, references, and index. $44.50.

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