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Examines the tragic development and resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. This book focuses on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina during the Dirty War (1976-1983). It offers an exploration of the reciprocal relationship between Argentina and Chile and human rights movements.

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Each chapter devoted to one of the states provides a contemporary snapshot of the most important information to know about the state, with essay sections on its characteristics, flora and fauna, cultural groups and languages, history, economy, social customs, arts, noteworthy places, and cuisine with representative recipes.

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This text explores the states' rights versus American federalism debate, reflecting the fervent stands of Americans throughout history. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate via this collection of over 65 primary documents.

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This book examines how statesmanship in reconstruction could have spared the South some severe hardships after the Civil War. Despite the vast change in public opinion on race relations over the last nearly 150 years, there are still lessons drawn from this study that can be applied to present day Civil Rights Policy.

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Thomas Jonathan Jackson was the most renowned and skillful commander of Confederate troops in the Civil War. Not even Lee or Stuart matched his purely military intelligence--his intransigence at Bull R

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Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II.

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The gripping story of a well-known battle told from the perspective of the "other" side--the Confederates who just barely lost the fight for Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg

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Saul traces the development of British overseas trade from its beginnings prior to European imperialism around the world through its standing at the outbreak of World War I.

The major advances in transport services and the export of capital from Europe during the years 1870-1914 made possible the development of a true world economy.

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Many people have heard of the Hunley, the Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic. Less well known, however, is that the Hunley was not alone under the waters of America during the Civil War. In this text, Mark Ragan brings this little-known history to the surface.

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Surveillance in America is a study of FBI surveillance practices and policies since 1920 based on recently declassified FBI files. This wide-ranging study looks at such subjects as the media, academic historians, the Watergate crisis, and surveillance of the American working class.

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Delves into the dream world of ordinary Americans and finds that as their self-perception increased, transforming them on a personal level, so did a revolutionary spirit that wrought momentous political changes. This book is intended for specialists in the fields of American and African-American history.

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This study examines Chiles 1988 Franja Electoral, the month-long nationally televised political program that gave space to both sides ahead of the countrys national plebiscite. The author argues that the mediatization of Chilean politics through this practice enabled the peaceful transition of power from Pinochets military dictatorship.

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Tell Me about the Presidents is for young people in the elementary grades. The author includes an interesting story about each president and concludes each story with three questions for the reader to answer. This book is a great learning tool for both parents and teachers to teach American history in a fun way.

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Tell Me about the Presidents is for young people in the elementary grades. The author includes an interesting story about each president and concludes each story with three questions for the reader to answer. This book is a great learning tool for both parents and teachers to teach American history in a fun way.

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The first-ever popular account of a tide-turning Civil War battle that saved the Union capital-but at a horrific price

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This resource guide to 100 key events in Latino history provides students, librarians, and scholars with hundreds of original and compelling term paper ideas and the key print and electronic sources needed for research.

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Major help for those inevitable American History term paper projects has arrived to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways. Term Paper Resource Guide to Nineteenth-Century U.S. History is a superb source to motivate and educate students who have a wide range of interests and talents.

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This book offers a comprehensive theory of the New Deal, covering the ends it hoped to achieve and the means it used to achieve them. Looking at a mixture of history, American political development, and political theory, it aims to fill a critical gap in scholarship and provide a theoretical framework for contemporary progressive political actors.