TY - JOUR AU - Rozwenc, Edwin C. AB - No. 1] REVIEWS 12 $ employee because of union membership. The reviewer must add, in justic e to the author, that the book is remarkably free fro m errors. It is, indeed, a first-rate piece of economic writing. PAU L F . BRISSENDEN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY The Rural Economy of New England: A Regional Study. By JOH N D . BLACK. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1950.— xxiv , 796 pp. $7.50. Fo r those who are interested in the study of New England as a region, The Rural Economy of New England is a very useful contri- bution . Although Professor Black's special concern is to analyze the rura l land-use economy of New England, he is bold enough to face a fundamenta l question in the opening chapters of his book: Is New Englan d really a " region " ? Can northern and southern New Eng- lan d be in the same " region " in view of the differences between them in economic enterprises and population characteristics? Or, in view of the many similarities between the Ne w England states and neighbor- in g states, does not Ne w England belong properly to a larger grouping whic TI - The Rural Economy of New England: A Regional Study, by John D. Black JF - Political Science Quarterly DO - 10.2307/2145405 DA - 1951-03-15 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-rural-economy-of-new-england-a-regional-study-by-john-d-black-1xvPHooxHF SP - 151 EP - 152 VL - 66 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -