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America and the Americas the United States in the western hemisphere / by Langley, Lester D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the second edition -- Prelude : the birth of the second America -- The revolutionary age -- Manifest destiny -- The imperial design -- Pax americana -- A hemisphere at war -- The cold war -- Years of uncertainty -- The defiant hemisphere -- Epilogue.…”
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Army of shadows Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / by Cohen, Hillel

Table of Contents: “…-- We, the collaborators -- Old collaborators, new traitors -- Unity ends -- The "traitors" counterattack -- World war, local calm -- Prelude to war -- Treason and defeat: the 1948 War.…”
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Our coquettes capacious desire in the eighteenth century / by Braunschneider, Theresa, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…A prelude: the novelty of coquetry -- The people that things make: coquettes and consumer culture -- The coquette here and there: a cartography of coquetry -- Women who choose too much: reforming the coquette -- A postlude: the coquette's demise.…”
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The World Refugees Made : Decolonization and the Foundation of Postwar Italy / by Ballinger, Pamela, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : mobile histories -- Intermezzo : empire as prelude -- Wartime repatriations and the beginnings of decolonization -- Italy's long decolonization in the era of intergovernmentalism -- Displaced persons and the boundaries of citizenship -- Reclaiming fascism, housing the nation -- Conclusion : we will return.…”
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Church resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 / by Hassing, Arne

Table of Contents: “…part I. Preludes -- part II. Invasion, accommodation, collaboration -- part III. …”
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Fine & dandy the life and work of Kay Swift / by Ohl, Vicki, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude -- Professional and personal choices -- Highbrow/lowbrow in New York City -- Fine and dandy -- Stagestruck : the ballet to Radio City -- Gershwin obsession -- New frontiers -- She'll have Manhattan -- Challenges -- The show won't fold in Philadelphia -- Keep on keepin' on -- Finale.…”
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Mortal follies Episcopalians and the crisis of mainline Christianity / by Murchison, William P.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude -- Sunset and evening star -- Love in the ruins -- We few, we happy few -- We shall overcome -- Lord have mercy upon us -- Womanpower -- Pleased as man with us to dwell -- Sex, anyone? …”
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The paranoid apocalypse a hundred-year retrospective on the Protocols of the elders of Zion /

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Conceptual prelude -- pt. 2. Medieval prologue -- pt. 3. The early years -- pt. 4. …”
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Tonal Music : Twelve Analytic Studies / by Kresky, Jeffrey, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Analysis of a typical tonal progression -- Analysis of a theme from a Haydn symphony -- Analysis of a complete melody by Corelli -- Analysis of Chopin : Prelude in E minor, opus 28, no. 4 -- Analysis of Bach : Two-part invention in D minor -- Analysis of a Schubert song -- Analysis of Chopin : Mazurka in F, opus 68, no. 3 (Posth.) -- Analysis of Beethoven : Piano sonata in C minor, opus 13 ("Pathetique"), second movement -- Analysis of Mozart : Piano sonata in G, K. 283, first movement -- Analysis of Brahms : Intermezzo, opus 76, no. 7 for piano -- A study of the end of Act I of Wagner's Die Walküre -- Analysis of Debussy : Prelude VIII for piano (Book I).…”
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Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War / by Sulick, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…The atomic bomb spies : prelude to the cold war.…”
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Irrigation systems design, planning and construction / by Laycock, Adrian

Table of Contents: “…Evolution and a prelude to change -- Elements of irrigation -- Water management -- Canal operation & automation -- Irrigation water demands -- Canal architecture -- Canal control structures -- Low-pressure pipelines -- Canal lining -- Canal hydraulic design -- Troubleshooting : feedback from the field -- Costs and economics.…”
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Listen a history of our ears / by Szendy, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prelude and address. I'm listening -- Author's rights, listener's rights (journal of our ancestors) -- Writing our listenings: arrangement, translation, criticism -- Our instruments for listening before the law (second journal entry) -- Listening (to listening): the making of the modern ear -- Plastic listening.…”
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Hyperconflict globalization and insecurity / by Mittelman, James H.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude -- Preliminary answers -- Coercive globalization -- Conflict 1: multilateral agreement on investment -- Conflict 2: Asian debacle -- Conflict 3: battles of Seattle (coauthored with Jacob Stump) -- Conflict 4: 9/11 and the "global war on terror" (coauthored with Priya Dixit) -- Postnational security.…”
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The American challenge the world resists US liberalism / by Catley, Robert

Table of Contents: “…American hegemony in the twenty first century -- The anglo-sphere nations -- The great wars and the Cold War, 1914-1991 -- The end of the Cold War and the Middle East -- Prelude to war -- The global war on terror -- Allies -- Foundations of American power -- Competitors -- Contested zones -- A balance sheet.…”
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Atlanta and environs a chronicle of its people and events. Volume I / by Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-

Table of Contents: “…section 1. A prelude to the coming of the white man -- section 2. …”
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Hell in An Loc the 1972 Easter Invasion and the battle that saved South Viet Nam / by Lâm, Quang Thi, 1932-

Table of Contents: “…The sieges of the Indochina War -- Setting the state -- The opening salvos -- Prelude to the battle of An Loc -- The first attack on An Loc -- The second attack on An Loc -- Reinforcing An Loc -- The third attack on An Loc -- Securing Route nationale 13 -- End of the siege -- The ARVN 18th Division in An Loc -- Assessing the battle of An Loc -- The aftermath.…”
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Making News at The New York Times / by Usher, Nikki

Table of Contents: “…-- Participation, branding, and the new New York Times -- Prelude to what? -- Methods.…”
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Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California modern pleasures in a postmodern world / by DeWitt, Mark F.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: Down at the twist and shout -- Identity issues, research methods, and ethnography -- Music, dance, and social capital -- Wartime and postwar Creole migration to California -- Further Creole migration and bridging to other social networks -- Folk revival connection: The musicians -- Folk revival connection: The dancers -- Later Gulf Coast arrivals.…”
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Maurice Blondel, social Catholicism, & action française the clash over the church's role in society during the modernist era / by Bernardi, Peter J.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Joseph Komonchak -- Introduction -- The semaines sociales under attack : prelude to the "testis" series -- The "testis" series -- An apology for an alliance with a "Catholic atheist" -- The poisonous fruits of monophorism -- Round two : focus on the nature-supernature relationship -- Pedro Descoqs's second and third editions -- Later echoes -- Assessing the fundamental issues.…”
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The Louisiana coast guide to an American wetland / by Gomez, Gay M. (Gay Maria), 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: Coastal roots -- The Louisiana coast : vital, valuable, and vulnerable -- Deltaic plain and Chenier plain landscapes -- Coastal vistas : vegetation -- Coastal vistas : wildlife -- Coastal vistas : human activities -- Wetland loss and restoration -- Visiting the coast -- Conclusion: Tenacity -- Books and other resources to enhance your wetland experience.…”
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