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Volume 75 - Spring 2001

Book Reviews

American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture. ByBrian Roberts. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xii + 328 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $19.95. ISBN: Cloth 0-807-82543-3; paper 0-8078-4856-5.

Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism. By Dana Frank. Boston: Beacon Press. Notes, index. Cloth, $26.00; paper, $17.50. ISBN: Cloth 0-807-04710-4; paper 0-807-04711-2.

The Origins and Economic Impact of the First Bank of the United States, 1791–1797. ByDavid Jack Cowen. New York: Garland Press, 2000. 323 pp. Cloth, $70.00. ISBN 0-815-33837-6.

Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest. ByDavid Blanke. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2000. 282 pp. Tables, notes, index. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $21.95. ISBN: Cloth 0-821-41347-3; paper 0-8214-1348-1.

A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War. ByJohn Majewski. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 234 pp. Tables. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN 0-521-59023-X.

Capital, Labor and the State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal. By David Brian Robertson. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. 320 pp. Tables, index. Cloth, $65.00; paper, $22.95. ISBN: Cloth 0-847-69728-2; paper 0-847-69729-0.

Coast to Coast by Automobile: The Pioneering Trips, 1899–1908. ByCurt McConnell. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2000. xiv + 349 pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN 0-804-73380-5.

Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop. ByJulie A. Willett. New York: New York University Press, 2000. 240 pp. Photos, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $18.50. ISBN: Cloth 0-814-79357-6; paper 0-814-79358-4.

The Origins and Early Development of Professional Football, 1890–1920. ByMarc S. Maltby. New York: Garland, 1997. xvi + 238 pp. Bibliography and index. Cloth, $65.00. ISBN 0-815-32797-8.

The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880–1945. By Howard Cox. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxii + 401 pp. Maps, photographs, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. Cloth, $58.00. ISBN 0-198-29221-X.

Insane Sisters: Or, the Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town. ByGregg Andrews. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. xii + 262 pp. Bibliography, illustrations, and index. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN 0-826-21240-9.

Holy Day, Holiday: The American Sunday. By Alexis McCrossen. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2000. 240 pp. Cloth, $39.95. ISBN 0-801-43417-3.

On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker. ByA'Lelia Bundles. New York: Scribner, 2001. 400 pp. Photos, index, notes, bibliography. Cloth, $30.00. ISBN 0-684-82582-1.

American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830–1998. ByTed Ownby. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 248 pp. Photographs, tables, notes, bibliography, index, Cloth, $45.00; paper, $18.95. ISBN: Cloth 0-807-82479-8; paper 0-807-84806-9.

From Fireplace to Cookstove: Technology and the Domestic Ideal in America. ByPriscilla J. Brewer. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000. 320 pp. Illustrations. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN 0-815-60650-8.

Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area. By Phil Brown. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. 304 pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 1-566-39642-5.

The African-American Experience in the Civilian Conservation Corps. ByOlen ColeJr. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1999. 192 pp. Figures, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $49.50. ISBN 0-813-01660-6.

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