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Daughter Seeks Reprieve: Charlotte Charke And Female Re/Presentation, Nolan Sinclair Marchand
Daughter Seeks Reprieve: Charlotte Charke And Female Re/Presentation, Nolan Sinclair Marchand
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Justification: How The Elizabethans Explained Their Invasions Of Ireland And Virginia, Christopher Ludden Mcdaid
Justification: How The Elizabethans Explained Their Invasions Of Ireland And Virginia, Christopher Ludden Mcdaid
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"A Handsomely Improved Place" : Economic, Social, And Gender-Role Development In A Backcountry Town, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750-1810, Judith A. Ridner
"A Handsomely Improved Place" : Economic, Social, And Gender-Role Development In A Backcountry Town, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750-1810, Judith A. Ridner
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As a social history of the town and people of Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1750 to 1810, this dissertation traces the evolution of communal identity in the early American backcountry. By focusing on the growth and development of one urban community, this work details not only how and why one group of backcountry inhabitants took pride in their town's outward accomplishments and material prosperity, but also explains how Carlisle's evolutionary growth prompted the town's people to see themselves as key players in an economic and social universe that stretched far beyond the geographic boundaries of their localized realm.;Using state and county …
Territorial Madness: Spain, Geopolitics, And The American Revolution, Michael J. Devine
Territorial Madness: Spain, Geopolitics, And The American Revolution, Michael J. Devine
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The Rise Of Benjamin Waller: 1716-1786, John Starr Greenman
The Rise Of Benjamin Waller: 1716-1786, John Starr Greenman
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Iowa's Wolf In Populist Clothing: Norman Baker, 1925-1936, Eric Scott Juhnke
Iowa's Wolf In Populist Clothing: Norman Baker, 1925-1936, Eric Scott Juhnke
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During the depression years of the late 1920s and 1930s, Muscatine, Iowa's Norman Baker stood as both a powerful and controversial figure in rural eastern Iowa. Baker's successful business empire, which at its height included a radio station, mail order enterprise, newspaper, magazine, and a cancer quackery hospital, earned the Muscatine tycoon millions of dollars in revenue over the course of a decade. Despite this business success, Baker's brash personality, vituperative broadcasting style, and fraudulent medical claims were subjects of constant controversy.
Considering both Baker's suspect reputation and the poor agricultural conditions of the day, the question remains: How did …