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1990

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England And Aquitaine In The Century Before The Norman Conquest, George Beech Nov 1990

England And Aquitaine In The Century Before The Norman Conquest, George Beech

George T. Beech

A commonplace among English historians today is the importance of English ties with Aquitaine during the later Middle Ages. For some three centuries, historical events came to link the destinies of these two countries and peoples who otherwise differed strikingly in economy, language and culture in general, with lasting consequences for both. It has long been taken for granted by both English and French historians that this association came about abruptly in the 1150s as a result of the ascent to the English throne of Henry of Anjou who, through his marriage to Eleanor, heiress of the duchy of Aquitaine, …

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"The Insatiable Maw Of Bureaucracy": Antistatism And Education Reform In The 1920s, Lynn Dumenil Aug 1990

"The Insatiable Maw Of Bureaucracy": Antistatism And Education Reform In The 1920s, Lynn Dumenil

Lynn Dumenil

Analyzes the struggle to create a federal department of education in the 1920s. Details proponents' arguments in favor of efficiency, national control, and cultural homogeneity. Contends that opponents organized against further expansion of federal power. Places the debate within the larger context of progressivism and nativism. (CH)

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Review Of Princeton And The Republic, 1768-1822: The Search For A Christian Enlightenment In The Era Of Samuel Stanhope Smith, David Robson Jun 1990

Review Of Princeton And The Republic, 1768-1822: The Search For A Christian Enlightenment In The Era Of Samuel Stanhope Smith, David Robson

David W. Robson

No abstract provided.

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Reluctant Frontiersman: James Ross Larkin On The Santa Fe Trail, 1856-1857, Barton Barbour Dec 1989

Reluctant Frontiersman: James Ross Larkin On The Santa Fe Trail, 1856-1857, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

Memorandum book of James. R. Larkin of St. Louis, Missouri, published in cooperation with the Historical Society of New Mexico. Edited and annotated by Barton H. Barbour. This book presents a rare "health-seekers" diary on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1850s. Larkin visited New Mexico at a time of intensive transition, and witnessed several significant events on the trail and in early Anglo-occupied New Mexico. Few such diaries exist, and Larkin's in one of the earliest and most robust health-seeker diaries known.

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