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This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded expla...

Arguing that the period from 1938 to 1941 was a turning point in modern American history, Mr. Rey...

The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing urbanization, t...

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