Journal of Economic History 67 (2007), 4

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