Idea of Capitalism

Richard Grassby, The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. ix + 145 pp. $50.00 (cloth), $14.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-847-69362-1 (cloth), 0-8476-9633-2 (paper).

Reviewed for EH.NET by Richard F. Teichgraeber III, Murphy Institute of Political Economy and Department of History, Tulane University.
Published by EH.Net, June 2000.

Russia after the War

Elena Zubkova, Russia after the War: Hopes, Illusions, and Disappointments, 1945-1957. Trans. Hugh Ragsdale. "The New Russian History" series. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. x + 239 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $65.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-7656-0227-X; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7656-0228-8.

Reviewed by Andrew Day, New York City.
Published by H-Russia (June, 2000).

Bolshevik Women

Barbara Evans Clements, Bolshevik Women. New York and Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xiv + 338 pp. Illustrations, tables, footnotes, appendix, select bibliography and index. $65.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-521-45403-4; $25.95 (paper), 0-521-59920-2.

Reviewed by Mark Baker, Harvard University.
Published by H-Russia (June, 2000).

A Social History of Bolshevik Women

New CRHMSS Publications

According to its latest Bulletin (no 23, 2000) the Centre de Recherches d'Histoire des Mouvements sociaux et du Syndicalisme (CRHMSS), a research centre at the University of Paris-1, is going to change its name to Centre d'Histoire sociale du XXe Siècle. More change is expected as the CNRS, the French organization for advanced research, is renewing its various programs.

The Bulletin also contains a list of the CRHMSS's recent publications:

American Work Ethic

Herbert Applebaum, The American Work Ethic and the Changing Work Force: An Historical Perspective. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998. xvii + 228 pp. Bibliographical References, Index. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-313-30677-x.

Reviewed by John Enyeart, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Published by H-PCAACA (May, 2000).