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#1 In the early 20th century, Texas passed a law that would prevent Black Texans from voting in the Democratic primary.
#2 Nixon moved to El Paso in 1910, at the height of the Mexican Revolution. The city was a melting pot of cultures and aspirations, and it was not yet set or defined.
#3 Nixon moved to El Paso in 1910, at the height of the Mexican Revolution....
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Este libro analiza la construcción simbólica del Estado-nación, uno de los temas más fascinantes de la historia de Colombia. Por lo tanto, aborda los procesos de memoria sobre la independencia y las disputas a lo largo de un siglo para producir un referente fundacional de la República.
Una de esas confrontaciones en el plano simbólico tuvo lugar en el primer siglo de vida republicana con la adopción de las fechas andinas 20 de julio y 7 de...
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As the Olmec culture developed in the early pre-classic period, we observe the phenomenon of the Olmec Heads and their Mysterious origins. Through ideological management and coercion mechanisms, the dominant ruler appears and alludes to forms of government exercised by individuals. Massive sculptures and large-scale architecture represent the first representations of political power.The socio-political complex that developed thus encouraged the development...
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#1 The Northern Club in Las Vegas got its gaming permit the next day from the Sheriff's Department. The Meadows in Meadow Acres and the Pair-O-Dice out on Highway 91 were licensed during the summer.
#2 Luciano had few problems with the law, but he was involved in many fights. He met Meyer Lansky at a street craps game, and they became friends. Meyer was the only...
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#1 Cortés had staked everything he had on this expedition. He had incurred significant debt building the ships and stocking them with provisions. His hope to get off to a good start was slightly compromised when his patron, the fat hidalgo Diego Velázquez, attempted to thwart his departure.
#2 When the conquistadors arrived on the island, they found that the...
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#1 Two new concepts that focus on the origins, legacies, and persistence of white supremacy in the United States and other settler societies have emerged in the last few decades. They are settler colonialism, which documents the contact and colonization by a nation that wishes to populate the encountered land, and racial capitalism, which describes the intertwined history...
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#1 The police precinct of Midtown North is a microcosm of the public picture of New York. It stretches from the Hudson River piers and the decrepit West Side Highway east to the soaring towers and exclusive shops that line Fifth Avenue.
#2 There is a barely concealed stench of desperation and fear beneath the wealth, glitter, and success of New York City. For some,...
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#1 The Industrial Revolution in America began in the mid-eighteenth century when small-scale manufacturing underwent a radical transformation with the development of new technology that used waterpower to generate energy that moved machines.
#2 The Industrial Revolution, which took place from about 1760 to about 1830, was the second technological advancement that...
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Book Preview: #1 The slave trade was the largest commercial enterprise in the history of humanity, spanning continents and generations. It involved a vast and lowly proletariat, hundreds of thousands of sailors, and millions of slaves.
#2 A man named Captain Tomba was among a group of dejected prisoners in a holding pen. He was tall, strong, and defiant. He saw a group of white...
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#1 After leaving Dodge City, Bat went to Leadville, Colorado, to gamble. He was confident he could make good money gambling. He did not get Wyatt's vote in the election because he had already left.
#2 Wyatt had a difficult time finding a new frontier to explore, so he decided to move to Arizona. He was not looking for a town to raise a family in, but he did buy...
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#1 For millions of years, Florida was uninhabited, because it was geographically remote and several hundred feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic. It was not until Global Rising that Florida emerged from the ocean and began to grow.
#2 Florida's economy was mainly agricultural until 1865, when the Civil War broke out. In that year, a farmer decided to prank...
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#1 World War Two meant many things to many people. It meant death for many, technological innovation, bureaucratic expansion, and an extraordinary mobilization of human resources and ideological fervor for governments.
#2 Racism played a significant role in World War Two, and it was not limited to the Nazis. The Western Allies, particularly the United States and...
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#1 Kennedy was going to Dallas to speak about the space program. He had been warned about Dallas by many people, including Senator William Fulbright, who had told him, Dallas is a very dangerous place. I wouldn't go there.
#2 On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while in Dallas. The motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza, a wide expanse of grass...
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#1 The American Civil War was the first time the American political elites failed to compromise, and it led to the loss of life and land for many. 150 years later, we are seeing the same problems arise among American political elites.
#2 The difference between us and our predecessors is that we are gaining a better understanding of the inner workings of societies....
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#1 In 1968, the world bid farewell to a violent year; New York City received snowfall. In Vietnam, the South Vietnamese and their American allies declared a twelve-hour truce for January 1. The People's Liberation Armed Forces in South Vietnam, a pro–North Vietnamese guerrilla force, announced a seventy-two-hour cease-fire.
#2 France was enjoying a prosperous...
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#1 The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924 marked the beginning of restriction in American immigration policy. It placed numerical limits on immigration and established a quota system that classified the world's population according to nationality and race, ranking them in a hierarchy of desirability for admission into the United States.
#2 Until the 1920s, immigration...
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#1 The final week of March 1865 saw torrents of rain in Southside Virginia, which increased the flow of creeks and streams and left roads clogged with ankle-deep mud. The rival armies flooded the countryside, and it was clear which would be victorious.
#2 The situation within the Confederate army was becoming dire as the spring campaign season approached. The Union...
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#1 I have a recipe for corn bread, and also for India relish: Elizabeth Scott Hardin, my great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, was said to have hidden in a cave with her children during Indian fighting.
#2 I had a quilt made by my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Anthony Reese on a wagon journey during which she buried one child, gave birth to another, twice...
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#1 On June 9, 1937, the four inhabitants of a small farmhouse in Stony Brook, New York, began their day. William Parsons, the owner of Long Meadow Farm, put his trousers on over his pajamas and a sweater over his shirt before leaving the house to feed the pigeons and other poultry livestock.
#2 In the fall of 1936, the three of them jointly tried to increase sales....
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