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Reviewed Work: Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience In The Mexican War, George W. Geib Nov 2015

Reviewed Work: Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience In The Mexican War, George W. Geib

George W. Geib

Book review of Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War. By Richard Bruce Winders. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 284. Illustrations. Paper, $17.95.)


Sean Shesgreen, Images Of The Outcast: The Urban Poor In The Cries Of London, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Sean Shesgreen, Images Of The Outcast: The Urban Poor In The Cries Of London, John D. Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Images of the Outcast: The Urban Poor in the Cries of London"


Tim Hitchcock And John Black, Eds., Chelsea Settlement And Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Tim Hitchcock And John Black, Eds., Chelsea Settlement And Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766, John D. Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Tim Hitchcock and John Black, eds., Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766"


Review Of Zunshine, Lisa, Bastards And Foundlings: Illegitimacy In Eighteenth-Century England, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Review Of Zunshine, Lisa, Bastards And Foundlings: Illegitimacy In Eighteenth-Century England, John D. Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England"


Lydia Murdoch, Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, And Contested Citizenship In London, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Lydia Murdoch, Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, And Contested Citizenship In London, John D. Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, and Contested Citizenship in London"


M.J. Daunton, Ed., Charity, Welfare And Self-Interest In The English Past, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2015

M.J. Daunton, Ed., Charity, Welfare And Self-Interest In The English Past, John D. Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Charity, Welfare and Self-Interest in the English Past"


"Pragmatism Vs. Idealism In Jeffersonian Statecraft: A Review Of Francis D. Cogliano's Emperor Of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Malanson Dec 2014

"Pragmatism Vs. Idealism In Jeffersonian Statecraft: A Review Of Francis D. Cogliano's Emperor Of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Malanson

Jeffrey J. Malanson

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Empire Trap: The Rise And Fall Of U.S. Intervention To Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013, By Noel Maurer, Jeffrey Malanson Aug 2014

Review Of The Empire Trap: The Rise And Fall Of U.S. Intervention To Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013, By Noel Maurer, Jeffrey Malanson

Jeffrey J. Malanson

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Book The First Presidential Contest: 1796 And The Founding Of American Democracy By Jeffrey L. Pasley, Jeffrey J. Malanson Jul 2014

Review Of The Book The First Presidential Contest: 1796 And The Founding Of American Democracy By Jeffrey L. Pasley, Jeffrey J. Malanson

Jeffrey J. Malanson

No abstract provided.


“A Year Of Consequence,” Book Review Of 1863: Lincoln’S Pivotal Year, Eds. Harold Holzer And Sara Vaughn Gabbard (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2013), Jeffrey Malanson May 2014

“A Year Of Consequence,” Book Review Of 1863: Lincoln’S Pivotal Year, Eds. Harold Holzer And Sara Vaughn Gabbard (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2013), Jeffrey Malanson

Jeffrey J. Malanson

No abstract provided.


“Monroe’S Doctrine Or Monroe Doctrines? A Review Of Jay Sexton’S The Monroe Doctrine: Empire And Nation In Nineteenth-Century America”, Jeffrey Malanson May 2014

“Monroe’S Doctrine Or Monroe Doctrines? A Review Of Jay Sexton’S The Monroe Doctrine: Empire And Nation In Nineteenth-Century America”, Jeffrey Malanson

Jeffrey J. Malanson

No abstract provided.


Mapping An Unfinished Masterpiece: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic By Julia Stern (Book Review), Christina Triezenberg Sep 2013

Mapping An Unfinished Masterpiece: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic By Julia Stern (Book Review), Christina Triezenberg

Christina Triezenberg

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The Generals By Thomas E. Ricks, Robert Weaver Jun 2013

Book Review: The Generals By Thomas E. Ricks, Robert Weaver

Robert Weaver

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Indigenous African Warfare, By Col. Festus Boahen Aboagye, Emmanuel Kotia Dec 2012

Book Review: Indigenous African Warfare, By Col. Festus Boahen Aboagye, Emmanuel Kotia

Emmanuel Wekem Kotia

A review of the book Indigenous African Warfare (Its Concept and Art in the Gold Coast, Asante and the Northern Territories, Up to the Early 1900s), by Colonel Festus Boahen Aboagye. Pretoria, South Africa: Ulinzi Africa Publishing Solutions.


Grant, Roger H. Railroads And The American People. Indiana University Press, 2012. Choice, March., Bruce Sarjeant Dec 2012

Grant, Roger H. Railroads And The American People. Indiana University Press, 2012. Choice, March., Bruce Sarjeant

Bruce Sarjeant

No abstract provided.


Review: Riding With Stuart: Reminiscences Of An Aide-De-Camp, Cline E. Hall Mar 2010

Review: Riding With Stuart: Reminiscences Of An Aide-De-Camp, Cline E. Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Review: Revolutionary Virginia: The Road To Independence Volume Vii, Cline Edwin Hall Mar 2010

Review: Revolutionary Virginia: The Road To Independence Volume Vii, Cline Edwin Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Review: George Washington And The Virginia Backcountry, Cline Edwin Hall Mar 2010

Review: George Washington And The Virginia Backcountry, Cline Edwin Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Review: All We Knew Was To Farm: Rural Women In The Upcountry South, 1919-1941, Cline Edwin Hall Mar 2010

Review: All We Knew Was To Farm: Rural Women In The Upcountry South, 1919-1941, Cline Edwin Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Review: Gray Cavalier: The Life And Wars Of Gkeneral W.H.F. “Rooney” Lee, Cline Edwin Hall Mar 2010

Review: Gray Cavalier: The Life And Wars Of Gkeneral W.H.F. “Rooney” Lee, Cline Edwin Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Review: Bentonville: The Final Battle Of Sherman And Johnston, Cline Edwin Hall Mar 2010

Review: Bentonville: The Final Battle Of Sherman And Johnston, Cline Edwin Hall

Cline Edwin Hall

No abstract provided.


Reviewed Work: Lincoln Revisited: New Insights From The Lincoln Forum By John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel, Edna Greene Medford Oct 2008

Reviewed Work: Lincoln Revisited: New Insights From The Lincoln Forum By John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel, Edna Greene Medford

Edna Greene Medford

No abstract provided.


Louter, David. Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads & Nature In Washington's National Parks. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, 2006. Choice, January., Bruce Sarjeant Dec 2006

Louter, David. Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads & Nature In Washington's National Parks. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, 2006. Choice, January., Bruce Sarjeant

Bruce Sarjeant

No abstract provided.


Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay Dec 2006

Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay

Jacqueline E. Jay

Book Review This book is the fifth in the GOFIV series to examine how hieroglyphic "determinatives" (or "script classifiers") reflect the way the ancient Egyptians classified and categorized the elements of their world. The bulk of the book is a section-by-section transliteration, translation, and analysis of the Ramesside royal decrees, divided into four generic subsets


Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay Dec 2006

Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay

Jacqueline E. Jay

Book Review

This book is the fifth in the GOFIV series to examine how hieroglyphic "determinatives" (or "script classifiers") reflect the way the ancient Egyptians classified and categorized the elements of their world. The bulk of the book is a section-by-section transliteration, translation, and analysis of the

Ramesside royal decrees, divided into four generic subsets:


Jenish, D'Arcy. Epic Wanderer: David Thompson And The Mapping Of The Canadian West. Lincoln: University Of Nebraska Press, 2004. Information Bulletin, March., Bruce Sarjeant Dec 2004

Jenish, D'Arcy. Epic Wanderer: David Thompson And The Mapping Of The Canadian West. Lincoln: University Of Nebraska Press, 2004. Information Bulletin, March., Bruce Sarjeant

Bruce Sarjeant

No abstract provided.


Reviewed Work Educating The Disfranchised And Disinherited Samuel Chapman Armstrong And Hampton Institute, 1839-1893 By Robert Francis Engs, Edna Greene Medford Jun 2000

Reviewed Work Educating The Disfranchised And Disinherited Samuel Chapman Armstrong And Hampton Institute, 1839-1893 By Robert Francis Engs, Edna Greene Medford

Edna Greene Medford

No abstract provided.


Giles Constable, Three Studies In Medieval Religious And Social Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1995, Kathleen Ashley Aug 1996

Giles Constable, Three Studies In Medieval Religious And Social Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1995, Kathleen Ashley

Kathleen M. Ashley

Review of Giles Constable, Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1995


Reviewed Work: From Swastika To Jim Crow: Refugee Scholars At Black Colleges By Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, Edna Greene Medford Oct 1995

Reviewed Work: From Swastika To Jim Crow: Refugee Scholars At Black Colleges By Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, Edna Greene Medford

Edna Greene Medford

No abstract provided.