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Pages: 265
Pages: 265
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Pages: 288
Pages: 288
How did thousands of Chinese migrants end up working alongside African Americans in Louisiana after the Civil War? With the stories of these workers, Coolies and Cane advances an interpretation of emancipation that moves beyond U.S. borders and the black-white racial dynamic. Tracing American ideas of Asian labor to the
Language: en
Pages: 284
Pages: 284
This second annual volume from the Organization of American Historians, containing the best American history articles published between the summers of 2005 and 2006, provides a quick and comprehensiveoverview ofthe topwork and the current intellectual trendsin the field of American history. With contributions froma diverse group of historians, thiscollection appealsboth
Language: en
Pages: 261
Pages: 261
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Pages: 352
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Offering a rich and insightful road map of Asian American history as it has evolved over more than 200 years, this book marks the first systematic attempt to take stock of this field of study. It examines, comments, and questions the changing assumptions and contexts underlying the experiences and contributions
Language: en
Pages: 807
Pages: 807
Utilizing multiple perspectives of related academic disciplines, this three-volume set of contributed essays enables readers to understand the complexity of immigration to the United States and grasp how our history of immigration has made this nation what it is today.
Language: en
Pages: 345
Pages: 345
This is the first comprehensive history of a major American industry - an industry intimately linked to such significant forces as foreign competition, industrialization, wartime economics, international relations, government regulation, and unbridled entrepreneurship. The story of merchant shipping is the story of takeover coups by such figures as financier J.P.
Language: en
Pages: 234
Pages: 234
Tom Bollinger came from a bitter and troubled background. Growing up, he had experienced a myriad of horrible situations, but had managed to turn his life around despite the odds against him. Now he had everything to live for, he was blessed with a wonderful wife and loving children. He
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Pages: 421
Pages: 421
This collection focuses broadly on the role of law in the construction of U.S. borders and takes up an important question raised by the global turn in American studies scholarship: once territory becomes less critical to scholarship in the discipline, what constitutes the frame of American studies? For this project,
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