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The Civil War and Reconstruction
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Stuart A. Kallen |
Scans Black history from the earliest struggles for allowing free states to enter the union to Reconstruction and white resistance, profiles such figures as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Bo… |
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Kosovo
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Tricia Andryszewski |
Describes the ethnic rivalries and territorial claims that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia and examines the current situation. |
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Malaria, West Nile, and other mosquito-borne diseases
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Nancy Day |
Identifies and discusses mosquito-borne diseases including how they are contracted, their symptoms, treatment, and prevention. |
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Food in Colonial America
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Thomas, Mark |
Simple text and photographs depict some foods and cooking techniques of American colonists. |
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Racism
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Adrian Cooper,Richard Bingley,Bob Bowden |
Slave trade - Colonialism - Racism in sport, the legal system, and at work - The media and racism - Efforts to combat racism - The end of apartheid - Institutional racism. |
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The lost boys of Natinga
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Judy Walgren |
Describes daily life at Natinga, a refugee camp and school established in 1993 in southern Sudan for boys forced from their homes by that country's Civil War. |
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Ötzi, Sisi und Co
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Traude Kogoj |
Die österreichische Geschichte von der Entdeckung des Eigenheims um 5000 vor Christus bis zur Ablösung des Schillings durch den Euro. Erzählt wird - historisch genau, aber nicht immer bitter ernst - … |
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Harriet Tubman
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Lisa Halvorsen |
A biography of the African American woman who escaped from slavery, led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, aided Northern troops during the Civil War, and worked for women's suffrage. |
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Harriet Tubman
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Philip Abraham |
A brief introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad. |
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Kings and Queens of Southern Africa
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Sylviane A. Diouf,Sylviana Diouf |
Surveys historical regions and kingdoms of Southern Africa, with biographies of Nzinga Mbande, Queen of Angola; Shaka, King of the Zulu Nation; and Moshoeshoe, King of the Sotho. |
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