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More zeal than discretion the westward adventures of Walter P. Lane / by Bryan, Jimmy L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The road to San Jacinto (1817-36) -- Los piratas de Tejas (1836-37) -- Red lander (1837-44) -- Storming Monterrey (1845-46) -- The fault of all Texans (1846-48) -- By flood and field (1848-58) -- Family, community, and secession (1858-61) -- The Marshal Ney of Texas (1861-62) -- Partisan ranger (1862-65) -- Citizen Lane (1866-86) -- Recollections (1874-91) -- Epilogue.…”
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More zeal than discretion the westward adventures of Walter P. Lane / by Bryan, Jimmy L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The road to San Jacinto (1817-36) -- Los piratas de Tejas (1836-37) -- Red lander (1837-44) -- Storming Monterrey (1845-46) -- The fault of all Texans (1846-48) -- By flood and field (1848-58) -- Family, community, and secession (1858-61) -- The Marshal Ney of Texas (1861-62) -- Partisan ranger (1862-65) -- Citizen Lane (1866-86) -- Recollections (1874-91) -- Epilogue.…”
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The History of banks to which is added, a demonstration of the advantages and necessity of free competition in the business of banking / by Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865

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The History of banks to which is added, a demonstration of the advantages and necessity of free competition in the business of banking / by Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865

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Researches into the physical history of mankind / by Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848

Table of Contents: “…Ethnography of the African races. 3d ed. 1837.--v. 3. Ethnography of Europe. 3d ed. 1841.…”

The Beecher sisters by White, Barbara Anne

Table of Contents: “…Calvinist childhoods, 1800-18370 -- Marriage and motherhood, 1837-1852 -- In the wake of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Water cure and Civil War, 1860-1865 -- The gilded age, 1865-1868 -- Suffrage arguments, 1868-1869 -- "Foes in your own household," 1870-1871 -- Free love and "Mrs. …”
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Researches into the physical history of mankind / by Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848

Table of Contents: “…Ethnography of the African races. 3d ed. 1837.--v. 3. Ethnography of Europe. 3d ed. 1841.…”

The Beecher sisters by White, Barbara Anne

Table of Contents: “…Calvinist childhoods, 1800-18370 -- Marriage and motherhood, 1837-1852 -- In the wake of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Water cure and Civil War, 1860-1865 -- The gilded age, 1865-1868 -- Suffrage arguments, 1868-1869 -- "Foes in your own household," 1870-1871 -- Free love and "Mrs. …”
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The adventures of Captain Bonneville by Bonneville, Benjamin L. E.

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The adventures of Captain Bonneville by Bonneville, Benjamin L. E.

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From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / by Mosca, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.…”
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From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / by Mosca, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.…”
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Poe by Hutchisson, James M.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825) -- The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830) -- Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834) -- Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837) -- Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840) -- Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843) -- New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845) -- Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848) -- The journey and the lighthouse (1849).…”
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Poe by Hutchisson, James M.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825) -- The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830) -- Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834) -- Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837) -- Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840) -- Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843) -- New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845) -- Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848) -- The journey and the lighthouse (1849).…”
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From colony to superpower U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / by Herring, George C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.…”
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From colony to superpower U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / by Herring, George C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.…”
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Lincoln & Darwin shared visions of race, science, and religion / by Lander, James

Table of Contents: “…Origins and education -- Voyages and the experience of slavery -- The racial background, personal encounters, and turning points in 1837 -- Religious reformation -- Career preparations and rivals, 1845-49 -- Mortality, invention, and geology -- Scientific racism -- The types of mankind and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854-55 -- The politics of race -- Campaigning, 1856-58 -- Publications and crocodiles, 1859-60 -- More debates and new reviews -- Designers and inventors -- Inventions for a long war -- The Trent affair : a chemistry problem -- Delegation and control -- The rationality of colonization -- Colonization and emancipation -- Societies -- Mill workers and freedmen -- Testing hopes and hoaxes -- Spiritual forces -- Meeting Agassiz -- The descent of man -- An end to religion -- The dream of equality.…”
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Messing with romance American poetics and antebellum southern fiction / by Ackermann, Zeno

Table of Contents: “…The breaking point: "Romance" and the market revolution (1837-51) -- 8. From ethos to pathos: William G. Simms's Woodcraft (1852-54) -- 9. …”
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Lincoln & Darwin shared visions of race, science, and religion / by Lander, James

Table of Contents: “…Origins and education -- Voyages and the experience of slavery -- The racial background, personal encounters, and turning points in 1837 -- Religious reformation -- Career preparations and rivals, 1845-49 -- Mortality, invention, and geology -- Scientific racism -- The types of mankind and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854-55 -- The politics of race -- Campaigning, 1856-58 -- Publications and crocodiles, 1859-60 -- More debates and new reviews -- Designers and inventors -- Inventions for a long war -- The Trent affair : a chemistry problem -- Delegation and control -- The rationality of colonization -- Colonization and emancipation -- Societies -- Mill workers and freedmen -- Testing hopes and hoaxes -- Spiritual forces -- Meeting Agassiz -- The descent of man -- An end to religion -- The dream of equality.…”
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Messing with romance American poetics and antebellum southern fiction / by Ackermann, Zeno

Table of Contents: “…The breaking point: "Romance" and the market revolution (1837-51) -- 8. From ethos to pathos: William G. Simms's Woodcraft (1852-54) -- 9. …”
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