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Democracy in America
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, by Alexis de Tocqueville. The most influential study of the United States ever written, Democracy in America owes its enduring significance to the complexity of Tocqueville's analysis. This child of aristocracy was "a liberal of a new kind"... Read more |
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John Josselyn
John Josselyn (1608?-1675?) P HYSICIAN AND MOUNTAINEER Sources Voyages.The English physician John Josselyn voyaged to New England twice during the seventeenth century. His first voyage lasted several months during the summer of 1638. His second, much... Read more |
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Alexander von Humboldt
Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859) German explorer and naturalist Alexander Humboldt pursued a lifetime of exploration and discovery, and was best known for his expeditions to Central and South America . A master of observation and analysis, Humboldt was also a prolific writer and recorder of his... Read more |
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Socialist Party of America
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Boy Scouts of America
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United Steelworkers of America
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA. The United Steelworkers of America began life on 17 June 1936 as the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) formed the CIO... Read more |
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Wesley Brown
BROWN, Wesley Nationality: American. Born: New York, New York, 23 May 1945. Education: Oswego State University, B.A. 1968. Publications Novels Tragic Magic. New York, Random House, 1978. Darktown Strutters. New York, Cane Hill Press, 1994. Plays Boogie Woogie and Booker T. New York, Theatre... Read more |
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Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke 1908-2004, Anglo-American journalist, b. Salford, England, as Alfred Cooke; grad. Cambridge, 1930, where he officially adopted the name Alistair. Cooke became famous in Britain for interpreting American life and culture to a British audience and in America, as the epitome of the... Read more |
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
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Francis Asbury
Francis Asbury , 1745-1816, Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America, where he promoted the growth of the circuit rider system that proved so eminently suited to frontier conditions. His powerful preaching, his skill in... Read more |
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Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic...
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