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Mordecai: An Early American Family, by Emily Bingham. New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. 346 pp. $26.00. Unlike most Jewish immigrants to the United States, who arrived in the mid- [...]

The author discusses approaches to economic history since the 1977 publication of 'One Kind of Freedom.' Issues include economic institutions, agricultural policy and race relations in the postreconstruction South.

Robert William Fogel has once again come up with a book which comes in four volumes. Entitled 'Without Consent: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery,' the books use the cliometric methods that have previously been utilized by Fogelin the much-criticized book 'Time in the Cross.' The book, whose main topic does not differ from 'Time in the Cross,' is a significant contribution to the field of economic history.

Argues that students must be taught historical methods in order to evaluate historical evidence, determine its relevance to a topic, and produce intelligent papers. Presents an exercise which requires students to write a historical essay based solely upon provided documents, illustrating that interpretations will vary despite common facts. (GEA)

Arguing that students must understand historical methodology in order to fully comprehend and appreciate history, Woodman presents an exercise that provides for a concrete, hands-on writing and evaluation of an historical essay by students. Describes the project in which students use primary sources to write about the Freedmen's Bureau and conditions in South Carolina in mid-1865. (GEA)

Potential readers of this fine book should not be misled by its title. It is not another contribution to the tired debate on the Prussian road to capitalism, but, rather, [...]

Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965. By Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie. Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions. (New [...]