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The revolution of 1861 the American Civil War in the age of nationalist conflict / by Fleche, Andre M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the American Civil War and the age of revolution -- World revolutions and the coming of the American Civil War -- The revolution of 1861 -- The problem of northern nationalism -- The South and the principle of self-determination -- The last best hope of earth -- The white republic -- Conclusion : American nationalism and the nineteenth-century world.…”
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The fragile fabric of Union cotton, federal politics, and the global origins of the Civil War / by Schoen, Brian

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Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War / by Xu, Guoqi

Table of Contents: “…Great War and great crisis : China, Britain, France, and the "laborers as soldiers" strategy -- The recruitment and European odyssey of the men for Britain and France -- The hidden history of the secret Canadian pathway -- Work -- Treatment and perceptions -- Strangers in a strange world : Chinese lives in Europe -- American soldiers and Chinese laborers -- The association men and Chinese laborers -- The fusion of teaching and learning : students as teachers and vice versa -- A fusion of civilizations -- Appendix 1: Huimin contract with the French government -- Appendix 2: British contract -- Selected glossary.…”
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Is the death penalty dying? European and American perspectives /

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The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

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Bluestocking Feminism and British-German Cultural Transfer, 1750-1837 / by Johns, Alessa

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