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Traces the development of athletics in the United States by examining the sporting experience of Native Americans, African Americans and the immigrant groups of the United States from Colonial times to the present.

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Examines the ways in which hair has served as a signifier of class, gender, ethnicity, conformity/non-comfority, authority, and power throughout history. An introductory essay explores the universal human interest in hair and hair-styling throughout history and around the world.

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This book addresses the forced removal and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II-a topic significant to all Americans, regardless of race or color.

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The number of extremists and extremist groups in the United States has increased dramatically in the last 20 years.

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The Encyclopedia of Surnames is not just another dictionary! With entertaining coverage of more than 7,000 surnames, it provides a complete and accessible companion to tracing the history of names. Written by John Ayto, a respected lexicographer, it is the ideal gift or research tool for anyone interested in tracing their family history.

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A vivid description of the people, events, and issues that forever changed the lives of Native Americans during the 1960s and 1970s-such as the occupation of Alcatraz, fishing-rights conflicts, and individuals such as Clyde Warrior.

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An encyclopedia of the history, people, events, places, movements, and issues of the Antebellum South.

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This encyclopedia provides 300 interdisciplinary, cross-referenced entries that document the effect of the plague on Western society across the four centuries of the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and political factors.

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This volume covers all aspects of the Boer War including its origins, military strategy and tactics, the main battles and sieges, the principal political and military figures, weaponry, and subjects such as the role of the railways, the treatment of the wounded, and the use of concentration camps.

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A comprehensive reference work on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), containing over 200 entries covering Haudenosaunee history, present-day issues, and contributions to general North American culture.

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The Hundred Years War is the name historians have given to a series of bloody but intermittent conflicts between France and England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This encyclopedia provides descriptions and definitions of people, events, and terms relating in some significant way to these conflicts.

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An encyclopaedia of the economic, political and social developments of the Industrial Revolution in the USA from 1750 to 1920. More than 200 entries cover individuals, significant technologies, inventions, court cases, companies, political institutions, economic events, and legislation.

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Provides a record of the history of the Mexican American civil rights movement.

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For the first time, the Middle Passagethe experience of slaves on the trans-Atlantic shipsreceives a full reference treatment in an encyclopedia.

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An A-to-Z encyclopedia covering the principal battles and campaigns, key military and political figures, and the political maneuvering during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.

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This authoritative A-Z encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses provides accurate and concise descriptions of the major battles and events and the principal historical figures and issues involved.

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Encyclopedia of Women and Sports is a clearly written, comprehensive, illustrated volume including nearly 600 entries on all aspects of women and sports in the United States, from the different sports to people and events;

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An extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world.

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This work is a revealing combination of biographies and topical essays that describe the outstanding and often-overlooked contributions of women to the science, politics, and culture of the Renaissance.

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