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"The slippery memory of men" the place of Pomerania in the medieval Kingdom of Poland / by Milliman, Paul

Table of Contents: “…A iugo principum Polonie, a iugo Theutonicorum : Pomerania and the south Baltic frontier of Latin Christendom in the early thirteenth century -- Dealing with the past and planning for the future : contested memories, conflicted loyalties, and the partition and donation of Pomerania in the late thirteenth century -- The restorations of the Kingdom of Poland and the foundation of the Teutonic Ordensstaat at the turn of the fourteenth century -- Immortalis Discordia : eternal enmity, massacre, and memorialization in the German-Polish borderlands -- Pomerania between Poland and Prussia : lordship, ethnicity, territoriality, and memory -- Appendix 1: The Procurator-General of the Teutonic Knights pleads his case to the Papal Curia concerning the Gdansk Massacre, 1310 -- Appendix 2: The claims submitted by the Polish Procurators in 1320 -- Appendix 3: The claims submitted by the Royal Procurator in 1339.…”
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The land beyond the mists essays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda / by Newbury, David S.

Table of Contents: “…Bushi and the historians : historiographical themes in eastern Kivu -- Recent historical research in the area of Lake Kivu : Rwanda and Zaire -- Lake Kivu regional trade in the nineteenth century -- Kamo and lubambo : dual genesis traditions on Ijwi Island -- The campaigns of Rwabugiri -- Rwabugiri and Ijwi -- King and chief on Ijwi Island -- The clans of Rwanda : a historical hypothesis -- Bunyabungo : the western frontier in Rwanda, ca. 1750-1850 -- What role has kingship? …”
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Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Nyhart -- Negotiating the agricultural frontier in nineteenth-century southern Ohio archaeology / J. …”
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"The slippery memory of men" the place of Pomerania in the medieval Kingdom of Poland / by Milliman, Paul

Table of Contents: “…A iugo principum Polonie, a iugo Theutonicorum : Pomerania and the south Baltic frontier of Latin Christendom in the early thirteenth century -- Dealing with the past and planning for the future : contested memories, conflicted loyalties, and the partition and donation of Pomerania in the late thirteenth century -- The restorations of the Kingdom of Poland and the foundation of the Teutonic Ordensstaat at the turn of the fourteenth century -- Immortalis Discordia : eternal enmity, massacre, and memorialization in the German-Polish borderlands -- Pomerania between Poland and Prussia : lordship, ethnicity, territoriality, and memory -- Appendix 1: The Procurator-General of the Teutonic Knights pleads his case to the Papal Curia concerning the Gdansk Massacre, 1310 -- Appendix 2: The claims submitted by the Polish Procurators in 1320 -- Appendix 3: The claims submitted by the Royal Procurator in 1339.…”
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The Nationalist Ferment : The Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1792-1812 / by Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne

Table of Contents: “…I: A nation divided -- Between border and frontier : the quest for sovereignty -- From fractions to political parties : the rise of Partisan divisions over foreign policy problems, 1789-1793 -- Liberties and the Republic : the division of the nation over foreign policy issues -- II: Foreign policy goals shared by the entire nation -- Commercial and territorial expansion -- National greatness, war, and peace : the ambiguities of isolationism -- III: Implementing foreign policy goals: ambitions and ambiguities -- The United States and Haiti : rejecting the other American Republic -- The Louisiana Purchase : American expansion and its problems from 1803 to 1812 -- From Tripoli Harbor to the 1812 declaration of war : identity and recognition.…”
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Contested agronomy : agricultural research in a changing world /

Table of Contents: “…Johnson-Beebout -- Water in African agronomy / Philip Woodhouse -- Understanding agricultural intensification on a forest frontier in Madagascar: elements for a Malthusian/Boserupian synthesis / Jacques Pollini -- Alternative configurations of agronomic experimentation / Harro Maat and Dominic Glover -- "This field is our church": the social and agronomic challenges of knowledge generation in a participatory soil fertility management project / Joshua Ramisch -- Contesting agronomy through dissent: experiences from India / C. …”

Gone to Texas a history of the Lone Star State / by Campbell, Randolph B., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 159 -- 8. Frontier Texas, 1846-1861 187 -- 9. Empire State of the South, 1846-1861 207 -- 10. …”
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Making easy listening material culture and postwar American recording / by Anderson, Tim J.

Table of Contents: “…A tale of two ears : the concert hall aesthetic and stereo ; Space, the pliable frontier : stereo as the new spatial palette of audio -- Conclusion : the flip side (and a few concluding thoughts).…”
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Catholics in the movies

Table of Contents: “…Kane -- America's favorite priest : Going my way (1944) / Anthony Burke Smith -- God and guns : Seven cities of gold (1955) / Theresa Saunders -- Life on the frontier : Lilies of the field (1963) / Jeffrey Marlett -- Praying for stones like this : The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990) / Carlo Rotella -- Catholic horror :The exorcist (1973) / Colleen McDannell -- Cops, priests, and the decline of Irish America : True confessions (1981) / Timothy J. …”
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The Nationalist Ferment : The Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1792-1812 / by Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne

Table of Contents: “…I: A nation divided -- Between border and frontier : the quest for sovereignty -- From fractions to political parties : the rise of Partisan divisions over foreign policy problems, 1789-1793 -- Liberties and the Republic : the division of the nation over foreign policy issues -- II: Foreign policy goals shared by the entire nation -- Commercial and territorial expansion -- National greatness, war, and peace : the ambiguities of isolationism -- III: Implementing foreign policy goals: ambitions and ambiguities -- The United States and Haiti : rejecting the other American Republic -- The Louisiana Purchase : American expansion and its problems from 1803 to 1812 -- From Tripoli Harbor to the 1812 declaration of war : identity and recognition.…”
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The fragmenting family by Almond, Brenda

Table of Contents: “…Having and not having children ; New reproductive technologies : whose human rights? -- pt. III. New frontiers : family, law, and politics. Family choices : what do children really want? …”
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Glenn's urologic surgery /

Table of Contents: “…Gomella -- section X. New frontiers / Thomas W. Jarrett.…”
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St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis / by Berger, Henry W.

Table of Contents: “…Louis and foreign relations history -- Gateway to empires, 1764-1860 -- A city in crisis and a city transformed, 1857-1883 -- El comercio del valle, 1875-1893 -- New empires, 1893-1912 -- Oil, railroads, and revolution, 1869-1917 -- The Great War and a new world, 1914-1921 -- Chasing the China market, 1915-1929 -- Depression, war, and global frontiers, 1929-1945 -- Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- Reinventing St. …”
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Transformations in slavery a history of slavery in Africa / by Lovejoy, Paul E.

Table of Contents: “…Africa and slavery; 2. On the frontiers of Islam, 1400-1600; 3. The export trade in slaves, 1600-1800; 4. …”
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The fragmenting family by Almond, Brenda

Table of Contents: “…Having and not having children ; New reproductive technologies : whose human rights? -- pt. III. New frontiers : family, law, and politics. Family choices : what do children really want? …”
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Transformations in slavery a history of slavery in Africa / by Lovejoy, Paul E.

Table of Contents: “…Africa and slavery; 2. On the frontiers of Islam, 1400-1600; 3. The export trade in slaves, 1600-1800; 4. …”
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St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis / by Berger, Henry W.

Table of Contents: “…Louis and foreign relations history -- Gateway to empires, 1764-1860 -- A city in crisis and a city transformed, 1857-1883 -- El comercio del valle, 1875-1893 -- New empires, 1893-1912 -- Oil, railroads, and revolution, 1869-1917 -- The Great War and a new world, 1914-1921 -- Chasing the China market, 1915-1929 -- Depression, war, and global frontiers, 1929-1945 -- Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- Reinventing St. …”
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A house divided Wittelsbach confessional court cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650 / by Thomas, Andrew L.

Table of Contents: “…Reflecting dynastic destinies: mirror of prince literature and Wittelsbach education -- Patronage and piety: the confessionalization of Wittelsbach courts in Heidelberg and Munich -- Confessional frontiers and border wars: the confessionalization of Bavaria and the Palatinate -- Wedding bells and cannon fire: Wittelsbach confessional diplomacy -- A winter's tale: the "Winter King" and the court at Prague -- Image-breaking: iconoclasm and identity crisis -- Clarion calls: White Mountain and Wittelsbach legitimacy -- Metamorphosis: the Palatinate in transition and the "Bohemian" court in exile at The Hague -- Appendix A: Wittelsbach genealogy (1300-1550) -- Appendix B: Palatine Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650) -- Appendix C: Bavarian Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650).…”
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Pioneer Jewish Texans by Ornish, Natalie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to a people -- The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers : new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants : some called them princes -- The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators : the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists : vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers : justice for all.…”
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A house divided Wittelsbach confessional court cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650 / by Thomas, Andrew L.

Table of Contents: “…Reflecting dynastic destinies: mirror of prince literature and Wittelsbach education -- Patronage and piety: the confessionalization of Wittelsbach courts in Heidelberg and Munich -- Confessional frontiers and border wars: the confessionalization of Bavaria and the Palatinate -- Wedding bells and cannon fire: Wittelsbach confessional diplomacy -- A winter's tale: the "Winter King" and the court at Prague -- Image-breaking: iconoclasm and identity crisis -- Clarion calls: White Mountain and Wittelsbach legitimacy -- Metamorphosis: the Palatinate in transition and the "Bohemian" court in exile at The Hague -- Appendix A: Wittelsbach genealogy (1300-1550) -- Appendix B: Palatine Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650) -- Appendix C: Bavarian Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650).…”
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