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Volume 63 - Winter 1989

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A History of the American Rice Industry, 1685–1985. By Henry C. Dethloff · College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1988. xii + 215 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, and index. $29.50

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914–1917. ByGeorge H. Nash · New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1988. xii + 497 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic notes, and index. $25.00.

But Also Good Business: Texas Commerce Banks and the Financing of Houston and Texas, 1886–1986. By Walter J. Buenger and Joseph A. Pratt · College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. xvi + 450 pp. Maps, illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.50.

Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, & the United Steelworkers.Edited byPaul F. Clark, Peter Gottlieb, and Donald Kennedy · Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1987. 168 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $22.50; paper, $8.95.

Working-Class Americanism: The Politics of Labor in a Textile City, 1914–1960. By Gary Gerstle · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xii + 356 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, and index. $39.50.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service: Middle-Class Workers in Victorian America. By Cindy Sondik Aron · New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. viii + 234 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, and index. $29.95.

The Baltimore Sun, 1837–1987. ByHarold A. William · Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. x + 418 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $29.50.

New Deal Labor Policy and the Southern Textile Industry, 1933–1941.ByJames A. Hodges · Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. xii + 252 pp. Notes and index. $24.95.

Intercity Bus Lines of the Southwest: A Photographic History.ByJack Rhodes · College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988. xv + 158 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $22.50.

Creating America: George Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post. ByJan Cohn · Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. x + 326 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. Cloth, $24.95; paper, $12.95.

Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R&D, 1902–1980. By David A. Hounshell and John Kenly SmithJr, · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xx + 756 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $39.95.

Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home. Edited by Eileen Boris and Cynthia R. Daniels · Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989. x + 299 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. Cloth, $32.50; paper, $12.95.

Work Without End: Abandoning Shorter Hours for the Right to Work. ByBenjamin Kline Hunnicutt · Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. x + 404 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $34.95.

Building the American Highway System: Engineers as Policy Makers.ByBruce E. Seely · Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1988. xv + 315 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, notes on sources, and index. $32.95.

Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America. By Nicole Woolsey Biggart · Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1989. xii + 223 pp. Appendix, notes, and index. $24.95.

Conspicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899–1933. By Donald Finlay Davis · Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1988. xiii + 282 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $29.95.

A Law Unto Itself: The Untold Story of the Law Firm Sullivan & Cromwell.ByNancy Lisagor and Frank Lipsius · New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. 360 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, and index. $19.95.

Entrepreneurs vs. the State: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America, 1840–1920. ByBurton W. FolsomJr · Reston, Va.: Young America's Foundation, 1987. xii + 144 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $16.95.

Solidarity and Fragmentation: Working People and Class Consciousness in Detroit, 1875–1900. By Richard Jules Oestreicher · Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. xix + 263 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, notes, and index. $24.95.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company, 1860–1920: A History of a German-American Enterprise. By Anita Bapone · New York: New York University Press, 1987. xiv + 209 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.

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