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The fuging-tune has long been associated with American music. The almost 1300 fuging-tunes by American composers published between 1770 and 1820 testify to their widespread popularity and musical impact.

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The materials included in this bibliography focus on the craftsmen responsible for the creation of fine furniture. works that examine the sociological, political, economic and environmental conditions within which furniture craftsmen worked, as well as furniture factories and furniture retail businesses themselves;

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A detailed compendium of American gangsters and gangs from the end of the Civil War to the present day.

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The first major work to identify the original generation of American geographersteachers, writers, surveyors, cartographers, engravers, and otherswho made significant contributions to the field of geography during the early years of the republic.

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Offers students, writers, and serious fans a windoe into some of the most popular topics, styles and periods in this subject. Authors studied in 'American Gothic Fiction' include Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe and William Faulkner.

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Arranged alphabetically by name of state, the book contains brief biographical data on governors, including date of birth, birth place, residence, occupation, party affiliation, date and age at death, and date and age on assuming office.

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A guide to North American graphic design from colonial times to the present, aimed at designers, students, and librarians making collections. Among topics covered are design theory, history and techniques, reproduction, illustration, advertising, packaging, signs and computer technology.

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American Haiku: New Readings explores the history and development of haiku by American writers, examining individual writers from the late nineteenth century to modern times.

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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs.

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This book is a guide to the academic and practice journal literature and to the health reports from the U.S. Accounting Office and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

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The War of 1812 saw the emergence of the US Navy as a powerful force, mainly through the use of their 44-gun frigates. Their victories in the war and their successes against the Barbary pirates caught the imagination of the world - and spurred all navies into re-examining the class.

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This book describes the current state of universities on each continent, providing a comprehensive analysis of the numerous factors that have affected higher education systems around the world.

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Entries are grouped in chapters according to type of reference work, such as bibliographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, and directories. While most of the works were published between 1970 and 1990, the volume includes works from 1861 to 1992.

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According to Professor Wallenfeldt, if higher education is to serve the needs of a broad range of people, a communication must be developed that relates special interests to essential realities.

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These two complementary publications cover historical novels published in the U.S. for both adult and young adult readers.

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This study is the first interpretive text for the study of American exceptionalism and the first overall assessment of geographic, political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the American past written from a global perspective. American society was a Western society with racial castes and multi-ethnic additions to the population.

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Such historical events as early migrations to and from North America, the building of the Panama Canal, and the Johnstown flood are placed within the context of geological, meteorological, astronomical, and oceanographical processes.

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With 50 percent new material, this third edition breaks this complex topic into key elements, examining the roots of the problem, programs that address it, current research, and public perceptions of homelessness.

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Providing access to over 6,500 house designs published between 1850 and 1915, this work is indexed by architects' or designers' names as well as by the geographic location of each house when given in the periodical.