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Reviews the book 'The Cotton Dust Papers: Science, Politics and Power in the 'Discovery' of Byssinosis in the U.S.,' by Charles Levenstein, Gregory F. De Laurier and Mary Lee Dunn.

Reviews the book `The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784,' Vol.9, edited by Elizabeth M. Nuxoll and Mary A. Gallagher.

Reviews the book `Agricultural Development in China, 1949-1989: The Collected Papers of Kenneth R. Walker (1931-1989),' edited by Robert F. Ash.

Reviews the book `Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry. Labour, Capital, and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914,' by Gary Bryan Magee.

A review of the book "Argentine Railways: Seven Papers on Their Economics & History," by Sylvester Damus is presented.

Reviews the book 'The Color of the Work: The Stuggle for Civil Rights in the Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980,' by Timothy J. Minchin.

Reviews the book 'Papermaking in Eighteenth Century France: Management, Labor and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805,' by Leonard N. Rosenband.

Reviews the book `Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927,' by Niall Ferguson.

Reviews the book `The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895-98,' edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert and Grace Palladino.

Reviews the book `Canadian Papers in Rural History. Volume VII,' edited by Donald H. Akenson.

Reviews the book `Canadian Papers in Business History. Vol. 1,' edited by Peter Baskerville.

Reviews books about American slavery which caused the beginnings of capitalism and the growth of the worldwide market. Includes `Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery,' by Robert William Fogel; `Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery. Markets and Production: Technical Papers, Volume I,' edited by Robert William Fogel and Stanley Engerman.

Reviews the book `The European Discovery of the World and Its Economic Effects on Pre-Industrial Society, 1500-1800: Papers of the Tenth International Economic History Congress,` edited by Hans Pohl.

Reviews the book `Labor Law in America: Historical and Critical Essays,' edited by Christopher L. Tomlins and Andrew J. King. Relationship between law and power in American society; Collection of papers on American labor history and the law; Manifestation of power and an arbiter within power relationships; Race as an element in legal regulations on vagrancy in latter half of nineteenth century.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933,' edited by Pablo Martin Acena and Jaime Reis.