The Armies of the Streets
The Armies of the Streets

Author: Adrian Cook

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0813162556

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In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval.

Three Visits to America
Three Visits to America

Author: Emily Faithfull

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1429004606

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A woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

Author: Raman Selden

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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Unsurpassed as a text for upper-division and beginning graduate students, Raman Selden's classic text is the liveliest, most readable and most reliable guide to contemporary literary theory. Includes applications of theory, cross-referenced to Selden's companion volume, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature.

Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018
Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018

Author:

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1640652353

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Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.