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Blacks against Brown: The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, KansasBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) is regarded as one of the most significant civil rights moments in American history. Historical observers have widely viewed this landmark Supreme Court decision as a significant sign of racial progress for African Americans. However,...
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Black Market Capital: Urban Politics and the Shadow Economy in Mexico CityIn this extraordinary new book, Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, showing how it became central to the economic and political life of the city. The story centers on the untold history...
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Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of MourningA poignant, unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature--everywhere, if you know how to see it. In Black Elegies, Kimberly Juanita Brown examines the form of the elegy and its unique capacity to convey the...
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Activity Book: Puzzles, Mazes, Games, and More About Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkLearn about Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and have fun at the same time! Activity book for kids ages 8 to 11.Encourage young nature lovers to learn about Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. This book is filled with fun and...
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Black and Brown Education in America: Integration in Schools, Neighborhoods, and CommunitiesBlack and Brown Education in America: Integration in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities is a decade long ethnographic study of Maywood, Illinois, and the impact of its recent demographic shift from a historically Black middle-class suburb outside of Chicago with roots in the Black Panther...
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Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861-1865Bitter Fruits of Bondage is the late Armstead L. Robinson's magnum opus, a controversial history that explodes orthodoxies on both sides of the historical debate over why the South lost the Civil War. Recent studies, while conceding the importance of social factors in the...
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Big Bosses: A Working Girl's Memoir of Jazz Age AmericaSharp, resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers in Chicago,...
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Between Extremes: Seeking the Political Center in the Civil War NorthBetween 1861 and 1865, northern voters fortified Abraham Lincoln's administration as it oversaw the end of the institution of slavery and an unprecedented expansion in the size and scope of the federal government. Since the United States never considered suspending the democratic process during...
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Berthe Morisot Masterpieces of ArtRegarded by her fellow impressionists as a 'virtuoso colourist', Berthe Morisot (1841-95) strove to be considered an equal among her male peers - an uphill struggle at a time when women were generally forbidden from taking formal artistic training. Nevertheless, she succeeded in forging...
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Bentley Mark VI & R-Type: Including the Bentley Continental and the Rolls-Royce Silver DawnA comprehensive celebration of the Bentley Mk VI. The Bentley Mk VI was the best-selling model produced by Rolls-Royce Ltd when motor car production resumed at Crewe after World War II. This model later evolved into the R-Type and the Bentley Continental, as well...
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Belgium Was My HomeThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American DemocracyAuthor: Francis S. BarryPublisher: Steerforth PressPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 560Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsISBN: 9781586424060
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A World of Private Higher EducationA World of Private Higher Education is the definitive treatment of a sector accounting for a third of the world's 200 million higher education enrolment--yet remaining largely unknown even to scholars of higher education and widely mis-characterized when it is considered by stakeholders or...
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A Sudden Shot: The Phoenix Serial ShooterArizona never experienced a summer like this, as snipers Dale Hausner and Sam Dieteman took aim at anything?and everything?in their path. Phoenix was a city in terror as the deadly spree ultimately claimed 37 vicitims, people and pets? until one detective began to put...
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A Siberian History of Soviet Film: Manufacturing Visions of the Indigenous Peoples of the NorthIn A Siberian History of Soviet Film, Caroline Damiens explores how the depictions of the indigenous 'Peoples of the North' in Soviet cinema and television evolved between 1920 and 1980. Damiens combines a detailed analysis of key works such as Forest People (1928), Igdenbu...
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A Short History of MedicineInsightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonz lez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative...
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A Romantic Symphony: The Autobiography of Howard HansonHoward Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript sources, providing valuable insight into the life and work of this important American musician and educator. Howard Hanson was an American composer, conductor, and educator. Following his retirement as director of the...
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A Revolution in Colour: Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, C. 1400-1800This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the period, yet their story has been side-lined by a focus on visual experiences shaped by the high arts. Meanwhile, theatrical...
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Apercu de la Situation Financiere de l'Espagne...This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...
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An Honor and A Guard: From Omaha Beach to the Heart of Nazi Germany-One Infantryman's JourneyThere were those who doubted whether NationalGuard Units could hold up like regular U.S. Army unitsin wartime. Routinely assigned missions where theodds were stacked heavily against them, the 175thRegiment-29th Infantry Division not only silenced thedoubters, they went on to gain a reputation as one...
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