In American history, "Reconstruction" is the term applied to the period 1862-1877. This encyclopedia includes coverage of the abolition of slavery, the expansion of governmental power, the rise of the Republican Party, the explosion of northern industry and the national market, and the appearance of new social groups.

A comprehensive encyclopedia that describes the experiences of American veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present.

With well over 300 contributors and 500 entries, Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs details selected major cities, suburbs, people, places, concepts, contemporary issues, history, and development of urban America.

The definitive compilation on witchcraft and witch hunting in the early modern era exploring significant people, places, beliefs, and events.

Discusses a range of topics related to women's folklore and folklife. This encyclopedia begins with four overview essays on women's folklore, folklore about women, the folklore of subversion, and women folklorists. It is suitable for students learning about history, world cultures, and literature.

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Joe Pickett's foster daughter is discovered in a ditch, barely alive. Joe knows who's responsible but there's no proof and his investigation will bring him face-to-face with some truly terrifying opposition.

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Endurance Sport and the American Philosophical Tradition analyzes the relationship between endurance sports and themes from the American philosophical tradition. The contributors write from a scholarly viewpoint but also informed through their own endurance sport participation.

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Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.

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As an international language, English has facilitated the sharing of information. But when it comes to communications, specifically political communication, Dovring argues that the type of English that is used leads to misunderstandings, political double entendre, and the subtle manipulation of public opinion.

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"English Cathedrals is a summation of a writing-photographing partnership between man and wife which ceased in 1971, when Edwin Smith died, leaving his widow with an archive of some of the finest pictures of architecture taken in this century...."Ronald Blythe, The Tablet

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This book explores English trade to Russia in the first half of the seventeenth century. Meticulously reconstructing commercial activities, personnel, and day-to-day business strategies of the Muscovy Company, it reveals the workings of a growing branch of early modern overseas trade linking Russia to intersecting markets across the globe.

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This information-packed, two-volume set offers readers a single source for insight into the evolution of business functions and opportunities created by technologies related to Web 2.0.

Every day, business leaders read about the shift in essential business practices and consumer-buying behavior brought about by the Internet.

Entrepreneurship is credited for technological invention, the rise of corporate empires, and directly linked to economic development around the world. This multivolume set of essays showcases theory and practice in entrepreneurship to illuminate its many facets, covering various topics.

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This book offers a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex interplay between language, discourse, and environmental issues.

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A coming-of-age story set in fin de sicle Trieste.

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Breaking with historical orthodoxy that claims Bacon's Rebellion marked the death knell of white labor in the Chesapeake and that colonial Virginians achieved racial hegemony in the eighteenth century, Escaping Servitude debunks the myth of the benign institution and the sentimentalized, content servant and reveals revolt and day-to-day resistance.

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This book examines espionage and intelligence gathering in ancient Greece. The author focuses on proxenoihonorary ambassadors in Greek city-statesand argues that they also ran intelligence networks and would sometimes work directly against their home polis.

This manual contains digests of 100 books on business and management. Ranging from Sun Tzu's Art of War" to "The Cluetrain Manifesto" and Peter Drucker's "Practice of Management", it includes analysis of each work's contribution, impact and legacy, and reading lists for more information."

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An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates, aimed at bridging the increasing gap between A Level and university level study. The book offers a comprehensive approach to fourteen key texts looking at different critical perspectives, language, context and performance in particular.

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An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates, aimed at bridging the increasing gap between A Level and university level study. The book offers a comprehensive approach to fourteen key texts looking at different critical perspectives, language, context and performance in particular.

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