The Journal of Economic History

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An Economic Interpretation of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Revisited

Jac C. Heckelman and Keith L. Dougherty

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 829-848

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000411 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values

William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 849-883

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000423 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Running Out of Steam: Federal Inspection and Locomotive Safety, 1912–1940

Mark Aldrich

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 884-916

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000435 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa

Robert H. Bates, John H. Coatsworth and Jeffrey G. Williamson

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 917-943

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000447 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Information Sharing During the Klondike Gold Rush

Douglas W. Allen

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 944-967

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000459 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Learning by Dying: Combat Performance in the Age of Sail

Daniel K. Benjamin and Anca Tifrea

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 968-1000

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000460 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Burden of Early Exposure to Malaria in the United States, 1850–1860: Malnutrition and Immune Disorders

Sok Chul Hong

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1001-1035

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000472 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Impact of Globalization in the Roman Empire, 200 bc—ad 100

Ryan M. Geraghty

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1036-1061

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000484 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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EDITORS NOTE

Editors' Note

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1062-1064

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000496 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Poverty in the Roman World. Edited by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 226. $90.00.

Carolyn Osiek

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1065-1066

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000502 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Strategie politiche ed economia feudale ai confini della Repubblica di Genova (secoli XVI–XVIII). Un buon negotio con qualche contrarietà. By Andrea Zanini. Genoa: Atti della Società Ligure di Storia Patria, n.s., XLV/3, 2005. Pp. 269, paper.

Thomas A. Kirk

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1066-1067

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000514 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland, 1400–1800. Edited by Paola Lanaro. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2006. Pp. 412. $32.00, paper.

Yadira Gonzalez de Lara

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1068-1069

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000526 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Market Makers and Market Takers: A History of Natural Fibres Textiles in the Central Apennine Region (the Marche and Umbria). By Robert S. DuPlessis. Bari: Mario Adda Editore, 2005. Pp. 172.

Vijaya Ramaswamy

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1069-1071

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000538 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America, vol. 1. “The Colonial Era and the Short Nineteenth Century.” Edited by V. Bulmer Thomas, J. H. Coatsworth, and R. Cortes Conde. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Alejandra Irigoin

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1071-1076

doi:10.1017/S002205070700054X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Atlantic Economy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Organization, Operation, Practice, and Personnel. Edited by Peter A. Coclanis. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. Pp. xix, 377. $49.95.

S. D. Smith

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1076-1077

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000551 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History. By Ian Baucom. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. Pp. x, 387. $84.95, cloth; $23.95, paper.

Peter A. Coclanis

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1078-1079

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000563 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles, 1648–1834. By S. D. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 358. $99.00.

Jennifer L. Anderson

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1079-1081

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000575 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Government and the American Economy: A New History. By Price Fishback, Robert Higgs, Gary D. Libecap, John Joseph Wallis, Stanley L. Engerman, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Sumner J. La Croix, Robert A. Margo, Robert A. McGuire, Richard Sylla, Lee J. Alston, Joseph P. Ferrie, Mark Guglielmo, E. C. Pasour Jr., Randal R. Rucker, and Werner Troesken. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xix, 613. $85, cloth; $35, paper.

William J. Collins

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1081-1083

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000587 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to the Present. Edited by Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 503. $45.

David R. Meyer

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1083-1085

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000599 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Great Britain since 1950. By Avner Offer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xviii, 454. $45.00, cloth; $25.00, paper.

Joy Parr

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1085-1086

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000605 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture. By Eric Jones. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. xvii, 297. $29.95.

George Grantham

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1086-1088

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000617 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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Age in the Welfare State: The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children. By Julia Lynch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xviii, 223. $75.00, cloth; $24.99, paper.

Michael Huberman

The Journal of Economic History, Volume 67, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 1088-1089

doi:10.1017/S0022050707000629 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 13 Dec 2007

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