CONTENTS Third Series Volume L 1993 JANUARY Forum: EXPLAINING THE LAW IN EARLY AMERICA INTRODUCTION. By Stanley N. Katz TURNING POINTS AND THE RELEVANCE OF COLONIAL LEGAL History. By Cornelia Hughes Dayton LEGAL HISTORY OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH: ASSESSMENT AND SUGGESTIONS. By Terri L. Snyder THE LEGAL PAST OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND: NOTES FOR THE STUDY OF LAW, LEGAL CULTURE, AND INTELLECTUAL History. By Richard J. Ross A SUMMARY VIEW OF THE LAW OF BRITISH AMERICA. By David Thomas Konig THE REVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATION. By Pauline Maier THE FORFEITURES AT SALEM, 1692. By David C. Brown THE “ORDINANCE” OF 1784? BY RICHARD P. MCCORMICK Forum: AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. By J. R. Pole ; CUSTOM AS LAW: A COMMENT ON J. R. POLE’S “REFLECTIONS.” By PETER CHARLES HOFFER LAW AS LITIGATION: AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH. By James A. Henretta and James D. Rice TRIVIA REVIEWS OF BOOKS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD EDITOR’S FOREWORD A DIFFERENT KIND OF INDEPENDENCE: THE POSTWAR RESTRUCTURING OF THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF EARLY AMER- ICA. By Joyce Appleby A CONVERSATION WITH THAD TATE. CONDUCTED BY FREDRIKA J. RR Sg nr Sr no Forum: THE FUTURE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY THE PROBLEM OF FRAGMENTATION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SYNTHESIS IN EARLY AMERICAN SOCIAL History. By Fred Anderson and Andrew R. L. Cayton BRAVE NEW WORLDS: WOMEN’S AND GENDER History. By CONTENTS Third Series Volume L 1993 JANUARY Forum: EXPLAINING THE LAW IN EARLY AMERICA INTRODUCTION. By Stanley N. Katz TURNING POINTS AND THE RELEVANCE OF COLONIAL LEGAL History. By Cornelia Hughes Dayton LEGAL HISTORY OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH: ASSESSMENT AND SUGGESTIONS. By Terri L. Snyder THE LEGAL PAST OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND: NOTES FOR THE STUDY OF LAW, LEGAL CULTURE, AND INTELLECTUAL History. By Richard J. Ross A SUMMARY VIEW OF THE LAW OF BRITISH AMERICA. By David Thomas Konig THE REVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATION. By Pauline Maier THE FORFEITURES AT SALEM, 1692. By David C. Brown THE “ORDINANCE” OF 1784? BY RICHARD P. MCCORMICK Forum: AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. By J. R. Pole ; CUSTOM AS LAW: A COMMENT ON J. R. POLE’S “REFLECTIONS.” By PETER CHARLES HOFFER LAW AS LITIGATION: AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH. By James A. Henretta and James D. Rice TRIVIA REVIEWS OF BOOKS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD EDITOR’S FOREWORD A DIFFERENT KIND OF INDEPENDENCE: THE POSTWAR RESTRUCTURING OF THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF EARLY AMER- ICA. By Joyce Appleby A CONVERSATION WITH THAD TATE. CONDUCTED BY FREDRIKA J. RR Sg nr Sr no Forum: THE FUTURE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY THE PROBLEM OF FRAGMENTATION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SYNTHESIS IN EARLY AMERICAN SOCIAL History. By Fred Anderson and Andrew R. L. Cayton BRAVE NEW WORLDS: WOMEN’S AND GENDER History. By Kathleen M. Brown EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY IN A POSTMODERN AGE. By Saul Cornell IOUSEHOLDS AND MARKETS: TOWARD A NEW SYNTHESIS OF AMERICAN AGRARIAN History. By Allan Kulikoff WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EARLY AMERICAN POPULATION HIsTORY? By RUSSELL R. MENARD EVEN THE DEAD WILL NOT BE SAFE: AN ETHICS OF EARLY AMERICAN History. By Michael Meranze WHOSE INDIAN History? BY DANIEL RICHTER CHARTING A COURSE IN EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY. By Jon F. Sensbach INTELLECTUAL HISTORY NATURALIZED: MATERIALISM AND THE “THINKING CLASS.” By DARREN MARCUS STALOFF BEYOND JACK TAR. By Daniel Vickers REVIEWS OF BOOKS NARRATIVE OF COMMERCIAL LIFE: CONSUMPTION, IDEOLOGY, AND COMMUNITY ON THE EVE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. By T. H. Breen THE EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY OI THE CULTIVATION OF CONNECTICUT. By Christopher Grasso . . SUBSCRIBING FOR PROFITS AND PIETY: THE FRIENDSHIP OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND GEORGE WHITEFIELD. By Frank Lambert Notes and Documents GERMAN MIGRANTS IN COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA: RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXPERIENCE. By Mark Haberlein A GERMAN SOLDIER IN AMERICA, 1780-1783: THE JOURNAL OF GEORG DANIEL FLOHR. By Robert A. Selig THE GREAT MIGRATION STUDY PROJECT. By Robert Charles Anderson FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON LAW AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: A COMMENT ON THE COMMENTS. By J. R. TRIVIA REVIEWS OF BOOKS BOOKS RECEIVED ANNOUNCEMENT CORRECTION OCTOBER THE SCHOLAR’S JEFFERSON. By Peter S. Onuf AFRICAN MUSIC IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICA: CULTURAL TRANSIT AND TRANSMISSION. By Richard Cullen Rath CENTRAL AFRICAN NAMES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMING PATTERNS. By John Thornton “WANTED: A BLACKSMITH WHO UNDERSTANDS PLANTATION WoORK”: ARTISANS IN MARYLAND, 1700—1800. By Christine a ae ee ee ae ee A PURITAN IN THE WEST INDIES: THE CAREER OF SAMUEL WINTHROP. By Larry D. Gragg REVIEWS OF BOOKS i Bis Pa eta i ap 2lo aatlsa