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Routes of Compromise

Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952

By: Michael Kirkland Bess

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Routes of Compromise

Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952

By: Michael Kirkland Bess

In Routes of Compromise Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways. While Veracruz offered a radical model for regional construction that empowered agrarian communities, national consensus would solidify around policies championed by Nuevo Leon's political and commercial elites. Bess shows that no single political figure or central agency dominated the process of determining Mexico's road-building policies. Instead, provincial road-building efforts highlight the contingent nature of power and state formation in midcentury Mexico.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496204018

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9781496204011

Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters

Women’s Tall Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1835–1856

By: Michael Lofaro

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Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters

Women’s Tall Tales from the Crockett Almanacs, 1835–1856

By: Michael Lofaro

The legendary feats of Davy Crockett, who could tree a ghost, ride his thirty-seven-foot-long alligator up Niagara Falls, and drink up the Mississippi River, are common knowledge to devotees of this nineteenth-century comic superhero. But what may come as a surprise to many is that the legendary frontiersman also served as the fictional narrator of a collection of outrageous tall tales about women in the same Crocket Almanacs in which he “recorded” his own adventures. Conceived as a marketing device by nineteenth-century publishers hoping to gain a share of the lucrative almanac market, such stories made these slim volumes the best-selling and longest-running series of comic almanacs published in the United States before the Civil War. Booking back at them now, the Crocket Almanacs offer a true “fun house mirror” view of the culture of antebellum America.

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353

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Stackpole Books

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0811753697

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9780811753692

Stage Combat Resource Materials

A Selected and Annotated Bibliography

By: Michael Kirkland

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Stage Combat Resource Materials

A Selected and Annotated Bibliography

By: Michael Kirkland

This book is designed to educate the reader about the evolution and development of arms, armor, and personal combat for the stage. It is the perfect guide for locating books, articles, and videos for those involved in the historical reenactment of duels and battles. It simultaneously offers historical context and points the reader toward useful and easily obtainable resources to inform their fights, costumes, and stage weaponry. This resource text is a must have for fight directors, teachers of stage combat, historical re-enactors, costumers, and weapons makers. The body of the work is divided up into five chapters and a series of appendices containing a compendium of useful information for fight directors and weapons makers. Chapter one surveys the evolution and development of arms, armor, and personal combat. Chapters two, three, and four consist of annotations of books, articles, and videos respectively. Chapter five offers concluding remarks on the project.

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362

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313089051

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9780313089053

The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film

By: Michael Weldon

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The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film

By: Michael Weldon

The bible of B-movies is back--and better than ever! From Abby to Zontar, this book covers more than 9,000 amazing movies--from the turn of the century right up to today's Golden Age of Video--all described with Michael Weldon's dry wit. More than 450 rare and wonderful illustrations round out thie treasure trove of cinematic lore--an essential reference for every bad film fan.

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662

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Macmillan

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0312131496

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9780312131494

Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

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Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

This revised and greatly expanded edition of a well-established reference book presents 5105 feature length (four reels or more) Western films, from the early silent era to the present. More than 900 new entries are in this edition. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time, color indication, cast listing, plot synopsis, and a brief critical review and other details. Not only are Hollywood productions included, but the volume also looks at Westerns made abroad as well as frontier epics, north woods adventures and nature related productions. Many of the films combine genres, such as horror and science fiction Westerns. The volume includes a list of cowboys and their horses and a screen names cross reference. There are more than 100 photographs.

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McFarland

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0786463724

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9780786463725

Routes of Compromise

Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952

By: Michael Kirkland Bess

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Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952

By: Michael Kirkland Bess

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Routes of Compromise

Routes of Compromise

Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters

Davy Crockett's Riproarious Shemales and Sentimental Sisters

Stage Combat Resource Materials

Stage Combat Resource Materials

The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film

The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film

Western Movies

Western Movies

Routes of Compromise

Routes of Compromise

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