Book reviewed in this article: Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists: Europe and the World Economy, 1500–1800, Peter Kriedte Berg Publishers Ltd Out of Crisis: A Project for European Recovery, Edited by Stuart Holland An Ever Closer Union: A Critical Analysis of the Draft Treaty Establishing the European Union, Edited by Roland Bieber et. al Federalism and Federation in Western Europe, edited by Michael Burgess Protection and Industrial Policy in Europe, Joan Pearce and John Sutton with Roy Batchelor, Routledge & Kegan Paul The State and the Market Economy: Industrial Patriotism and Economic Intervention in France, Jack Hayward New Firms and Regional Development in Europe, edited by D. Keeble and E. Wever, Croom Helm Regionales Wirtschaftswachstum und sektoraler Strukturwandel in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft, Krieger, C, Thoroe, C. S. and Weskamp Cross‐National Innovation in Social Policy: European Perspectives on the Evaluation of Action‐Research, Graham Room Employee Consultation & Information in Multinational Corporations, edited by Jacques Vandamme, Croom Helm EC Trade Policies Towards Associated Developing Countries: Barriers to Success. Jamuna P. Agarwal, Martin Dippl and Rolf J. Langhammer. France and Conventional Defense in Central Europe, David S. Yost