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Slavery and the meetinghouse the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / by Jordan, Ryan P., 1977-

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Feminism and motherhood in Western Europe, 1890-1970 the maternal dilemma / by Allen, Ann Taylor, 1944-

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Pistols and politics the dilemma of democracy in Louisiana's Florida parishes, 1810-1899 / by Hyde, Samuel C., 1958-

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Classroom and empire schooling the eastern nationalities and the dilemmas of Russian nationalism, 1861-1914 / by Dowler, Wayne, 1945-

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Nomads in the shadows of empires contests, conflicts and legacies on the southern Ethiopian-northern Kenyan frontier / by Oba, Gufu

Table of Contents: “…A new imperial neighbor on the frontier : the dilemma of coexistence, 1936-1939 --…”
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Privateers of the Americas : Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic / by Head, David

Table of Contents: “…Captain Chaytor's dilemma -- Diplomacy with Spain and Spanish America -- New Orleans and Barataria -- Baltimore -- Galveston and Amelia Island -- Service and toil in Spanish America -- Conclusion. …”
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American public philosophy and the mystery of Lincolnism by Sands, Eric C., 1975-

Table of Contents: “…The public philosophy and the study of ideas -- Lincoln's public philosophy -- The demise of Lincolnism -- The radical Republicans and public philosophy politics -- Moderate Republicans and non-foundationalism -- The Democrats' dilemma -- The political consequences of transitional politics -- Conclusion: Lincolnism, public philosophy, and American politics.…”
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Oxford Jackson architecture, education, status, and style 1835-1924 / by Whyte, William

Table of Contents: “…'Recording our eclectic age' : Jackson and the dilemma of style -- 'The unity of art' : Jackson and the arts and crafts -- 'The maker of modern Oxford' : Jackson and the architecture of progress -- 'In the shadow of Anglo-Jackson' : Jackson and the public schools -- 'Cambridge at last!' …”
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The Bilingual Muse : Self-Translation among Russian Poets / by Wanner, Adrian, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction "The Trick of Doubling Oneself" -- Elizaveta Kul'man: The Most Polyglot of Russian Poets -- Wassily Kandinsky's Trilingual Poetry -- Marina Tsvetaeva's Self-Translation into French -- Vladimir Nabokov's Dilemma of Self-Translation -- Joseph Brodsky in English -- Self-Translation among Contemporary Russian-American Poets -- Conclusion…”
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American painting of the nineteenth century realism, idealism, and the American experience / by Novak, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Prolegomena to the nineteenth century : Copley and the American tradition -- Washington Allston : an American romantic tradition -- Thomas Cole : the dilemma of the real and the ideal -- Asher B. Durand : Hudson River School solutions -- Luminism : an alternative tradition -- Fitz H. …”
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Romantic Catholics : France's postrevolutionary generation in search of a modern faith / by Harrison, Carol E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : romantic Catholics and the two Frances -- First communion : the most beautiful day in the lives and deaths of little girls -- The education of Maurice de Guérin -- The dilemma of obedience : Charles de Montalembert, Catholic citizen -- Pauline Craven's holy family : writing the modern saint -- Frédéric and Amélie Ozanam : charity, marriage, and the Catholic social -- A free church in a free state : the Roman question -- Epilogue : the devout woman of the Third Republic and the eclipse of Catholic fraternity.…”
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Jacksonian antislavery and the politics of free soil, 1824-1854 by Earle, Jonathan Halperin

Table of Contents: “…Hale and the New Hampshire independent democracy -- Marcus Morton and the dilemma of Jacksonian antislavery in Massachusetts -- David Wilmot, the proviso, and the congressional movement to abolish slavery -- The Cincinnati clique, true democracy, and the Ohio origins of the Free Soil Party -- Free soil, free labor, free speech, and free men : the election of 1848 -- Free soilers, Republicans, and the third party system, 1848-1854.…”
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When Right Makes Might : Rising Powers and World Order / by Goddard, Stacie E., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…The great powers' dilemma : uncertainty, intentions, and rising power politics -- The politics of legitimacy : how a rising power's right makes might -- America's ambiguous ambition : Britain and the accommodation of the United States, 1817-1823 -- Prussia's rule-bound revolution : Europe and the destruction of the balance of power, 1863-1864 -- Germany's rhetorical rage : Britain and the abandonment of appeasement, 1938-1939 -- Japan's folly : Manchuria and the turn to revolution, 1931-1933 -- Conclusion : legitimacy, power, and strategy.…”
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Land, power and economics on the frontier of Upper Canada by Clarke, John, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 The Land Revealed: The Physical Background / 3 -- 2 Peace, Order, and Good Government: -- The Organization of a Landscape / 35 -- 3 Acquiring Indian Land in the Era -- of the Land Boards / 94 -- 4 European Land Acquisition after the First -- Land Board / 155 -- 5 The Market for Land: Sales in Essex to -- Mid-century / 208 -- 6 Buying on Credit: The Upper Canadian -- Dilemma / 264 -- 7 Who Were the Speculators and How Extensive -- Was Speculation? …”
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On the edge of freedom the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 / by Smith, David G. (David Grant), 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom" -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.…”
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