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An Oral History of the Fall of South VietnamTest desc...

The growth of the Atlantic world led to the separation of many families. Sarah Pearsall explores their lives and letters, revealing the sometimes shocking stories of those divided by sea, and argues that it was these transatlantic bonds, much more than the American Revolution, that reshaped contemporary ideals about marriage and the family....

This volume comprises three distinct investigations into the relationship between the nature and the value of knowledge. The three sections look at 'Knowledge and Understanding', 'Knowledge and Recognition', and 'Knowledge and Action'. Each section is written by one of the authors in consultation with the other two....

Love of Freedom explores how black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions....

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The second edition of this authoritative dictionary of linguistics contains more than 3,150 concise and informative entries providing global coverage of sociolinguistics, language families, and major languages. It is an excellent introduction to language study for the general reader, and an essential reference tool for students and teachers....