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Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips HospitalNothing about Homer G. Phillips Hospital came easily. Built to serve St. Louis's rapidly expanding African-American population, the grand new hospital opened its doors in 1937, toward the end of the Great Depression. "Homer G.," as many called it, joined a burgeoning group of...
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The Austrian Second Republic (Contemporary Austrian Studies, Vol 31)Contemporary Austria remains greatly influenced by post-1945 efforts to re-establish an Austrian state and forge a new "Austrian" identity. This volume focuses on the Austrian Second Republic and seeks, in particular, to explore aspects of nation-building and state-building. It adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective, bringing...
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Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar AmericaThe first historical study of export control regulations as a tool for the sharing and withholding of knowledge. In this groundbreaking book, Mario Daniels and John Krige set out to show the enormous political relevance that export control regulations have had for American debates...
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Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees: Volume Ten: March to Removal, Part 5: This Is Not My Home Any More, 1834-1838Volume 10 of Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees, 1834-1838 concludes the subtitle series March to Removal leading up to the Trail of Tears. The state of Georgia and the United States press forward toward their common goal: Georgia for white citizens only...
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Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees, Volume 9: Volume Nine: March to Removal, Part 4 'they Shall Not Be Forsaken', 1830-1833The collision between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Georgia moves inexorably closer, as chronicled by Moravian Church missionaries in volume 9 of Records of the Moravians among the Cherokees covering August 1830-1833. Continuing the subtitle series March to Removal, volume 9 opens...
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Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-SaxonismAmerican myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Reginald Horsman's book is the first study to examine the origins of racialism in America and to show that the belief in white American superiority was firmly ensconced in the nation's ideology by...
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The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60One of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the winner of seven awards, including the John H. Dunning Prize of the American Historical Association, the Ray A. Billington Book Award of the Organization of American Historians, and the National Historical Society...
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The Puritan ExperienceOriginally published in 1972 and based on extensive research and use of source materials including manuscripts, this book examines Puritan spiritual autobiographies written before 1725 and sets them in the context of the literary tradition out of which they grew. As well as Bunyan,...
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The Puritan Gentry: The Great Puritan Families of Early Stuart EnglandOriginally published in 1984, this was the first detailed study of the impact of Puritan influences on the wealthy county families of early Stuart England. It discusses one of the central issues in the history of the English Civil War: what motivated those men...
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Why the Jews?: How Jewish Values Transformed Twentieth Century American Pop CultureAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Jewish immigrants upended Protestant control of vaudeville and the silent film industry. This book rejects the commonly held explanations for this shift: Jewish commercial acumen and their desire to assimilate. Instead, this book argues that the "pleasure...
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The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850This book focuses on the importance of ideological and institutional factors in the rapid development of the British economy during the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Crystal Palace Exhibition. Joel Mokyr shows that we cannot understand the Industrial Revolution without recognizing the...
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US Public Opinion since the 1930s: Galluping through HistoryThis study examines American public opinion since the 1930s. The author analyzes data from Gallup and other sources and looks at such issues as US politics, international events, race, sex, gender, economics, the environment, and more.Author: Richard SeltzerPublisher: Lexington BooksPublished: 08/22/2023Pages: 266Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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From Schmelt Camp to "Little Auschwitz": Blechhammer's Role in the HolocaustFrom Schmelt Camp to "Little Auschwitz" Blechhammer's Role in the Holocaust is the first in-depth study of the second largest Auschwitz subcamp, Blechhammer (Blachownia Śląska), and its lesser known yet significant prehistory as a so-called Schmelt camp, a forced labor camp for Jews operating...
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Until Our Time Comes: A Novel of World War II PolandAmerican horse trainer Adia Kensington is living her dream of working at the famous Janów Podlaski stables in Poland, where they breed the best Arabian horses in the world. But her plans to bring the priceless stallion Lubor to the US are derailed when...
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Foxhole Victory Tour"During World War II, Catherine Duquette and Maggie McCleod come from different worlds but are thrown together on a USO variety show touring North Africa. While they each have secret reasons for accepting the job, neither anticipates the danger and intrigue they'll encounter performing...
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Hoopla in Harlem!: The Renaissance of African American Art and CultureAfrican American artists during the Harlem Renaissance were social activists, making a significant contribution to black culture and aesthetics. This book engages the philosophical discourse of Kenneth Burke and examines these artists as activists, and their works as symbols of social protest.Author: Gregory TillmanPublisher:...
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Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic WorldThe effect of Saint Domingue's decolonization on the wider Atlantic worldThe slave revolution that two hundred years ago created the state of Haiti alarmed and excited public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic. Its repercussions ranged from the world commodity markets to the...
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Right Turn: American Life in the Reagan-Bush Era, 1980-1992An entire generation has passed since the election that installed Ronald Reagan into the White House. This brisk narrative fills a significant gap in the literature on recent U.S. history, making use of diverse memoir material, journalistic accounts, biographies, and specialized policy studies, including...
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The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963Using the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Nashville Public Libraries as case studies, The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963 argues that public libraries played an integral role in Southern cities' economic and cultural boosterism efforts during the...
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America's Other Muslims: Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American IslamAmerica's Other Muslims: Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam explores the oldest and perhaps the most important Muslim community in America, whose story has received little attention in the contemporary context. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim explores American Muslim Revivalist, Imam W.D....
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