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    James M. Merrill. The USA: A Short History of the American Republic. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Pp. vii, 380. 5.95.ReviewbyPaulW.BreweroftheUniversityofNewMexico.StanleyFeldsteinandLawrenceCostello,eds.,TheOrdealofAssimilation:ADocumentaryHistoryoftheWhiteWorkingClass1830stothe1970s.GardenCity:Anchor/Doubleday,1974.500pp.,Index.5.95. Review by Paul W. Brewer of the University of New Mexico. Stanley Feldstein and Lawrence Costello, eds., The Ordeal of Assimilation: A Documentary History of the White Working Class 1830's to the 1970's. Garden City: Anchor/Doubleday, 1974. 500 pp., Index. 4.95; Moses Rischin, ed., Immigration and the American Tradition. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. 456 pp., Index. 7.50.ReviewofPaulW.McBrideofIthacaCollege.DavidM.Chalmers.NeitherSocialismnorMonopoly:TheodoreRooseveltandtheDecisiontoRegulatetheRailroads.(TheAmericasAlternativesSeries.)Philadelphia:J.B.LippincottCompany,1976.Pp.x,121.7.50. Review of Paul W. McBride of Ithaca College. David M. Chalmers. Neither Socialism nor Monopoly: Theodore Roosevelt and the Decision to Regulate the Railroads. (The America's Alternatives Series.) Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1976. Pp. x, 121. 3.25. Review by Martin V. Melosi of Texas A&M University. David E. Kyvig, ed. FDR's America. St. Charles, Missouri: Forum Press, 1976. 183 pp., bibliography. 5.95;H.RogertGrantandL.EdwardPurcell,eds.YearsofStruggle:TheFarmDiaryofElmerG.Powers,19311936.Ames,Iowa:IowaStateUniversity,1976.139pp.5.95; H. Rogert Grant and L. Edward Purcell, eds. Years of Struggle: The Farm Diary of Elmer G. Powers, 1931-1936. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University, 1976. 139 pp. 6.95. Review by David L. Nass of Southwest Minnesota State University. Stephen E. Ambrose. Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy, 1938-1976. Revised Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1976. Pp. 390. 3.95.ReviewbyF.P.KingofMetropolitanStateCollege.AltonHornsby,Jr.TheBlackAlmanac:FromInvoluntaryServitude(16191860)totheAgeofDisillusionment(19641974).Woodbury,NY:Barron,1975.241pp.3.95. Review by F. P. King of Metropolitan State College. Alton Hornsby, Jr. The Black Almanac: From Involuntary Servitude (1619-1860) to the Age of Disillusionment (1964-1974). Woodbury, NY: Barron, 1975. 241 pp. 2.95. Review by George D. King of the University of Minnesota. Richard O. Davies. The Age of Asphalt: The Automobile, the Freeway, and the Condition of Metropolitan America. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Pp. xii, 139. 3.25.ReviewbyFrankBurdickoftheStateUniversityofNewYork,CollegeatCortland.CharlesR.PoinsatteandBernardNorling.UnderstandingHistoryThroughtheAmericanExperience.NotreDame,Indiana:UniversityofNotreDamePress,1976.Pp.X,214.3.25. Review by Frank Burdick of the State University of New York, College at Cortland. Charles R. Poinsatte and Bernard Norling. Understanding History Through the American Experience. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976. Pp. X, 214. 3.95. Review by Robert A. Calvert of Texas A&M University. Ronald J. Grele, ed. Envelopes of Sound: Six Practitioners Discuss the Method, Theory and Practice of Oral History and Oral Testimony. Chicago: Precendent Publishing, Inc., 1975. 154 pp. + two 1-hour cassette tapes. Book, 7.50;cassettes7.50; cassettes 13.95. Review by Sally Allen of Hampshire College. Boris Nicolaievsky and Otto Maenchen-Helfen. Karl Marx: Man and Fighter. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1976. Pp. xii, 492. $4.95. Review by Larry D. Wilcox of the University of Toledo

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    Kenneth G. Goode. From Africa to the United States and Then... A Concise Afro-American History. Second Edition. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1976. Pp. 192. 2.95.LeslieH.Fishel,Jr.,andBenjaminQuarles,eds.TheBlackAmerican:ADocumentaryHistory.ThirdEdition.Glenview,Ill.:Scott,ForesmanandCompany,1976.Pp.xvii,624.2.95. Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., and Benjamin Quarles, eds. The Black American: A Documentary History. Third Edition. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1976. Pp. xvii, 624. 8.50. Review by Al-Tony Gilmore of the University of Maryland, College Park. John B. Duff and Larry A. Greene, eds. Slavery: Its Origin and Legacy. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp . IX, 143. 3.75.ReviewbyGossieHaroldHudsonofLincolnUniversity.MichaelLesBenedict.TheFruitsofVictory:AlternativesinRestoringtheUnion,18651877.Philadelphia:J.B.LippincottCompany,1975.Pp.154.3.75. Review by Gossie Harold Hudson of Lincoln University. Michael Les Benedict. The Fruits of Victory: Alternatives in Restoring the Union, 1865-1877. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Pp. 154. 3.25. Review by Robert W. Dubay of Bainbridge Junior College. John Shelton Reed. The Enduring South: Subcultural Persistence in Mass Society. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1974. Pp. xxi, 131. 4.95.ReviewbyMonroeBillingtonoftheNewMexicoStateUniversity.WilcombE.Washburn.TheAssaultonIndianTribalism:TheGeneralAllotmentLaw(DawesAct)of1887.Philadelphia:J.B.LippincottCompany,1975.Pp.viii,79.4.95. Review by Monroe Billington of the New Mexico State University. Wilcomb E. Washburn. The Assault on Indian Tribalism: The General Allotment Law (Dawes Act) of 1887. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975 . Pp. viii, 79. 3.75. Review by Richard N. Ellis of the University of New Mexico. Paul A. Carter. The Twenties in America. Second Edition. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp. ix, 131. 3.50;PaulK.Conkin.TheNewDeal.SecondEdition.NewYork:ThomasY.CrowellCompany,1975.Pp.xi,114.3.50; Paul K. Conkin. The New Deal. Second Edition. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp. xi , 114. 3.50. Review by James L. Forsythe of Fort Hays Kansas State College. Warren A. Beck and Myles L. Clowers, eds. Understanding American History Through Fiction. 2 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Pp. x, 200; x, 210. $4.95 per vol. Review by Philip Reed Rulon of Northern Arizona University. (Missing) Lafore, The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I. Review by James A. Zabel. (Missing) Cassels, Fascism. Review by Bullitt Lowry. (Pages 76-77 Missing) Buxton and Prichard, editors, Excellence in University Teaching: New Essays. Review by Mary Quinlivan of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Paul Smith, ed. The Historian and Film. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. Pp. viii, 208. Review by Steve Philip Kramer of the University of New Mexico. Jackdaws: Mini-Courses in History. New York: Grossman, 1975. Review by J. Wade Caruthers of Southern Connecticut State College

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    Donald V. Gawronski. History: Meaning and Method. Third Edition. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1975~ ix, 132. 2.95. Review by A. Q. Larson of Westmar College. Theodore Rosengarten. All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw. New York: Avon, 1974. Pp. xxv,. 583  2.25; June Jordan. Victories. New York: Avon, 1972. Pp. 115. 1.25.ReviewbyCharlesHaleyofStateUniversityofNewYork,Binghamton.ThomasD.Clark,ed.TheGreatAmericanFrontier:AStoryofWesternPioneering.(TheAmericanHeritageSeries.)Indianapolis:BobbsMerrillCompany,1975.Pp.xl,334.1.25. Review by Charles Haley of State University of New York, Binghamton. Thomas D. Clark, ed. The Great American Frontier: A Story of Western Pioneering. (The American Heritage Series.) Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. Pp. xl, 334. 5.95. Review by Leo E. Oliva of Fort Hays Kansas State College. Ross Evans Paulson. Women's Suffrage and Prohibition: A Comparative Study of Equality and Social Control. Glenview, Illinois and Brighton, England: Scott, Foresman, 1973. Pp . 212. 3.95.ReviewbyJosephM.HawesofKansasStateUniversity.WilburS.Sheppersonetal.,eds.QuestionsfromthePast.(NevadaStudiesinHistoryandPoliticalScience,number11.)Reno:UniversityofNevadaPress,1973.Pp.xii,216.3.95. Review by Joseph M. Hawes of Kansas State University. Wilbur S. Shepperson et al., eds. Questions from the Past. (Nevada Studies in History and Political Science, number 11.) Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1973. Pp. xii, 216. 3.50. Review by Gerald H. Davis of Georgia State University. Forest G. Wood. The Era of Reconstruction, 1863-1877. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp. 113. 3.50;RobertL.Beisner.FromtheOldDiplomacytotheNew,18651900.NewYork:ThomasY.CrowellCompany,1975.Pp.162.3 . 50; Robert L. Beisner. From the Old Diplomacy to the New, 1865-1900. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp. 162. 3.50; Melvyn Dubofsky. Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Pp. 150. $3.50. Review by E. Dale Odom of North Texas State University. Notes and Information from the Editor.   &nbsp

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