Volume 67 - Issue 04 - December 2007
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Revisited Jac C. Heckelman Keith L. Dougherty pp 829 - 848
The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots in American Cities: Evidence from Property Values William J. Collins Robert A. Margo pp 849 - 883
Running Out of Steam: Federal Inspection and Locomotive Safety, 1912–1940 Mark Aldrich pp 884 - 916
Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa Robert H. Bates John H. Coatsworth Jeffrey G. Williamson pp 917 - 943
Information Sharing During the Klondike Gold Rush Douglas W. Allen pp 944 - 967
Learning by Dying: Combat Performance in the Age of Sail Daniel K. Benjamin Anca Tifrea pp 968 - 1000
The Burden of Early Exposure to Malaria in the United States, 1850–1860: Malnutrition and Immune Disorders Sok Chul Hong pp 1001 - 1035
The Impact of Globalization in the Roman Empire, 200 bc—ad 100 Ryan M. Geraghty pp 1036 - 1061
Editors' Note pp 1062 - 1064
Poverty in the Roman World. Edited by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 226. Carolyn Osiek pp 1065 - 1066
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 pp 1066 - 1067
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 pp 1068 - 1069
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 pp 1069 - 1071
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 pp 1071 - 1076
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 pp 1076 - 1077
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 pp 1078 - 1079
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 pp 1079 - 1081
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 pp 1081 - 1083
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 pp 1083 - 1085
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 pp 1085 - 1086
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 pp 1086 - 1088
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 pp 1088 - 1089