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    Deluxe Jim Crow civil rights and American health policy, 1935-1954 / by Thomas, Karen Kruse

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…The nation's number one -- pt. 2. Deluxe Jim Crow comes of age, 1938-1945 -- pt. 3. Deluxe Jim Crow under Harry S. …”
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    Warriors without war Seminole leadership in the late twentieth century / by Wickman, Patricia R. (Patricia Riles)

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…An alternate universe -- Coming of age in the '70s -- James "E." Billie : the man who would be king -- Hitting the big time -- Dollars and drugs -- Home, home on the res -- One too many alligators -- Money matters (more and more) -- The beginning of the end -- Gaming : the next chapter -- The fourth Seminole war -- La ley del deseo -- A change, of course? …”
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    Life in a Kam village in southwest China, 1930-1949 by Ou, Chaoquan

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Location -- Langdong -- The name 'Kam' -- The villagers -- Physical characteristics of the people -- The village -- Farming -- Spinning and weaving -- Thrifty people -- Mornings and evenings -- Food -- Mealtime etiquette -- Drinks -- Clothing -- Coming-of-age -- Courtship by night -- Courtship by day -- Intimidating situations for young women -- Matchmakers -- Engagement ceremony -- Marriage and divorce -- Unorthodox marriages -- Marriage relationships -- The distinction in culture between men and women -- Clan-centred community -- Pipe-smoking elders -- No beggars or thieves -- Monotonous and primitive music -- Festivals and celebrations -- Children -- Survival in the midst of suffering -- Author's postscript -- Translator's postscript.…”
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    Youth and empire : trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia / by Pomfret, David M., 1973-

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : childhood and the reordering of empire -- Tropical childhoods : health, hygiene and nature -- Cultural contagions : children in the colonial home -- Magic islands : children on display in colonialisms' cultures -- Trouble in fairyland : cultures of childhood in interwar Asia -- Intimate heights : children, nature and colonial urban planning -- Sick traffic : 'child slavery' and imperial networks -- Class reactions : education and colonial 'comings of age' -- Raising Eurasia : childhood, youth and the mixed race question.…”
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    A poet's revolution the life of Denise Levertov / by Hollenberg, Donna Krolik

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…"Dancing edgeways": coming of age as a poet in the new world (1949-1955); "The true artist": Levertov's engagement with tradition (1954-1960) -- "The poem ascends": taking a position (1960-1963) -- "To speak of sorrow": Levertov's emergence as a social poet (1963?…”
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    Contemporary African American Fiction New Critical Essays /

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Mickle -- "When the women tell stories": healing in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory / Tara T. Green -- The coming-of-age of the contemporary African American novel: Olympia Vernon's Eden, Logic, and, A killing in this town / Dana A. …”
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    Contemporary African American Fiction : New Critical Essays /

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Mickle -- "When the women tell stories": healing in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory / Tara T. Green -- The coming-of-age of the contemporary African American novel: Olympia Vernon's Eden, Logic, and, A killing in this town / Dana A. …”
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