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The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America by Haulman, Kate

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : that strange, ridic'lous vice -- The many faces of fashion in the early eighteenth century -- Fops and coquettes : gender, sexuality, and status -- Country modes : cultural politics and political resistance -- New duties and old desires on the eve of revolution -- A contest of modes in revolutionary Philadelphia -- Fashion and nation -- Epilogue : political habits and citizenship's corset : the 1790s and beyond.…”
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Wanton West madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / by Morgan, Lael

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Sinful cities, 1863-1919 -- Prologue: Madeleine : a self-made woman, 1894 -- The summer women of Helena, 1867 -- Butte, the black heart of Montana, 1877 -- Miles City and the Wild West, 1880 -- Last of the silver years, 1887 -- The celestial sex trade, 1900 -- Respectable purple paths, 1900 -- Reflection, 1900 -- The beginning of the end, 1911 -- New options, 1916 -- Epilogue: The wages of sin -- Major players: The women and men who made the most of a wild frontier -- Time line: From the brothels to the Congress.…”
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To intermix with our white brothers Indian mixed bloods in the United States from earliest times to the Indian removals / by Ingersoll, Thomas N.

Table of Contents: “…: mixed-blood leaders, racial formalism, and federal removal policy -- Epilogue: Mixed bloods after the era of the removals.…”
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Hollywood left and right how movie stars shaped American politics / by Ross, Steven Joseph

Table of Contents: “…: Warren Beatty -- Governor Arnold and the age of celebrity politics : Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Epilogue.…”
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FDR, Dewey, and the election of 1944 by Jordan, David M., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…-- The Democrats arrive in Chicago -- Democrats in convention -- Campaign on the high seas -- The Republicans go to work -- Dewey heads west -- The battle is on -- The October campaign kicks in -- Death in October -- Dewey on the offensive -- FDR strikes back -- Down to the wire -- Bricker's campaign -- The man from Missouri -- The last days -- Election day -- Summing up -- Epilogue : the fourth term.…”
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When the Danube ran red by Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Hanna -- Relocations -- Past and present -- A dream disrupted -- Changes -- Erzsi -- Options -- Pali -- Before the storm -- Disaster strikes : March 19 -- Plans for the future -- Measures taken -- The new world -- Ghettoization -- The ghetto house -- The children of 10 Abonyi Street -- A miracle -- The return of horror -- Evil tidings -- Together -- Homeless -- The Vatican house -- Witches' Shabbat -- Alone -- The siege -- Walking across the underworld -- The "White Cross Hospital" -- Going home -- Epilogue.…”
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Shifting the Earth the mathematical quest to understand the motion of the universe / by Mazer, Arthur, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The Authority.Chapter 9. Rule Breakers.Epilogue.Bibliography.Index.…”
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Unquenchable America's water crisis and what to do about it / by Glennon, Robert Jerome, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The buffalo's lament -- Conclusion : a blue print for reform -- Epilogue : The Salton Sea.…”
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Practical moviemaking a handbook for the real world / by Wallenstein, Joseph B.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Producers -- Anticipation and communication -- The people with whom you work -- Identifying a potential project -- Critical assumptions -- Breaking down the script -- Creating the production board -- Scheduling -- Locations -- Budgeting -- Casting -- Dealing with actors -- Acquiring a crew -- Set protocol -- Elements of production -- Good money vs. bad money -- Practical locations vs. stage work -- Production insurance -- The myth of cinematic immunity -- Post-production -- Marketing -- Epilogue.…”
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Genesis of the Rising, 1912-1916 a transformation of nationalist opinion / by Kennedy, Christopher M., Ph. D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The nature of public opinion, some preliminary definitions and problems -- The Irish Party and its pubic perception -- Home rule and public opinion -- The Ulster question, partition, and public opinion -- Volunteers, north and south -- The coming of the Great War and public opinion -- Changes of fortune -- Recruiting and the war -- Changes of opinion : contributing factors -- Interpreting opinion : private sentiment -- Influencing opinion : the press -- Ascertaining opinion : Dublin Castle and government intelligence -- The Easter Rising : a turning-of-the-tide? -- Epilogue: On traditions and opinions.…”
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The nation's nature how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / by Drake, James David, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the historical role of an imagined place -- Scientific trends, continental conceptions, revolutionary implications -- The geopolitical continent, 1713-1763 -- Continental crisis, 1763-1774 -- Nationalism's nature : Congress's continental aspect -- Nationalism's nurture : war, peace, and the continental character of the United States, 1775-1783 -- Ordering lands and peoples : scientific and imperial contexts of the late eighteenth century -- Seizing nature's advantages : the Constitution and the continent, 1783-1789 -- Epilogue : the continent from on high.…”
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Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance / by Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue.…”
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Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns connected lives and legends / by Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010

Table of Contents: “…Robert Burns : a brief biography -- Burns' poetry comes to America -- The Lincoln-Burns connection -- Scottish émigrés and Scottish ideas in Lincoln's world -- Burns and Lincoln in historical memory -- Epilogue : the dilemmas of democratic fame -- Appendix A : selected Burns verses -- Appendix B : selected Lincoln documents.…”
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Double duty in the Civil War the letters of sailor and soldier Edward W. Bacon / by Bacon, Edward W. (Edward Woolsey), 1843-1887

Table of Contents: “…High seas hunt ; Riverine warfare ; Turning point -- The hospital clerk, 1863 -- The soldier, 1864-65. 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored) ; Trench fighting, Virginia ; Promotion and victory ; Occupation duty, Texas ; Homeward -- Epilogue.…”
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Once were Pacific Māori connections to Oceania / by Te Punga Somerville, Alice

Table of Contents: “…Koura : The Pacific in Aotearoa -- Māori/Pasifika Collaborations -- "It's like that with us Māoris" : Māori Write Connections -- Manuhiri, Fānau : Pasifika Write Connections -- When Romeo Met Tusi : Disconnections -- The Realm of Koura -- Conclusion: E Kore Au e Ngaro -- Epilogue: A Time and a Place.…”
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Down detour road an architect in search of practice / by Cesal, Eric J., 1977-

Table of Contents: “…-- The named architect -- How to become a famous architect -- The citizen architect -- How to make a golf course "green" -- The green architect -- The difference between hookers and architects -- The sober architect (or, A doctor, a lawyer, and an architect walk into a bar) -- Epilogue: Finding love at a hardware store.…”
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I did it to save my life love and survival in Sierra Leone / by Bolten, Catherine E. (Catherine Elizabeth), 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.…”
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A cause greater than self the journey of Captain Michael J. Daly, World War II Medal of Honor recipient / by Ochs, Stephen J.

Table of Contents: “…Hero-father -- Born with a silver spoon "slightly bent" -- A disappointment to his family -- Initiation: D-day -- Proving ground: the battle of Normandy -- Becoming an officer -- The Colmar pocket: winter heroism -- The dragon's teeth: assuming command -- "Discipline of kindness" -- Götterdämmerung: the battle for Germany -- Nuremberg and the Medal of Honor -- Escaping the "hero's cage" -- Epilogue: causes greater than self.…”
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Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / by Fay, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.…”
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Postmodernism & cultural identities conflicts and coexistence / by Nemoianu, Virgil

Table of Contents: “…-- Ernst Jünger, distance, proximity, and transfer of cultural values -- Epilogue -- A philosophical garden.…”
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