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Venice Incognito

Masks in the Serene Republic

By: James H. Johnson

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Venice Incognito

Masks in the Serene Republic

By: James H. Johnson

The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks—nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men—could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova. In Venice Incognito, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city. He draws on a wealth of material to explore the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. This vivid account goes beyond common views that masking was about forgetting the past and minding the muse of pleasure to offer fresh insight into the historical construction of identity.

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Univ of California Press

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0520294653

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9780520294653

Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley: with Histories of East Saginaw, Saginaw City and Bay City, from their earliest Settlements

Also Pioneer Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1866 and 1867

By: James Thomas,Andrew Galatian

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Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley: with Histories of East Saginaw, Saginaw City and Bay City, from their earliest Settlements

Also Pioneer Directory and Business Advertiser, for 1866 and 1867

By: James Thomas,Andrew Galatian

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752579056

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9783752579055

A House for the Struggle

The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago

By: E. James West

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A House for the Struggle

The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago

By: E. James West

Multiple Award-Winner! Winner of the 2023 Michael Nelson Prize of International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) Recipient of the 2022 Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award Winner of the 2023 American Journalism Historians Association Book of the Year Winner of the 2023 ULCC’s (Union League Club of Chicago) Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago Award Recipient of a 2023 Best of Illinois History Superior Achievement award from the Illinois State Historical Society Winner of the 2023 BAAS Book Prize (British Association for American Studies) Honorable Mention for the 2021-22 RSAP Book Prize (Research Society for American Periodicals) Buildings once symbolized Chicago's place as the business capital of Black America and a thriving hub for Black media. In this groundbreaking work, E. James West examines the city's Black press through its relationship with the built environment. As a house for the struggle, the buildings of publications like Ebony and the Chicago Defender embodied narratives of racial uplift and community resistance. As political hubs, gallery spaces, and public squares, they served as key sites in the ongoing Black quest for self-respect, independence, and civic identity. At the same time, factors ranging from discriminatory business practices to editorial and corporate ideology prescribed their location, use, and appearance, positioning Black press buildings as sites of both Black possibility and racial constraint. Engaging and innovative, A House for the Struggle reconsiders the Black press's place at the crossroads where aspiration collided with life in one of America's most segregated cities.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252053311

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9780252053313

A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924

A Supplement

By: Daniel F. Littlefield,James W. Parins

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A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924

A Supplement

By: Daniel F. Littlefield,James W. Parins

Covers works written in English by American Indians and Alaska natives from Colonial times to 1924.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810818027

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9780810818026

African-American Life on the Southern Hunting Plantation

By: James "Jack" Hadley

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African-American Life on the Southern Hunting Plantation

By: James "Jack" Hadley

By the early 1900s, virtually all of the rich plantation land in the Red Hills between Thomasville, Georgia, and Tallahassee, Florida, had been converted to quail-hunting land for the pleasure of Northern owners and their guests. To operate these large specialized plantations, a skilled management and talented and industrious work force was needed. Within these pages are the stories of fifteen African Americans who were closely involved in plantation life in the first half of the century. Explored are the unique relationships between the plantation owners and their employees, and between families black and white. Vintage images depict the various tasks performed by the African Americans on the plantation, as well as the recreational activities they enjoyed. Told in the voices of those who lived and worked on the plantations, this unique collection of oral histories will serve as a valuable educational tool for generations to come.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738505552

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9780738505558

Black Sailors in the Civil War

A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels

By: James H. Bruns

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Black Sailors in the Civil War

A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels

By: James H. Bruns

Thousands of Black sailors served with valor during the Civil War. Yet few histories have highlighted their contributions to the Union's impressive naval victories throughout the war, which prompted Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, to declare that if the army could not win the war, the navy would have to. Drawing on official naval records, personal letters and journals, and oral histories of formerly enslaved Americans, this volume documents the service of fugitive, freemen and freed Black sailors, 1861-1865.

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McFarland

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1476648395

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9781476648392

Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.

Popular Black History in Postwar America

By: E. James West

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Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.

Popular Black History in Postwar America

By: E. James West

From its launch in 1945, Ebony magazine was politically and socially influential. However, the magazine also played an important role in educating millions of African Americans about their past. Guided by the pen of Lerone Bennett Jr., the magazine’s senior editor and in-house historian, Ebony became a key voice in the popular black history revival that flourished after World War II. Its content helped push representations of the African American past from the margins to the center of the nation’s cultural and political imagination. E. James West's fresh and fascinating exploration of Ebony’s political, social, and historical content illuminates the intellectual role of the iconic magazine and its contribution to African American scholarship. He also uncovers a paradox. Though Ebony provided Bennett with space to promote a militant reading of black history and protest, the magazine’s status as a consumer publication helped to mediate its representation of African American identity in both past and present. Mixing biography, cultural history, and popular memory, West restores Ebony and Bennett to their rightful place in African American intellectual, commercial, and political history.

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299

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University of Illinois Press

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0252051998

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9780252051999

The Origins of Grammar

Language in the Light of Evolution II

By: James R. Hurford

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The Origins of Grammar

Language in the Light of Evolution II

By: James R. Hurford

The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language.

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Oxford University Press

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0199207879

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9780199207879

Nimble Believing

Dickinson and the Unknown

By: James McIntosh

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Nimble Believing

Dickinson and the Unknown

By: James McIntosh

A groundbreaking exploration of the themes of faith and doubt in Emily Dickinson's poetry

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University of Michigan Press

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0472030558

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9780472030552

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

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Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Helena Pastimes. Player biographies trace their connections between teams across the country. Essays frame the biographies, discussing the social and cultural events that shaped black baseball. Waiters and barbers formed the earliest organized clubs and developed local, regional and national circuits. Some players belonged to both white and colored clubs, and some umpires officiated colored, white and interracial matches. High schools nurtured young players and transformed them into powerhouse teams, like Cincinnati's Vigilant Base Ball Club. A special essay covers visual representations of black baseball and the artists who created them, including colored artists of color who were also baseballists.

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McFarland

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1476616582

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William H. Emory

Soldier-Scientist

By: L. David Norris,James C. Milligan,Odie B. Faulk

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William H. Emory

Soldier-Scientist

By: L. David Norris,James C. Milligan,Odie B. Faulk

Soldier and explorer William H. Emory traveled the length and breadth of the United States and participated in some of the most significant events of the nineteenth century. This first complete biography of Emory offers new insights into an often-overlooked military figure and provides an important view of an expanding America. Born in Maryland in 1811, Emory was a West Point graduate who resigned his commission to become a civil engineer and join the newly formed Corps of Topographical Engineers. After working along the Canadian boundary, he was selected to accompany Stephen Watts Kearny and the Army of the West in their trek to California in 1846, and his map from that expedition helped guide Forty-Niners bound for the goldfields. Emory worked for nine years on the new border between the United States and Mexico after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase and was responsible for the survey and marking of the boundary. When the Civil War broke out, Emory refused a commission in the Confederate Army, instead commanding a regiment defending Washington, D.C. Later he saw action at Manassas, in the Red River campaign, and in the Shenandoah Valley, where he served under Phil Sheridan. This biography draws on Emory’s personal papers to reveal other significant episodes of his life. While commanding a cavalry unit in Indian Territory, he was the only officer to bring an entire command out of insurrectionary territory. In hostile action of a different kind, he was a major witness in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson and offered testimony that helped save the president. William H. Emory: Soldier-Scientist is an important resource for scholars of western expansion and the Civil War. More than that, it is a rousing story of an unsung but distinguished hero of his time.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816540160

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9780816540167

7 ACT Practice Tests, Sixth Edition + Online Practice

By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

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7 ACT Practice Tests, Sixth Edition + Online Practice

By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

Written by experienced educators, this edition includes Seven full-length practice tests similar to the actual ACT in length, structure, question types, and degree of difficulty, 6 practice tests in the book plus 1 online test with answer explanations for all questions; Detailed analyses explaining why each correct answer is the right one; Tips and strategies geared toward each section of the test--English, Math, Reading, Science, and the optional Writing"--

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325

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Simon and Schuster

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150629152X

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9781506291529

6 ACT Practice Tests with Online Test

By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

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6 ACT Practice Tests with Online Test

By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

Barron’s 6 ACT Practice Tests helps students learn by doing with detailed answer analyses and practice that simulates the actual ACT. United States, US territories, and Puerto Rico: Testing will resume in 2020 and 2021. Current test dates are December 12, 2020, February 06, 2021, April 17, 2021, June 12, 2021, and July 17, 2021. International test dates for December 2020 and February 2021 have been canceled. The fourth edition features: Six full-length practice tests similar to the actual ACT in length, structure, question types, and degree of difficulty Detailed analyses explaining why each correct answer is the right one Tips and strategies geared toward each section of the test--English, Math, Reading, Science, and the optional Writing Access to one online test with answer explanations for all questions

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Barrons Educational Series

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1506266584

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9781506266589

7 ACT Practice Tests Premium, 2023 + Online Practice

By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

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By: Patsy J. Prince,James D. Giovannini

Barron’s 7 ACT Practice Tests Premium helps students learn by doing with detailed answer analyses and practice that simulates the actual ACT. This edition features: Seven full-length practice tests similar to the actual ACT in length, structure, question types, and degree of difficulty 6 practice tests in the book plus 1 online test with answer explanations for all questions Detailed analyses explaining why each correct answer is the right one Tips and strategies geared toward each section of the test--English, Math, Reading, Science, and the optional Writing

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1506286356

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The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry

A Civil War History and Roster

By: James P. Faust

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The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry

A Civil War History and Roster

By: James P. Faust

At the start of the Civil War, volunteers from six counties in southeastern Alabama formed the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment. As part of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia--and briefly serving with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee--the 15th Alabama was one of the Confederacy's most active regiments and fought in many of the war's key battles. Based on firsthand accounts, this volume chronicles the regiment's experiences from its organization in July 1861 through its surrender at Appomattox. Detailed firsthand accounts are given of the 15th's action at Shenandoah, Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Spotsylvania, along with intimate descriptions of camp life. Service records of each member are provided, including enlistment, hometown, battle wounds and, where applicable, cause of death.

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McFarland

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1476618569

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9781476618562

Pediatric Cardiology

The Essential Pocket Guide

By: Walter H. Johnson,James H. Moller

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Pediatric Cardiology

The Essential Pocket Guide

By: Walter H. Johnson,James H. Moller

Caring for children with heart disease is extremely complex, requiring a different and often tailor-made approach compared with adults with similar cardiac problems. Built on the success of previous editions and brought to you by a stellar author team, Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide provides a unique, concise and extremely practical overview of heart disease in children. From history-taking, physical examination, ECG, and chest X-ray – the basics that enable clinicians to uncover possible problems and eliminate areas of false concern – it goes on to examine the range of more complex topics in the diagnosis and treatment/management of childhood cardiovascular disease. New to this edition you’ll find: An enhanced section on imaging including recent advances in cardiac MRI and fetal echocardiography. New techniques in genetic testing for heart disease in special populations. Much more emphasis on the importance of echocardiography in understanding the pathophysiology of congenital cardiac malformations. Expanded section on cardiac conditions in the neonate, specifically on prenatal diagnosis and management, neonatal screening for congenital heart disease, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Expanded and updated congestive cardiac failure section, including the latest in genetic and metabolic causes of heart failure, and medical/surgical treatment options; discussion of bridging therapies; essentials of transplantation, including common drug treatment regimens, clinical recognition of treatment complications and rejection, outcomes, morbidity and survival. In addition, every chapter is fully updated with the very latest clinical guidelines and management options from the AHA, ACC and ESC. Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide, 3rd edition, is quite simply a must-have guide for all members of the multidisciplinary team managing children suffering from heart disease.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118503406

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9781118503409

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Venice Incognito

Venice Incognito

Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley: with Histories of East Saginaw, Saginaw City and Bay City, from their earliest Settlements

Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley: with Histories of East Saginaw, Saginaw City and Bay City, from their earliest Settlements

A House for the Struggle

A House for the Struggle

A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924

A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924

African-American Life on the Southern Hunting Plantation

African-American Life on the Southern Hunting Plantation

Black Sailors in the Civil War

Black Sailors in the Civil War

Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.

Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.

The Origins of Grammar

The Origins of Grammar

Nimble Believing

Nimble Believing

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

William H. Emory

William H. Emory

7 ACT Practice Tests, Sixth Edition + Online Practice

7 ACT Practice Tests, Sixth Edition + Online Practice

6 ACT Practice Tests with Online Test

6 ACT Practice Tests with Online Test

7 ACT Practice Tests Premium, 2023 + Online Practice

7 ACT Practice Tests Premium, 2023 + Online Practice

The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry

The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry

Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology

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