Apologies, in advance, for the shameless self promotion. The Hudson Valley Regional Review recently published a revised chapter from my dissertation on the diffusion of sole leather tanners through the Catskills between the 1830s and 1880s. Focusing on the role kinship played in maintaining capital and craft knowledge, the article explores the integration strategies employed by one family of tanners as they expanded from Ulster and Greene counties into Sullivan County and beyond. The citation is: Rotenstein, David S. Tanbark Tycoons: Palen Family Sullivan County Tanneries, 1832-1871. The Hudson Valley Regional Review 15(2):1-42. DSR. __________________________________________________________ David S. Rotenstein, Ph.D., RPA Curator of Research and Folklife McKissick Museum University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Business Website: http://www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/ Personal Website: http://davidsr01.home.mindspring.com Phone: (803) 777-7251 Fax: (803) 777-2829 __________________________________________________________