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2001

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(Review) A Negotiated Settlement, Marc R. Forster Dec 2001

(Review) A Negotiated Settlement, Marc R. Forster

History Faculty Publications

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John Wilkes And The Enlightenment, Stephen Carruthers Nov 2001

John Wilkes And The Enlightenment, Stephen Carruthers

Masters

Based on the absence of a substantial political philosophy and a scandalous reputation, modern assessments of John Wilkes have tended to marginalise his role in the development of radical political ideas in England in the 1760s and 1770s. This evaluation is reassessed in the context of an analysis of Wilkes’s collaboration with Charles Churchill on the North Briton and his political writings of the period, in particular his Introduction to the History of England (1768). Furthermore, Wilkes enjoyed extensive and prolonged contact with the leading continental philosophers of the period, and in particular d’Holbach, Diderot, Suard, Helvétius, and Chastellux, which …

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Review Of The Healing Wound: Experiences And Reflections, Germany, 1938-2000, Michael F. Russo Oct 2001

Review Of The Healing Wound: Experiences And Reflections, Germany, 1938-2000, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

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Book Review: The Rise And Fall Of The American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics And The Onset Of The Civil War By Michael Holt, Allen C. Guelzo Jul 2001

Book Review: The Rise And Fall Of The American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics And The Onset Of The Civil War By Michael Holt, Allen C. Guelzo

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

"An impartial history of American statesmanship will give some of its most brilliant chapters to the Whig party from 1830 to 1850," wrote James G. Blaine in his memoirs. This was not, unhappily, because of a great heritage of political achievement in American public life. The work of the Whigs was, as Blaine admitted, negative and restraining rather than constructive. Still, "if their work cannot be traced in the National statute books as prominently as that of their opponents, they will be credited by the discriminating reader of our political annals as the English of to-day credit Charles James Fox …

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Review Of Masquerade: Dancing Around Death In Nazi-Occupied Hungary, Michael F. Russo Jun 2001

Review Of Masquerade: Dancing Around Death In Nazi-Occupied Hungary, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

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Savior Of The West, Daniel J. Mahoney Jan 2001

Savior Of The West, Daniel J. Mahoney

Political Science Department Faculty Works

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Adair County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick Jan 2001

Adair County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick

County Histories of Kentucky

The history of post offices in Adair County, Kentucky.

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0703: Rosanna A. Blake Collection, 1818-2000, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2001

0703: Rosanna A. Blake Collection, 1818-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of manuscript and other paper items collected by Rosanna A. Blake. Included are letters, diaries, correspondence, unit rosters, Confederate imprint forms and currency, 1860-1865. Also included are 3D items including firearms, edged weapons, tin soldiers, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, and Southern periodicals relating to the Civil War. Notably, the collection includes 3 original Robert E. Lee letters, 1 Jefferson Davis letter, and 2 general orders dictated by Lee. The O'Brien sub-collection contains Civil War pamphlets and booklets, over 300 monographs and books, photos, CDV's, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, ambrotypes …

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Apple Of Gold In A Picture Of Silver: The Constitution And Liberty, Allen C. Guelzo Jan 2001

Apple Of Gold In A Picture Of Silver: The Constitution And Liberty, Allen C. Guelzo

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

In the threatening winter of 1861, as the United States was being ~ inched ever- closer td the outbreak of civil war by the secession of the Southern states over the issue of black slavery, the newly elected president, Abraham Lincoln, opened up a confidential correspondence with a f6rmer Southern political colleague, Alexander Stephens of Georgia. Stephens had made headlines in November 1860, in a speech to the Georgia legislature, urging Georgia not to follow tlie South into secession. Lincoln sent him a friendly note, asking- for a printed copy of the speech-and perhaps warming Stephens to an invitation to …

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Rowan County - Cemetery Photographs, Rowan County Historical Society Jan 2001

Rowan County - Cemetery Photographs, Rowan County Historical Society

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of locations and photographs of cemeteries in Rowan County, Kentucky and bordering counties of Carter, Elliott, Fleming and Martin, conducted by the Rowan County Historical Society.

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Attorney General Taney & The South Carolina Police Bill, H. Jefferson Powell Jan 2001

Attorney General Taney & The South Carolina Police Bill, H. Jefferson Powell

Faculty Scholarship

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Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz Jan 2001

Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz

All Faculty Scholarship

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Rowan County - Cemetery Index, Rowan County Historical Society Jan 2001

Rowan County - Cemetery Index, Rowan County Historical Society

County Histories of Kentucky

An index and surname list of cemeteries in Rowan County, Kentucky, including bordering cemeteries in Carter, Elliott, Fleming and Morgan Counties, published by the Rowan County Historical Society in 2001.

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The Encyclopedia Of Louisville, Entry For "Wilson Wyatt"., Terry L. Birdwhistell Jan 2001

The Encyclopedia Of Louisville, Entry For "Wilson Wyatt"., Terry L. Birdwhistell

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

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