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Wharton, Hemingway, and the Advent of ModernismWharton, Hemingway, and the Advent of Modernism is the first book to examine the connections linking two major American writers of the twentieth century, Edith Wharton and Ernest Hemingway. In twelve critical essays, accompanied by a foreword from Wharton scholar Laura Rattray and a...
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Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868Historians have traditionally drawn distinctions between Ulysses S. Grant's military and political careers. In Let Us Have Peace, Brooks Simpson questions such distinctions and offers a new understanding of this often enigmatic leader. He argues that during the 1860s Grant was both soldier and...
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By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture At the Dawn of the Atomic AgeOriginally published in 1985, By the Bomb's Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural 'fallout' in America during the early years of the atomic age. Paul Boyer argues that the major aspects of the long-running debates about nuclear armament and disarmament...
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London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical CityIn London in 1984 two very different cities came into conflict, one rooted in radical politics and the other shaped by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government. This was a city poised between two eras and identities, remoulded in conflicting ways by social democracy...
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How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and BreedersAuthor: Maryjean WallPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 09/20/2010Pages: 304Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.20dISBN: 9780813126050Review Citation(s): Choice 06/01/2011About the AuthorMaryjean Wall served as the turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader for thirty-five years. She recently received her doctoral degree in history...
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Hitler's Personal Prisoner: The Life of Martin NiemöllerThis is the first fully researched biography of Martin Niemöller (1892-1984). It charts his life from his service in the Imperial German Navy, his work for the Inner Mission and as a Protestant pastor in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem from 1931. Niemöller's work...
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States of Anxiety: Scarcity and Loss in Revolutionary RussiaAmidst the vast literature on the parties and politics of revolutionary Russia and its near constant appropriation for presentist purposes over the years, States of Anxiety assesses the effects of the great scarcities and enormous losses that Russia experienced between 1914 and 1921, a...
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Translating Early Modern China: Illegible CitiesThe history of China, as any history, is a story of and in translation. Translating Early Modern China tells the story of translation in China to and from non-European languages and Latin between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries, and primarily in the Ming...
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Postcard America: Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931-1950Extensively illustrated with representative images, this unique book illuminates the cultural significance of the highly colorized "linen" postcards that depicted a glowing America in the 1930s and 1940s and that fascinate collectors today.From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent...
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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This book tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both a...
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Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance in Nazi GermanyConscience before Conformity tells the story of German students who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Third Reich, and died for their beliefs. Operating under the name of the White Rose, they printed and distributed leaflets condemning Nazism and urging Germans to...
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Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in TexasRunner-up, Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book, 2021The first book on the history of escuelitas, Reading, Writing, and Revolution examines the integral role these grassroots community schools played in shaping Mexican American identity. Language has long functioned as a signifier of power...
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Pioneer Women in TexasBy: Annie Doom Pickrell, Pub. 1929, reprinted 2022, 488 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-064-0.Until the publication of this book, biographies of Texas women were almost non-existent. These biographical sketches have been prepared in the hope of preserving for future generations a correct idea of the...
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Some Georgia County Records, Volume 8.By: Edward E. Van Schaick, Pub. 2019, 492 pages, Soft Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-661-4. This book contains abstracts of legal records for Burke, Chatham, Montgomery, Murray, Oglethorpe, and Washington Counties. Also included are Miscellaneous Bible Records, and a list of the enlisted men in...
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Union County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1785-1799.By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2014, 523 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-159-0.Union was one of the counties formed from Ninety-Six District in 1785. This volume contains lists of deeds and probate records, minor court cases, bastardy cases, jury lists, etc. The jury lists of...
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Moving toward IntegrationReducing residential segregation is the best way to reduce racial inequality in the United States. African American employment rates, earnings, test scores, even longevity all improve sharply as residential integration increases. Yet far too many participants in our policy and political conversations have come...
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Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian EthanolAs the hazards of carbon emissions increase and governments around the world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. However, one nation has already been producing such...
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Beyond Benevolence: The New York Charity Organization Society and the Transformation of American Social Welfare, 1882-1935A comprehensive history of one of the largest charitable organizations in early modern America.Drawing on extensive archival records, Beyond Benevolence tells the fascinating story of the New York Charity Organization Society. The period between 1880 and 1935 marked a seminal, heavily debated change in...
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Wilson County, Tennessee Deed Books, 1853-1875.: Volume #3By: Thomas Partlow, Pub. 2006, 512 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-833-1. Wilson County is a pivotal county in the early settlement of Tennessee and in the subsequent migration of people westward. It is surrounded by the counties of: Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith and Sumner. Deeds...
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History of Lincoln County, MissouriBy: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Pub. 1888, Reprinted 2018, 448 pages, NEW INDEX, ISBN #0-89308-908-7.Lincoln County Was created in 1820's from St. Charles county. It is located along he Mississippi River just above St. Charles county and is surrounded by Pike, Montgomery and Warren counties....
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