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Volume 54 - December 1994

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Their Sisters' Keepers: Prostitution in New York City, 1830–1870. By Marilynh Wood Hill. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 434. $35.00.
Lucy Barber
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03 March 2009, pp. 223-225
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United States and Canada - To Sow One Acre More: Childbearing and Farm Productivity in the Antebellum North. By Lee A. Craig. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Pp. xii, 161. $28.50.
Mary Eschelbach Gregson
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03 March 2009, pp. 464-465
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Unfinished Business: The Railroad in American Life. By Maury Klein. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1994. Pp. 226. $24.95.
John Lauritz Larson
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03 March 2009, pp. 947-948
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Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City. By Thomas R. Beardsley. Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile ' History Museum, 1993. Pp. xx, 244. $15.95.
William H. Phillips
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An Anxious Pursuit: Agricultural Innovation and Modernity in the Lower South, 1730–1815. By Joyce E. Chaplin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Pp. xvii, 411. $45.00
Daniel C. Littlefield
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03 March 2009, pp. 465-467
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Harrisburg Industrializes: The Coming of Factories to an American Community. By Gerald G. Eggert. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993. Pp. xix, 341. $35.00.
Richard Stott
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03 March 2009, pp. 948-950
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Crossings: The Great Transatlantic Migrations, 1870–1914. By Walter Nugent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992. Pp. xvi, 234. $29.95.
Alan M. Taylor
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03 March 2009, pp. 719-720
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Commercial Bank Liquidity Management, Discretionary Reserve Behavior, and the Allocation of Credit, 1863–1913. By J. M. Carter. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. Pp. v, 179. $53.00.
Gary Gorton
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Indians, Settlers, & Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before 1783. By Daniel H. UsnerJr. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Pp. vii, 294. $32.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Richard L. Haan
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The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890–1920. By Mansel G. Blackford. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1993. Pp. xiii, 189. $35.00.
Gregory L. Thompson
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A Place to Live and Work: The Henry Disston Saw Works and the Tacony Community of Philadelphia. By Harry C. Silcox. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xix, 231. $35.00.
Daniel Nelson
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Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880–1930. By Mark Wyman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Pp. x, 267. $34.50.
Joseph P. Ferrie
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Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West. By M. Catherine Miller. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. 255. $45.00.
Mark Kanazawa
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03 March 2009, pp. 228-229
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The Politics of Despair: Power and Resistance in the Tobacco Wars. By Tracy Campbell. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Pp. xii, 223. $28.00.
Victoria Saker Woeste
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03 March 2009, pp. 951-953
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From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660–1776. By Charles G. Steffen. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Pp. xi, 209. $35.00.
Gloria L. Main
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03 March 2009, pp. 468-469
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The Battle for Homestead 1880–1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel. By Paul Krause. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 548. $39.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.
Joseph F. Wall
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03 March 2009, pp. 722-723
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Never Just a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball to 1920. By Robert F. Burk. Chapel Hill ' London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. xv, 284. $34.95.
Stanley L. Engerman
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03 March 2009, pp. 723-724
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Elite Families: Class and Power in Nineteenth-Century Boston. By Betty G. Farrell. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. Pp. viii, 229. $16.95.
Kohei Kawashima
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The South and the New Deal. By Roger Biles. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1994. Pp. x, 205. $23.00.
Patrick D. Reagan
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03 March 2009, pp. 953-954
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Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land. By John Opie. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. xxi, 412. $35.00.
Carroll Van West
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03 March 2009, pp. 229-230
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Their Sisters' Keepers: Prostitution in New York City, 1830–1870. By Marilynh Wood Hill. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Pp. xiv, 434. $35.00.

United States and Canada - To Sow One Acre More: Childbearing and Farm Productivity in the Antebellum North. By Lee A. Craig. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Pp. xii, 161. $28.50.

Unfinished Business: The Railroad in American Life. By Maury Klein. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1994. Pp. 226. $24.95.

Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City. By Thomas R. Beardsley. Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile ' History Museum, 1993. Pp. xx, 244. $15.95.

An Anxious Pursuit: Agricultural Innovation and Modernity in the Lower South, 1730–1815. By Joyce E. Chaplin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Pp. xvii, 411. $45.00

Harrisburg Industrializes: The Coming of Factories to an American Community. By Gerald G. Eggert. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993. Pp. xix, 341. $35.00.

Crossings: The Great Transatlantic Migrations, 1870–1914. By Walter Nugent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992. Pp. xvi, 234. $29.95.

Commercial Bank Liquidity Management, Discretionary Reserve Behavior, and the Allocation of Credit, 1863–1913. By J. M. Carter. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. Pp. v, 179. $53.00.

Indians, Settlers, & Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before 1783. By Daniel H. UsnerJr. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Pp. vii, 294. $32.50, cloth; $12.95, paper.

The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890–1920. By Mansel G. Blackford. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1993. Pp. xiii, 189. $35.00.

A Place to Live and Work: The Henry Disston Saw Works and the Tacony Community of Philadelphia. By Harry C. Silcox. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Pp. xix, 231. $35.00.

Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880–1930. By Mark Wyman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Pp. x, 267. $34.50.

Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West. By M. Catherine Miller. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. 255. $45.00.

The Politics of Despair: Power and Resistance in the Tobacco Wars. By Tracy Campbell. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Pp. xii, 223. $28.00.

From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660–1776. By Charles G. Steffen. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Pp. xi, 209. $35.00.

The Battle for Homestead 1880–1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel. By Paul Krause. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 548. $39.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Never Just a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball to 1920. By Robert F. Burk. Chapel Hill ' London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. xv, 284. $34.95.

Elite Families: Class and Power in Nineteenth-Century Boston. By Betty G. Farrell. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. Pp. viii, 229. $16.95.

The South and the New Deal. By Roger Biles. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1994. Pp. x, 205. $23.00.

Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land. By John Opie. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. Pp. xxi, 412. $35.00.

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