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Volume 64 - Winter 1990

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The Dread of Plenty: Agricultural Relief Activities of the Federal Government in the Middle West, 1933–1939. ByMichael W. Schuyler · Manhattan, Kans.: Sunflower University Press, 1989. xiii + 237 pp. Illustrations, note on sources, and index. $26.95.

The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices. ByRobert J. Gordon · Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1990. xviii + 723 pp. Charts, tables, appendixes, references, and index. $85.00.

Negotiating Freer Trade: The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the Trade Agreements of 1938. ByIan M. Drummond and Norman Hillmer · Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1989. x + 197 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. $35.00.

Saving Capitalism: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the New Deal, 1933–1940. ByJames S. Olson · Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988. 246 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $30.00.

Between Profit and State: Intermediate Organizations in Britain and the United States. ByAlan Ware · Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989. xii + 308 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $42.00.

And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry. ByJohn P. Hoerr · Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. xiv + 689 pp. Illustrations, notes, notes on sources, and index. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $14.95.

The Commercial Fishery of the Canadian Great Lakes. ByA. B. McCullough · Ottawa, Ont.: Environment Canada, 1989. 153 pp. Charts, maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, and bibliography. Paper, $11.40.

Regulation and the Reagan Era: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest. Edited byRoger E. Meiners and Bruce Yandle · New York: Holmes & Meier, 1989. xv + 304 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. Cloth, $49.50; paper, $19.95.

The Political Economy of Mexican Oil. ByLaura Randall · New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989. x + 228 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $45.00.

Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry. ByRichard F. Hirsh · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xiv + 274 pp. Charts, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $37.50.

The Promise of Privatization: A Challenge for U.S. Policy. Edited ByRaymond Vernon · New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1988. vii + 295 pp. Charts, tables, appendix, notes, and index. Cloth, $22.95; paper, $12.95.

The Insecure Alliance: Energy Crises and Western Politics since 1944. ByEthan B. Kapstein · New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xv + 257 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.

Oil in the World Economy. Edited byR. W. Ferrier and A. Fursenko · New York: Routledge, Chapman & Hall, 1990. 224 pp. Figures, tables, and index. $69.50.

France and Panama: The Unknown Years, 1894–1908. ByJames M. Skinner · New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1989. viii + 310 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, and bibliography. $40.90.

British Enterprise in Brazil: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Company and the Morro Velho Gold Mine, 1830–1960. ByMarshall C. Eakin · Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1990. xxv + 334 pp. Charts, maps, illustrations, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $47.50.

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State: State and Local Economic Development Policy in the United States. ByPeter K. Eisinger · Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. xvii + 383 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $40.00; paper, $17.95.

The Emergence of Biotechnology: Institutions and Markets in Industrial Innovation. ByLuigi Orsenigo · New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. xi + 230 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $49.95.

Before European Hegemony: The World System, A.D. 1250–1350. ByJanet L. Abu-Lughod · New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvii + 443 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.

Markets in History: Economic Studies of the Past. Edited byDavid W. Galenson · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xiv + 354 pp. Charts, tables, notes, references, and index. Cloth, $39.50; paper, $14.95.

Energy Politics in Columbia. ByRené De La Pedraja · Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. xi + 244 pp. Maps, notes, and index. $27.50.

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