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Volume 29 - Issue 2 - August 1995

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James M. McPherson, What They Fought For, 1861–1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994, £15.95). Pp. 88. ISBN 0 8071 1904 0.
Brian Holden Reid
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Peter Shaw, Recovering American Literature (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1994, $22.00). Pp. 203. ISBN 1 56663 053 3.
R. W. (Herbie) Butterfield
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16 January 2009, pp. 295-297
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Thomas R. Moore, A Thick and Darksome Veil: The Rhetoric of Hawthorne's Sketches, Prefaces, and Essays (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1994, £35.50). Pp. 158. ISBN 1 55553 184 9.
Val Gough
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16 January 2009, pp. 297-298
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Barbara Tepa Lupack (ed.), Take Two: Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1994). ISBN 0 87972 642 3.
Clare Weissenberg
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16 January 2009, pp. 298-299
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Alan Lessoff, The Nation and Its City: Politics, “Corruption,” and Progress in Washington, D.C., 1861–1902 (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, £37). Pp. 337. ISBN 0 8016 4464 9.
Robert Harrison
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16 January 2009, pp. 299-300
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Samuel A. Hay, African American Theatre: A Historical and Critical Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £13.95 paper). Pp. 287. ISBN 0521 44522 1.
Judie Newman
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16 January 2009, pp. 300-301
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William C. Spengemann, A New World of Words: Redefining Early American Literature (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994, £20). Pp. 254. ISBN 0 300 05794 6.
David Rogers
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16 January 2009, pp. 301-302
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Rena Fraden, Blueprints for a Black Federal Theatre 1935–1939 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £37.50). Pp. 243. ISBN 0 521 44359 8.
Roger Howard
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Laurence Goldstein, The American Poet at the Movies: A. Critical History (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994, $29.95). Pp. 290. ISBN 0 472 10508 6.
Ian F. A. Bell
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Karen V. Hansen, A Very Social Time: Crafting Community in Antebellum New England (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, $30). Pp. 262. ISBN 0 520 08474 8.
Christopher Clark
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16 January 2009, pp. 304-305
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Michael Barkun, Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement (The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill and London, 1994, $39.95). Pp. 290. ISBN 0 8078 2145 4 (hardback), 0 8078 4451 9 (PaPer).
Dianne Kirby
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16 January 2009, pp. 305-306
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Carl T. Jackson, Vedanta for the West (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, £22.50). Pp. 185. ISBN 0 253 33098 X.
Kevin White
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Jimmie L. Reeves and Richard Campbell, Cracked Coverage: Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1994, £57 cloth, £18.95 paper). Pp. 330. ISBN 0 8223 1449 5, 0 8223 1491 6.
David Bewley-Taylor
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16 January 2009, pp. 308-309
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Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt and Margaret Jacob, Telling the Truth About History (New York: Norton, 1994, $25). Pp. 322. ISBN 0 393 03615 4. - Dorothy Ross (ed.), Modernist Impulses in the Human Sciences 1870–1930 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, £48.00 hardcover, £15.50 paperback). Pp. 379. ISBN 0 8018 4745 1.
Ben Andrews
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16 January 2009, pp. 309-311
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Sam Smith, Shadows of Hope: A Freethinkers Guide to Politics in the Time of Clinton (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994). Pp. 268. ISBN 0 253 35284 3.
Alex Waddan
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16 January 2009, p. 311
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Deborah L. Madsen (ed.), Visions of America Since 1492 (London: Leicester University Press, 1994, £35). Pp. 164. ISBN 0 7185 1470 X.
Craig Monk
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16 January 2009, p. 312
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Phillip Brian Harper, Framing the Margins: The Social Logic of Postmodern Culture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, £27.50 cloth, £12.95 paper). Pp. 233. ISBN 0 19 508238 9, 0 19 508239 7.
Peter Nesteruk
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16 January 2009, pp. 313-314
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Nian-Sheng Huang, Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture 1790–1990 (Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1994, n.p.). Pp. 270. ISBN 0 87169 2112.
Esmond Wright
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16 January 2009, pp. 314-315
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Nancy D. Hargrove, The Journey Toward Ariel: Sylvia Plath's Poems of 1956–1959 (Lund, Sweden: Lund University Press, 1994, SEK 211). Pp. 293. ISBN 0 86238 355 2.
David Arnold
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16 January 2009, p. 315
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David Minter, A Cultural History of the American Novel: Henry James to William Faulkner (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £35). Pp. 266. ISBN 0 521 45285 6.
Sarah Meer
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16 January 2009, p. 316
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James M. McPherson, What They Fought For, 1861–1865 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994, £15.95). Pp. 88. ISBN 0 8071 1904 0.

Peter Shaw, Recovering American Literature (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1994, $22.00). Pp. 203. ISBN 1 56663 053 3.

Thomas R. Moore, A Thick and Darksome Veil: The Rhetoric of Hawthorne's Sketches, Prefaces, and Essays (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1994, £35.50). Pp. 158. ISBN 1 55553 184 9.

Barbara Tepa Lupack (ed.), Take Two: Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1994). ISBN 0 87972 642 3.

Alan Lessoff, The Nation and Its City: Politics, “Corruption,” and Progress in Washington, D.C., 1861–1902 (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, £37). Pp. 337. ISBN 0 8016 4464 9.

Samuel A. Hay, African American Theatre: A Historical and Critical Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £13.95 paper). Pp. 287. ISBN 0521 44522 1.

William C. Spengemann, A New World of Words: Redefining Early American Literature (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994, £20). Pp. 254. ISBN 0 300 05794 6.

Rena Fraden, Blueprints for a Black Federal Theatre 1935–1939 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £37.50). Pp. 243. ISBN 0 521 44359 8.

Laurence Goldstein, The American Poet at the Movies: A. Critical History (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994, $29.95). Pp. 290. ISBN 0 472 10508 6.

Karen V. Hansen, A Very Social Time: Crafting Community in Antebellum New England (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, $30). Pp. 262. ISBN 0 520 08474 8.

Michael Barkun, Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement (The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill and London, 1994, $39.95). Pp. 290. ISBN 0 8078 2145 4 (hardback), 0 8078 4451 9 (PaPer).

Carl T. Jackson, Vedanta for the West (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, £22.50). Pp. 185. ISBN 0 253 33098 X.

Jimmie L. Reeves and Richard Campbell, Cracked Coverage: Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1994, £57 cloth, £18.95 paper). Pp. 330. ISBN 0 8223 1449 5, 0 8223 1491 6.

Sam Smith, Shadows of Hope: A Freethinkers Guide to Politics in the Time of Clinton (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994). Pp. 268. ISBN 0 253 35284 3.

Deborah L. Madsen (ed.), Visions of America Since 1492 (London: Leicester University Press, 1994, £35). Pp. 164. ISBN 0 7185 1470 X.

Phillip Brian Harper, Framing the Margins: The Social Logic of Postmodern Culture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, £27.50 cloth, £12.95 paper). Pp. 233. ISBN 0 19 508238 9, 0 19 508239 7.

Nian-Sheng Huang, Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture 1790–1990 (Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1994, n.p.). Pp. 270. ISBN 0 87169 2112.

Nancy D. Hargrove, The Journey Toward Ariel: Sylvia Plath's Poems of 1956–1959 (Lund, Sweden: Lund University Press, 1994, SEK 211). Pp. 293. ISBN 0 86238 355 2.

David Minter, A Cultural History of the American Novel: Henry James to William Faulkner (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, £35). Pp. 266. ISBN 0 521 45285 6.

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