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The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America by Haulman, Kate

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : that strange, ridic'lous vice -- The many faces of fashion in the early eighteenth century -- Fops and coquettes : gender, sexuality, and status -- Country modes : cultural politics and political resistance -- New duties and old desires on the eve of revolution -- A contest of modes in revolutionary Philadelphia -- Fashion and nation -- Epilogue : political habits and citizenship's corset : the 1790s and beyond.…”
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Republican, first, last, and always a biography of B. Carroll Reece / by Bowers, F. Suzanne (Fashion Suzanne)

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Blind over Cuba the photo gap and the missile crisis / by Barrett, David M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…The making of a "photo gap": August 29 to October 14, 1962 -- Obscuring the photo gap -- The struggle over the postmortems -- Stonewalling the House -- The Senate steps in -- Tensions within the Kennedy administration: fashioning a unified story -- End of the trail: the "interim" report -- The costs of managed history -- Appendix: a historiography of the photo gap, 1963-2011.…”
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Africa in the American imagination popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / by Magee, Carol L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture -- Race-ing fantasy : the Sports illustrated swimsuit issue in South Africa -- "It's sort of like National geographic meets Sports illustrated" -- Fashioning identities : Kente, nostalgia, and the world of Barbie -- It's a small, white world -- Africa in Florida : Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge -- Refrain : Africa in the American imagination.…”
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Mythohistorical interventions the Chicano movement and its legacies / by Bebout, Lee

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : mythohistorical interventions at the intersection of American studies and Chicana/o studies -- Locating the mythohistorical : three tales in the struggle for hegemony -- Hero making in el movimiento : Reies López Tijerina and the Chicano nationalist imaginary -- Of mothers and revolucionarias : movement Chicanas fashioning a feminism of their own -- Queer genealogies : Chicana lesbian feminism & the post-movement era -- Conclusion : echoes of el movimiento and other mythohistorical interventions.…”
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Jewish renaissance and revival in America essays in memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane /

Table of Contents: “…Common bonds: a collective portrait -- On the road to renaissance: the young mens' Hebrew associations of New York and Philadelphia, 1877-1883 -- A renaissance of Jewish readers in Victorian Philadelphia -- Preserving the past to fashion the future: the editorial board of the Jewish Encyclopedia -- Leah's hope: the legacy of German-Jewish humanism in America --- Revival through celebrity: American fame, Jewish identity, and the early 1960s -- Renewal and havurah: American movements, European roots.…”
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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- Movies and TV : not great, but not yet decadent -- Mods, minis, wide ties, and Brooks Brothers : the best of sixties fashion -- To the moon, but at what price? -- The unwarranted court : Earl Warren and his battle against the Constitution -- Camelot as it really was -- Johnson's war on poverty--and common sense -- The Vietnam war : snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- The birth of the counter counterculture.…”
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The Mary Lincoln enigma historians on America's most controversial First Lady /

Table of Contents: “…Wilson -- "I am so fond of sightseeing": Mary Lincoln's travels up to 1865 / Wayne C. Temple -- Fashion plate or trendsetter? / Donna McCreary -- The reports of the Lincolns' political partnership have been greatly exaggerated / Michael Burkhimer -- A psychiatrist looks at Mrs. …”
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Black cultural traffic crossroads in global performance and popular culture /

Table of Contents: “…/ Herman Gray -- Hip-hop fashion, masculine anxiety, and the discourse of Americana / Nicole R. …”
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