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Life at Four Corners : Religion, Gender, and Education in a German-Lutheran Community, 1868-1945 / by Coburn, Carol

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One discipline, four ways British, German, French, and American anthropology /

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Under the shadow of Napoleon French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / by Bonura, Michael A., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…A French way of warfare -- Bringing French warfare to America 1814-1848 -- American adaptation of French warfare 1848-1865 -- German professionalism and American warfare 1865-1899 -- American warfare in the Progressive Era 1899-1918 -- The end of French influence on American warfare 1918-1941.…”
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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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Power and policy America's first steps to superpower, 1889-1922 / by Lenz, Lawrence, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: 1865-1889 : America grows and changes, as do its old foreign, Army, and naval policies -- Samoa, 1889 : how a hurricane built US battleships--and a military-industrial complex -- Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of Navy report, 1889 -- Hawaiian "revolution" with an American gunboat -- Venezuela, 1895 : Great Britain vs. the United States, with a little help from the Kaiser -- Spanish-American War, 1898 : how a war to liberate Cuba created a worldwide empire -- Appendix: 1898 messages to George Dewey prior to Spanish-American War -- Philippines, 1899-1902 : America's first overseas guerrilla war and the ideas that won it -- Venezuela, 1902-1903 : the Roosevelt corollary, big stick or big bluff? …”
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Secret wars and secret policies in the Americas, 1842-1929 by Schuler, Friedrich Engelbert, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Not acting as U.S., British, and French political idealists had hoped (1922-24). Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] …”
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