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The Problem Of Order - Elizabethan Political Commonplaces And An Example Of Shakespeare'S Art

by Ernest William Talbert

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 Problem of Order: Elizabethan Political Commonplaces and an Example of Shakespeare's Art
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Birds Of The Carolinas

by Ricky Davis

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 Offering reference for bird-watchers in North Carolina and South Carolina, this work collects information on the avian species known to have occurred in the region since 1900. It is illustrated with 350 color photographs, and includes information on the nesting and feeding habits of the birds as well as major changes in taxonomy and nomenclature.
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Women Of The Republic - Intellect And Ideology In Revolutionary America

by Linda K. Kerber

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 Drawn from the direct testimony provided by women in their letters, diaries, and legal records, this text describes women's participation in the American Revolution, evaluates changes in their education in the late 18th century and analyzes their status in law and society.
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The Lord Cornbury Scandal - The Politics Of Reputation In British America

by Patricia U. Bonomi

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 This volume looks at the life of Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 and 1708, whose range of alleged transgressions ranged from raiding the public treasury to scandalizing his subjects.
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Daniel Morgan - Revolutionary Rifleman

by Don Higginbotham

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 Over the vast distances and rough terrain of the Revolutionary War, the tactics that Daniel Morgan had learned in Indian fighting - the thin skirmish line, the stress upon individual marksmanship, the hit-and-run mobility - were an important element of his success as a commander. He combined this success on the battlefield with a deep devotion to the soldiers serving under him.
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The Elusive Republic - Political Economy In Jeffersonian America

by Drew R. Mccoy

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 The author of this study investigates 18th-century social and economic thought - an intellectual world with its own vocabulary, concepts and assumptions - integrating the history of ideas and the history of public policy in the Jeffersonian era.
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Beyond Confederation - Origins Of The Constitution And American National Identity

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 Examines the ideological background of the US Constitution, the rigours of its writing and ratification, and the problems it both faced and provoked immediately after ratification. The essays in this collection question much of the heritage of eighteenth-century constitutional thought and suggest that many of the commonly debated issues have led us away from the truly germane questions.
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The Carolina Backcountry On The Eve Of The Revolution - The Journal And Other Writings Of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant

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 In what is probably the fullest and most vivid extant account of the American Colonial frontier, The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution gives shape to the daily life, thoughts, hopes, and fears of the frontier people. It is set forth by one of the most extraordinary men who ever sought out the wilderness - Charles Woodmason, an Anglican minister.
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Dental Radiology

by Vickye C. Secrist

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Let The People Decide - Black Freedom And White Resistance Movements In Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986

by J. Todd Moye

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 In the middle of the Mississippi Delta lies rural, black-majority Sunflower County. J. Todd Moye examines the social histories of civil rights and white resistance movements in Sunflower, tracing the development of organizing strategies in separate racial communities over four decades.
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Stonewall Jackson At Cedar Mountain

by Robert K. Krick

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 At Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. From diaries, reminiscences, letters and newspaper articles, Robert Krick reconstructs a detailed account of the confrontation at Cedar Mountain and Jackson's victory there.
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The Adams-Jefferson Letters - The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson And Abigail And John Adams

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 An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. This reissue of The Adams-Jefferson Letters brings to a broader audience one of the monuments of American scholarship.
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Slavery Remembered - A Record Of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives

by Paul D. Escott

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 Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives
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The Sikh Diaspora In Vancouver - Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, And Multiculturalism

by Kamala Nayar

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 The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community â€" and having conducted over 100 interviews â€" Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.
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A Tree Accurst - Bobby Mcmillon And Stories Of Frankie Silver

by Daniel W. Patterson

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 Frankie Silver was hanged for the murder of her husband. Later, people claimed that a tree growing near the cabin in which Charlie Silver had been buried was ""accurst"". This work uses the ""accurst"" tree metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of the community.
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North Carolina Through Four Centuries

by William S. Powell

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 This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers.
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Carolina Cradle - Settlement Of The Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762

by Robert W. Ramsey

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 This account of the settlement of the North Carolina frontier - the land between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers - examines the process by which the piedmont South was populated. It traces the settlers from their arrival in America to their settlement in the northwest Carolina territory.
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Coastal Carolina Cooking

by Kathy Hart

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 For generations, coastal North Carolinians have prepared and savored time-honoured recipes that are as much a part of their tradition as boatbuilding and netmaking. In this collection Nancy Davis and Kathy Hart have preserved an important part of the heritage of this region. Here thirty-four Tar Heel cooks offer recipes that can't be found in popular cookbooks or on restaurant menus.
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The American Family Home, 1800-1960

by Clifford Edward Clark Jr.

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Growing And Propagating Wild Flowers

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 The most complete and expert treatment of wild flower propagation and cultivation to date, this book offers a sure approach to gardening with native plants while practicing good conservation. Based on ten years of pioneering research, Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers features practical, easy-to-follow methods for raising native plants.
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The North Carolina Experience - An Interpretive And Documentary History

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 This collection of nineteen original essays on selected topics and epochs in North Carolina history offers a broad survey of the state from its discovery and colonization to the present. Each chapter consists of an interpretive essay on a specific aspect of North Carolina's history, a collection of supporting documents, and a brief bibliography.
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Tar Heel Laughter

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 One of the few books concerned solely with the humour of a single state, this volume includes samples of what North Carolinians have laughed at - and with - from 1709 to the present. It is a rich anthology of Tar Heel anecdotes, homespun quips, hilarious stories, folklore, exaggerations, and observations.
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Roanoke Island - The Beginnings Of English America

by David Stick

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 Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America
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Seacoast Life - An Ecological Guide To Natural Seashore Communities In North Carolina

by Judith M. Spitsbergen

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 Designed primarily for field study, this book introduces the variety of species living in North Carolinaâ€™s diverse coastal setting, from sand dunes to salt marshes. Among the organisms identified are salt meadow hay, comb jellies, pipe fish, ghost crabs, sea cucumbers, and black skimmers. For each habitat, this study explains how organisms adapt to specific surroundings.
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