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The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York is a profile of a flourishing Hindu temple in the town of Rush, New York.The temple, established by a charismatic nonbrahman Sri Lankan Tamil known as Aiya, stands out for its combination of orthodox ritual meticulousness and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2005-12-15
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To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1998-11-19
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To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1998-11-19
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The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1995-02-23
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The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1995-02-23
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Despite the vast changes in plantation agriculture following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the lot of small farmers was little improved. Examining the nonplantation region of upcountry Georgia as a microcosm of the South, Steven Hahn showed how farmers were buffeted...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1985-02-07
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Despite the vast changes in plantation agriculture following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the lot of small farmers was little improved. Examining the nonplantation region of upcountry Georgia as a microcosm of the South, Steven Hahn showed how farmers were buffeted...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1985-02-07
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The Spanish, French, Indians, Mexicans, and Americans fought for supremacy of the Southwest of North America over a period of four centuries. No section of America was discovered, rediscovered or fought over with such bloodshed, frustration and betrayal; the march of...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2025-11-01
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Winner (second prize), 2019 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingA revealing history of the ancient trail that served as a major transportation route between Washington and British Columbia and shaped the cultural and economic ties between...
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Heritage House
Parution :
2018-06-12
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This trailblazing history of early British Columbia focuses on a single year, 1858, the year of the Fraser River gold rush — the third great massmigration of gold seekers after the Californian and Australian rushes in search of a new El Dorado. Marshall’s history...
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Ronsdale Press
Parution :
2018-03-31
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