Rural Fictions, Urban Realities: A Geography of Gilded Age American Literature
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The diminishment of rural life at the hands of urbanization, for many, defines the years between the...
An American Teacher in Argentina: Mary Gorman's Nineteenth-Century Odyssey from New Mexico to the Pampas
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This is the story of Mary Gorman who, in 1869, was the first American woman to accept President...
Color and Character: West Charlotte High and the American Struggle Over Educational Equality
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At a time when race and inequality dominate national debates, the story of West Charlotte High...
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
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In Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines the economic progressives whose ideas and reform...
Dr. Death and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Corruption and Injustice in the American South
Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington and John Grisham
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This is a tale of two tragedies. At the heart of the first is Dr. Steven Hayne, a doctor the State...
Piercing the Horizon: The Making of a Twentieth-Century American Space Luminary
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We all know the names: Grissom, Armstrong, Cernan-legends of the space age whose names resonate with...
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
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New York Times bestseller From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions...
Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
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Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its...
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection
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In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the...