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Volume 33 - Winter 1959

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Book Reviews

Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia: A Study in the History of the Booktrade. By David Kaser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957. Pp. 182. $4.00.
Elva Tooker
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24 July 2012, pp. 114-115
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The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine. By Helen Rocca Goss. Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California, 1958. Pp. xvi + 150. $5.00.
Clark C. Spence
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24 July 2012, pp. 583-585
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The Coming of the New Deal. By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Pp. xii + 669. $6.75.
John B. Rae
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24 July 2012, pp. 257-258
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American Automobile Manufacturers: The First Forty Years. By John B. Rae. Philadelphia and New York, Chilton Company, Book Division, 1959. Pp. xii + 223. $6.00.
Thomas C. Cochran
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24 July 2012, pp. 454-455
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British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860–1901. By Clark C. Spence. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1958. Pp. ix + 288. $4.50.
Arthur M. Johnson
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24 July 2012, pp. 258-260
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Endless Frontiers: The Story of Mcgraw-Hill. By Roger Burlingame. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1959. Pp. 506. $7.50.
Allan W. Ferrin
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24 July 2012, pp. 585-586
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Railroads In Alabama Politics, 1875–1914. By James F. Doster. University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1957. Pp. 254. $5.00.
Bennett H. Wall
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24 July 2012, pp. 115-117
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Geschicte Des Geigy-Unternehmens Von 1758 Bis 1939. By Alfred Buergin. Basel, 1958. 2 vols.
Paul J. Meier
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24 July 2012, pp. 455-457
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Hydroelectricity and Industrial Development: Quebec, 1898–1940. By John H. Dales. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. xii + 269. $5.00.
Vincent Jolivet
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24 July 2012, pp. 457-459
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Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbable Rascal. By W. A. Swanberg. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Pp. 310. $4.50.
Julius Grodinsky
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24 July 2012, pp. 586-587
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Commitment to Freedom, the Story of the Christian Science Monitor. By Erwin D. Canham, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Pp. xxiv + 454. $4.85.
Elizabeth Bricker Currier
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24 July 2012, pp. 117-119
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Success and Failure in Small Manufacturing: a Study of 20 Small Manufacturing Concerns. By A. M. Woodruff, and T. G. Alexander. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958. Pp. 124. $3.50.
James H. Soltow
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24 July 2012, pp. 260-261
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BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Front matter
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Development of Comprehensive Insurance for the Household. By John Eugene Pierce. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1958. $5.00.
Harris Proschansky
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24 July 2012, pp. 460-461
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Benjamin Strong: Central Banker. By Lester V. Chandler. Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1958. Pp. 495. $6.00.
Lance E. Davis
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24 July 2012, pp. 261-265
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The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830: A Study of the Early Factory System. By R. S. Fitton and A. P. Wadsworth, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1959. Pp. xi + 324. 35s.
Keiichiro Nakagawa
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24 July 2012, pp. 587-589
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Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of “The Richest Man in the World.” By John Lodwick, in collaboration with D. H. Young. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Co., 1958. Pp. vii + 289. $4.00.
George S. Gibb
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24 July 2012, pp. 461-462
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The State and the Industrial Revolution in Prussia, 1740–1870. By William O. Henderson. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1938. Pp. xxiii + 232. 37s. 6d.
Fritz Redlich
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24 July 2012, pp. 265-266
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BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Back matter
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The Early History of the Houston Oil Company of Texas, 1901–1908. By John O. King. Houston, Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association Publications, Vol. III, No. 1, April, 1959. Pp. 100. $3.00.
Gene M. Gressley
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24 July 2012, pp. 589-590
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Volume 33 - Winter 1959

Book Reviews

Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia: A Study in the History of the Booktrade. By David Kaser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957. Pp. 182. $4.00.

The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine. By Helen Rocca Goss. Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California, 1958. Pp. xvi + 150. $5.00.

The Coming of the New Deal. By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Pp. xii + 669. $6.75.

American Automobile Manufacturers: The First Forty Years. By John B. Rae. Philadelphia and New York, Chilton Company, Book Division, 1959. Pp. xii + 223. $6.00.

British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860–1901. By Clark C. Spence. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1958. Pp. ix + 288. $4.50.

Endless Frontiers: The Story of Mcgraw-Hill. By Roger Burlingame. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1959. Pp. 506. $7.50.

Railroads In Alabama Politics, 1875–1914. By James F. Doster. University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1957. Pp. 254. $5.00.

Geschicte Des Geigy-Unternehmens Von 1758 Bis 1939. By Alfred Buergin. Basel, 1958. 2 vols.

Hydroelectricity and Industrial Development: Quebec, 1898–1940. By John H. Dales. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. xii + 269. $5.00.

Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbable Rascal. By W. A. Swanberg. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Pp. 310. $4.50.

Commitment to Freedom, the Story of the Christian Science Monitor. By Erwin D. Canham, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Pp. xxiv + 454. $4.85.

Success and Failure in Small Manufacturing: a Study of 20 Small Manufacturing Concerns. By A. M. Woodruff, and T. G. Alexander. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958. Pp. 124. $3.50.

Front matter

BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

Book Reviews

Development of Comprehensive Insurance for the Household. By John Eugene Pierce. Homewood, Illinois, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1958. $5.00.

Benjamin Strong: Central Banker. By Lester V. Chandler. Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1958. Pp. 495. $6.00.

The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758–1830: A Study of the Early Factory System. By R. S. Fitton and A. P. Wadsworth, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1959. Pp. xi + 324. 35s.

Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of “The Richest Man in the World.” By John Lodwick, in collaboration with D. H. Young. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Co., 1958. Pp. vii + 289. $4.00.

The State and the Industrial Revolution in Prussia, 1740–1870. By William O. Henderson. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1938. Pp. xxiii + 232. 37s. 6d.

Back matter

BHR volume 33 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

Book Reviews

The Early History of the Houston Oil Company of Texas, 1901–1908. By John O. King. Houston, Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association Publications, Vol. III, No. 1, April, 1959. Pp. 100. $3.00.

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