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  • The Farmer's Age

    Agriculture, 1815-60

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    Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume examines the aspects and problems of land policies and the growth in farming during the mid-1800s. ... Leer más

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    Chicago and the Great West

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  • Georgia

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  • Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution

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  • America's First Great Depression

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  • Vermont

    For many Americans, Vermont still seems what the United States at least in myth once was--a bucolic landscape of wooded hills, neat farms, and handsome villages--before modern forces transformed our agrarian nation into an urban-industrial giant.Vermonters have long been respected as sturdy Americans who prize hard work, honest dealing, town-meeting government, and dry humor. Their way of life, ... Leer más

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  • George Washington's Washington

    Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic

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    Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America

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  • Obsolete Paper Money Issued by Banks in the United States 1782-1866

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    Award-winning author and historian Q. David Bowers explores the fascinating world of "obsolete currency" - the colorful, ornate paper money that first circulated in the 13 colonies and served American commerce up through the Civil War. ... Leer más

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