Browsing by Subject "American History"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)In 1961, the United States began an experiment in unconventional warfare which ultimately raised a storm of protest throughout the world and helped to destroy the credibility of an American government. Even after the ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Ceramic dispersion, trade routes and pottery production locations were tied to the economy of colonial New Spain. Changes in any of these indicators signaled a change in the status of the whole region. Located just north ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)Edgar B. Davis entered the Texas wildcatting phase of his life in 1919 after successful business careers in New England shoe manufacturing and in the United States rubber industry. At age forty-six he took up exploration ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)History has unfurled itself on the highways of Texas. From the period of the Spanish conquistadors, Texas roads have assumed an essential role in the history of the state. Road development contributed to the Christianizing ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)During the first four decades of the twentieth century, an influx of painters and authors into Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, created in the area a new American cultural center. The establishment of active colonies of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Throughout the twentieth century, Arkansas, like other southern states, has been dominated by the Democratic party. By 1952, however, Republicanism began to emerge in the South, especially in areas with relatively few ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The use of numerical analysis studies in biomechanics research continues to motivate the pursuit of improved models for biological materials. Micropolar continuum theory has been suggested by some to provide more complete ...
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(2012-10-19)The Colored Trainmen of America (CTA) actively challenged Jim Crow policies on the job and in the public sphere between the 1930s and 1950s. In response to lingering questions concerning the relationship between early black ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)William Howard Taft is remembered as President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. But during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, Taft made a significant contribution as special diplomatic ...