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Inside the eagle's head an American Indian college / by Khachadoorian, Angelle A.

Table of Contents: “…Entering the turquoise gates : the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute -- Thinking and talking about SIPI : narratives and metaphors -- "A standing army of school teachers" : American Indian education, assimilation, and the BIA -- Taking a new path : the decision to attend SIPI -- Life within the eagle's head -- SIPI is a reservation : family, friends, and mentors -- SIPI is what you make it : academics, administration, and working around the system -- SIPI is an opportunity : giving students the chance to dream -- Appendix. …”
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The Canadian Rangers : a living history / by Lackenbauer, P. Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Exercising the Rangers, 1952-56 -- 6. Shadow Army, 1957-70 -- 7. Sovereignty and Symbolism, 1970-84 -- 8. …”
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Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / by Balcerzak, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.…”
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Inside the eagle's head an American Indian college / by Khachadoorian, Angelle A.

Table of Contents: “…Entering the turquoise gates : the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute -- Thinking and talking about SIPI : narratives and metaphors -- "A standing army of school teachers" : American Indian education, assimilation, and the BIA -- Taking a new path : the decision to attend SIPI -- Life within the eagle's head -- SIPI is a reservation : family, friends, and mentors -- SIPI is what you make it : academics, administration, and working around the system -- SIPI is an opportunity : giving students the chance to dream -- Appendix. …”
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The Canadian Rangers : a living history / by Lackenbauer, P. Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Exercising the Rangers, 1952-56 -- 6. Shadow Army, 1957-70 -- 7. Sovereignty and Symbolism, 1970-84 -- 8. …”
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Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / by Balcerzak, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.…”
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Japanese Demon Lore : Oni from Ancient Times to the Present / by Reider, Noriko T.

Table of Contents: “…-- Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni -- Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space -- Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother -- Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni -- The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army -- Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese -- Oni in manga, anime, and film -- Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.…”
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Open secrets of American foreign policy by Tullock, Gordon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Pearl Harbor -- The collapse of Nationalist China -- The Korean War and the army of the Republic of Korea -- The War of the American Revolution -- The Japanese move south -- The Pinochet effect -- The first war the United States lost? …”
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Japanese Demon Lore : Oni from Ancient Times to the Present / by Reider, Noriko T.

Table of Contents: “…-- Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni -- Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space -- Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother -- Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni -- The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army -- Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese -- Oni in manga, anime, and film -- Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.…”
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In our own backyard principles for effective improvement of the nation's infrastructure /

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Inland navigation system planning the upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway /

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Thermospheric circulation

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China's expanding African relations : implications for U.S. national security / by Thrall, Lloyd

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Thermospheric circulation

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China's expanding African relations : implications for U.S. national security / by Thrall, Lloyd

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In our own backyard principles for effective improvement of the nation's infrastructure /

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Inland navigation system planning the upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway /

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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 Kristallnacht to Watergate : memoirs of a newspaperman / by Rosenfeld, Harry, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- From Warsaw to Berlin -- Kristallnacht -- Coming to America -- Annie -- The trib -- In the army -- Fighting to save the Trib -- The long battle rages on -- The Washington post -- Assignment Vietnam -- World tour -- Back in Washington -- Shaping up metro -- Inside Watergate -- The reporters who became Woodstein -- Watergate act two -- Nixon gets a wakeup call -- After the Pulitzer -- Diversions high and low -- Nixon's final hours -- New assignment -- A strike and other troubles -- Uncharted waters -- New job, new demands -- Primed for a fresh start -- Epilogue.…”
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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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