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1、744REVIEWSinsuchanunsystematicwayastobecompletelyuselessforspecializedscholars,whowouldstillbeforcedtoseekouttheoriginaldocuments.Tomakemattersworse,theeditorsclaimintheirintroductiontotheTexasessaythat"Negroslaverywasnotthebarriertoeconomicsuccessthatmanyhi

2、storianshavethoughtittobe"(p.303).What"economicsuccess"meansisnotexplained,andthearticledemonstratesnothingwhateveraboutslaveryand"economicsuccess"exceptthatacoupleofcottonplanterswhomovedtoTexasabout1830wereapparentlywealthybythelate1840's.Happily,thethirds

3、ectioncontainssomevaluableessays,includingonenotprevi-ouslyprinted.TheeditorsandauthorsaddressthemselvestosomeofthethemesinRichardWade'sSlaveryintheCitiesandLeonLitwack'sJVorthofSlavery.RichteronBatonRougeandSeiponAlexandriabotligiveafinesenseoftherelaxedhum

4、ansitua-tionwhichtownslavesenjoyed,despitetheapparentdraconianlawsregulatingslavebehaviour,Hershberg'sessay,'FreeBlacksinAntebellumPhiladelphia,providessophisticatedanalysisandseriousquestionsabouttherelationshipbetweenbeing

5、y.Mostcarelesscollectionsofessayslikethepresentvolumeprovidenoindex.Happily.MillerandGenovesehaverecognizedtheobligationtoprovideanindex;unhappiK.theirindexissowretchedlydonethattheymightaswellhaveomittedit.Thevhavenoentriesforthevastmajorityofsubjectsinthei

6、rbook,suchasslavery,miscegenation,manumission,cotton,butincludeinorderofpagination,locations,sugarcultivation,plantationjournal,molassesproduction,andsoonforPeachPointPlantation,oneofthesixheadingsunder"P".RichmondCollege,CityUniversityofNewTorkJAMESSTURMALL

7、ANR.PRED,UrbanGrowthandtheCirculationofInformation:TheUnitedStatesSystemofCities1^^0-1840.(Cambridge,Mass.:HarvardUniversityPress,1973.Pp.xiv-348.$15-)Thisratheroddlyarrangedandoccasionallyrepetitiousvolumecontainsinvaluablematerialonthespatialorderingoflong

8、-distancetransportandcommunicationsintheearlyUnitedStates.Thehistoricalgeographer,AllanPred,hasbroughttogetherthemostcomprehensivebodyofevidenceonconnexionsamonglargecities;hismaterialsincludene