The politics of war powers : the theory & history of presidential unilateralism / by Burns, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…Montesquieu's constitutionalism -- The critical period (1776-1787) -- The debate between the federalists and the antifederalists -- Washington, Jefferson, Madison : early debates over war powers -- Junior varsity imperialism : Mexican-American War through the Spanish American War -- The world wars -- The Cold War -- "The new world order" -- Creating the Rerror presidency -- The limited terror presidency.…”
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Calypso magnolia : the crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern literature / by Lowe, John Wharton

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the Caribbean: southerners write the Mexican American War -- Liberating fictions: the Caribbean imaginary in the novels of Lucy Holcombe Pickens and Martin Delany -- Unleashing the loas: the literary legacy of the Haitian revolution in the U.S. …”

Calypso magnolia : the crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern literature / by Lowe, John Wharton

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the Caribbean: southerners write the Mexican American War -- Liberating fictions: the Caribbean imaginary in the novels of Lucy Holcombe Pickens and Martin Delany -- Unleashing the loas: the literary legacy of the Haitian revolution in the United States South and the Caribbean -- Constance Fenimore Woolson and Lafcadio Hearn: extending the boundaries of the transnational South -- A proper order of attention: McKay and Hurston honor the hardy peasant -- Palette of fire: the aesthetics of propaganda in Black boy and The castle of my skin -- Southern ajiaco: Miami and the generation of Cuban American writing.…”
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Calypso magnolia : the crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern literature / by Lowe, John Wharton

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the Caribbean: southerners write the Mexican American War -- Liberating fictions: the Caribbean imaginary in the novels of Lucy Holcombe Pickens and Martin Delany -- Unleashing the loas: the literary legacy of the Haitian revolution in the United States South and the Caribbean -- Constance Fenimore Woolson and Lafcadio Hearn: extending the boundaries of the transnational South -- A proper order of attention: McKay and Hurston honor the hardy peasant -- Palette of fire: the aesthetics of propaganda in Black boy and The castle of my skin -- Southern ajiaco: Miami and the generation of Cuban American writing.…”
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Literary culture and U.S. imperialism : from the Revolution to World War II / by Rowe, John Carlos

Table of Contents: “…Literary culture and U.S. imperialism -- The dream of enlightenment and the nightmare of imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown;s Wieland and Edgar Huntly -- Edgar Allan Poe's imperial fantasy and the American frontier -- Melville's Typee: U.S. imperialism at home and abroad -- Highway robbery: "Indian removal," the Mexican American War, and the American identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The life and adventures of Joaquin Murieta -- Mark Twain's rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- Race, gender, and imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case -- The Education of Henry Adams and the American empire -- W.E.B. …”
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Young America : the flowering of democracy in New York City / by Widmer, Edward L.

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Why we fought : America's wars in film and history /

Table of Contents: “…O'Connor -- Reprinting the legend: the Alamo on film / Frank Thompson -- Assessing television's version of history: the Mexican-American war and the KERA documentary series / James Yates -- Ken Burns's rebirth of a nation: The civil war as made-for-television history / Gary R. …”
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