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A history of Ireland, 1800-1922 : theatres of disorder? / by Larkin, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…-- Constructive unionism, 1886-1906 -- Celtic renaissance -- The story of Irish socialism -- The home rule crisis -- World war and insurrection -- The rise of Sinn Fèin -- The Anglo-Irish War -- North and south settlements -- Conclusion.…”
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Contested borders : territorialization, national identity and "imagined geographies" in Albania / by Kalemaj, Ilir

Table of Contents: “…Delineating the playing field : virtual borders and imagined geographies -- Boundary mapping and territorialization of identity -- From nation-building to state-formation : how virtual mapping intersected with recognized borders in the Albanian imagination -- The interwar period, various shifts in the configuration of boundaries at elite level and national imagining amongst Albanians in Albania and abroad : from contractionary to expansionary and vice-versa -- From greater Albania during the Second World War to contractionary borders during the communist era -- Reimagining territorial landscape and mental borders in the post-communist and democratic transition era.…”
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Ships for the Seven Seas : Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism / by Heinrich, Thomas R., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Shipbuilding as much as possible advanced: The rise and decline of wooden shipbuilding,1640-1870 -- A small margin: Ironclads and the transition from wooden to iron shipbuilding -- The American Clyde: Corporate and proprietary Capitalism in the Philadelphia maritime economy, 1865-1875 -- Workshop of the world : Commerce, crafts, and class conflict, 1875-1885 -- A vicious quality: Cramp and the origins of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1885-1898 -- New departure:Growth and Crisis, 1998-1914 -- This machine of war: World War I -- What next? The Post War Depression, 1919-1929.…”
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In Their Own Words : Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation / by Erisman, Fred

Table of Contents: “…"Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I -- III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex" -- IV. …”
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Ships for the Seven Seas : Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism / by Heinrich, Thomas R., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Shipbuilding as much as possible advanced: The rise and decline of wooden shipbuilding,1640-1870 -- A small margin: Ironclads and the transition from wooden to iron shipbuilding -- The American Clyde: Corporate and proprietary Capitalism in the Philadelphia maritime economy, 1865-1875 -- Workshop of the world : Commerce, crafts, and class conflict, 1875-1885 -- A vicious quality: Cramp and the origins of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1885-1898 -- New departure:Growth and Crisis, 1998-1914 -- This machine of war: World War I -- What next? The Post War Depression, 1919-1929.…”
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In Their Own Words : Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation / by Erisman, Fred

Table of Contents: “…"Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I -- III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex" -- IV. …”
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The Columbia history of Jews and Judaism in America

Table of Contents: “…Goldstein -- American Judaism between the two world wars / Jeffrey S. Gurock -- Triumph, accommodation, and resistance : American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day War / Riv-Ellen Prell -- Influence and affluence, 1967-2000 / Stephen J. …”
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The Columbia history of Jews and Judaism in America

Table of Contents: “…Goldstein -- American Judaism between the two world wars / Jeffrey S. Gurock -- Triumph, accommodation, and resistance : American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day War / Riv-Ellen Prell -- Influence and affluence, 1967-2000 / Stephen J. …”
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Observing America the commentary of British visitors to the United States, 1890-1950 / by Frankel, Robert Perry, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Wells on America's emergence in the First World War -- Main street America : G.K. Chesterton and the culture of the United States in the 1920s -- The new deals : Harold Laski, H.G. …”
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Maroon and white Mississippi State University, 1878-2003 / by Ballard, Michael B.

Table of Contents: “…Roots and birth -- The formative years under General Lee, 1880-1899 -- Hardy expansion, 1900-1912 -- Hightower, Smith, and World War, 1912-1920 -- Hull, Walker, and Critz : the 1920s and the dark years, 1920-1934 -- Humphrey and Mitchell : war and peace, 1934-1953 -- Hilbun and Colvard : a university and racial challenges, 1953-1966 -- Giles : low-key, high results, 1966-1976 -- McComas : seeking a balance, 1976-1985 -- Zacharias : the starship years, 1985-1997 -- Portera and Lee : big business and steady hands, 1998-2003.…”
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Sexual reckonings Southern girls in a troubling age / by Cahn, Susan K.

Table of Contents: “…-- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? …”
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Tío cowboy Juan Salinas, rodeo roper and horseman / by Palacios, Ricardo D.

Table of Contents: “…Webb County, Texas -- The Antonio Salinas family of Webb County, Texas -- Life on the Rancho Las Blancas -- The move to Encinal -- Young Juan takes over and the roping starts in earnest -- Juan goes on the national circuit -- Circuit experiences -- Anthony Salinas destined to be world champion calf roper -- World War II adjustments -- After ten years, the party's over -- Settling a score at the Salinas ranch -- Leading a cattleman's life -- A real true friend -- Employees, good and bad -- Accolades and kudos -- The last years, travels with Juan -- The end and the almost-fight.…”
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City for empire an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / by Jones, Preston, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.…”
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Arizona a history / by Sheridan, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Incorporation -- The Native Americans -- The arrival of the Europeans -- Mexican Arizona and the Anglo frontier -- Early Anglo settlement and the beginning of the Indian wars -- The military conquest of Indian Arizona -- Extraction -- The freighters and the railroads -- Cattle -- Silver and gold -- Copper -- Oases in the desert -- Water and cotton -- Transformation -- Climate -- The Depression and the New Deal -- World War II and the postwar boom -- The other Arizona -- From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- Arizona in the twenty-first century -- The political ecology of a desert state -- Reference material -- Bibliographic essays -- Index -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona.…”
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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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Sexual reckonings Southern girls in a troubling age / by Cahn, Susan K.

Table of Contents: “…-- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? …”
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Tío cowboy Juan Salinas, rodeo roper and horseman / by Palacios, Ricardo D.

Table of Contents: “…Webb County, Texas -- The Antonio Salinas family of Webb County, Texas -- Life on the Rancho Las Blancas -- The move to Encinal -- Young Juan takes over and the roping starts in earnest -- Juan goes on the national circuit -- Circuit experiences -- Anthony Salinas destined to be world champion calf roper -- World War II adjustments -- After ten years, the party's over -- Settling a score at the Salinas ranch -- Leading a cattleman's life -- A real true friend -- Employees, good and bad -- Accolades and kudos -- The last years, travels with Juan -- The end and the almost-fight.…”
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City for empire an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / by Jones, Preston, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.…”
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Arizona a history / by Sheridan, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Incorporation -- The Native Americans -- The arrival of the Europeans -- Mexican Arizona and the Anglo frontier -- Early Anglo settlement and the beginning of the Indian wars -- The military conquest of Indian Arizona -- Extraction -- The freighters and the railroads -- Cattle -- Silver and gold -- Copper -- Oases in the desert -- Water and cotton -- Transformation -- Climate -- The Depression and the New Deal -- World War II and the postwar boom -- The other Arizona -- From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- Arizona in the twenty-first century -- The political ecology of a desert state -- Reference material -- Bibliographic essays -- Index -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona.…”
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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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