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The "Lost Cause"

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The American Fascination with the Civil War

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The Progressive Era

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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920

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Glenda Gilmore is Assistant Professor of American History at Yale University. Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920 records political and social change in North Carolina from the...

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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic

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Washington’s Most Significant Act

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Washington as Symbol of the Founding Era

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The Significance of the American Revolution

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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

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Gordon Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University and the author of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin. Wood presents an unusual portrait of this celebrated American folk hero, tracing...

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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

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H. W. Brands, Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History and Government at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses his book, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (2000). He argues that Franklin...

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90,988 items

The "Lost Cause"

The American Fascination with the Civil War

The Progressive Era

Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic

Washington’s Most Significant Act

Washington as Symbol of the Founding Era

The Significance of the American Revolution

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

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