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The Great War: American Front by Harry Turtledove
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The Great War: American Front by Harry TurtledoveThe Great War: American Front by Harry Turtledove

Having explored the alternate history of World War II in the "Worldwar" series, Harry Turtledove now turns his attention to an alternate World War I in "The Great War" series, beginning with American Front. This series actually began in 1997 with the release of How Few Remain, Turtledove's branch point occurred when the Confederacy won their freedom from the United States.
 
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Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 4: DOT to FRE
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Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 4: DOT to FREEncyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 4: DOT to FRE

This new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides:
- Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues
- More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles
- Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee
- Increased coverage of women and minorities
- Definitions of legal terms

And much more
 
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Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
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Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American LiteratureRace, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American LiteratureMoving boldly between literary analysis and political theory, contemporary and antebellum US culture, Arthur Riss invites readers to rethink prevailing accounts  of the relationship between slavery, liberalism, and literary representation.

 
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Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic
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Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New RepublicDrama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic

Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic investigates the way in which theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. Richards examines a variety of phenomena connected to the stage, including closet Revolutionary political plays, British drama on American boards, American-authored stage plays, and poetry and fiction by early Republican writers
 
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Early American Women Critics
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Early American Women Critics

Early American Women Critics provides a new history and analysis of the commentaries, written and spoken, circulated by early American women between the First and Second Great Religious Awakenings (1730s-1840s). Cima introduces readers to where, how and why women critics launched their commentaries on race, religion, gender and nation.

 
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