Table of Contents

Articles

Covered Farm Mortgage Bonds in the United States During the Late Nineteenth Century
Kenneth A. Snowden
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 783 - 812
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000720
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

The Sustainable Debts of Philip II: A Reconstruction of Castile's Fiscal Position, 1566–1596
Mauricio Drelichman, Hans-Joachim Voth
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 813 - 842
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000732
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Hoover's Truce: Wage Rigidity in the Onset of the Great Depression
Jonathan D. Rose
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 843 - 870
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000744
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
Barry Eichengreen, Douglas A. Irwin
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 871 - 897
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000756
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century Sewing Machine IndustryRyan Lampe, Petra Moser The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 898 - 920
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000768
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

The Transfer of Patents in Imperial Germany
Carsten Burhop
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 921 - 939
doi:10.1017/S002205071000077X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Accounting for the Traffic in Africans: Transport Costs on Slaving Voyages
David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis, Kimberly McIntyre
The Journal of Economic
History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 940 - 963
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000781
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Productivity, Discrimination, and Lost Profits During Baseball's Integration
Jonathan A. Lanning
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 964 - 988
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000793
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Editors Note

Editors' Notes
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 989 - 992
doi:10.1017/S002205071000080X
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Reviews Of Books

The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700–1850. By Joel Mokyr. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. Pp. xii, 564. $45.00, cloth.
Jack Goldstone
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 993
- 995
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000811
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000–1500. By Steven A. Epstein. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2009. Pp.xi, 290. $85.00, hardback; $28.99, paper.
Adrian Bell
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 995 - 996
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000823
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe Since 1870. Edited by Pedro Lains and Vicente Pinilla. London and New York: Routledge, 2009. Pp. xviii, 407. $170.00, hardcover.
Jonathan J. Liebowitz
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 996 - 998
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000835
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Arms, Economics, and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs. By G. C. Peden. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xiii, 384. $99.00, cloth.
Jari Eloranta
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 998 - 1000
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000847
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power. By Gene Dattel. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009. Pp. xiv, 416. $28.95.
Peter A. Coclanis
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1000 - 1001
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000859
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War. By Andrew McIlwaine Bell. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv, 192. $29.95, cloth.
Carl Kitchens
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1002 - 1003
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000860
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts. By William A. Fischel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. xi, 298. $55.00.
Sun Go
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1003 - 1005
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000872
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s–1990s. By Lillian M. Li. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007. Pp. xix, 520. $75.00.
Kent G. Deng
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1005 - 1006
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000884
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

The Japanese Consumer: An Alternative History of Modern Japan. By Penelope Francks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xii, 249. $32.99, paper.
J. Mark Ramseyer
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1006 - 1008
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000896
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Corrupt Circles: A History of Unbound Graft in Peru. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. By Alfonso W. Quiroz. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center, 2008. Pp. xxii, 514. $65.00, cloth; $30.00, paper.
Catalina Vizcarra
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1008 – 1009
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000902
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010

Argentine Railways: Seven Papers on Their Economics and History. By Sylvester Damus. Ottawa: DIA Agency, Inc., 2008. Pp. x, 186. $49.00.
Dan Bogart
The Journal of Economic History, Volume 70, Issue 04, December 2010, pp 1010 - 1011
doi:10.1017/S0022050710000914
Published online by Cambridge University Press 22 Nov 2010