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Gothic to goth :romantic era fashion & its legacy /Lynne Zacek Bassett.

99 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm, The Romantic movement rejected Enlightenment reason, and embraced instead the imagination and the unknown. Costume of the early nineteenth century integrates the elements of history, imagination, religion, and even landscape central to the Romantic sensibility...

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Baskets of time :profiles of Maine Indian basket makers /David Shultz.

145 pages : color illustrations, color map, color portraits ; 26 cm, By the early 1990s, the art of Wabanaki basketry was considered nearly extinct. Today it is recognized as a vibrant and evolving form of Native American art. In their own words, seventeen artists and families share their wide-rangi...

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The world of credit in colonial Massachusetts :James Richards and his daybook, 1692-1711 /edited by James E. Wadsworth.

xviii, 356 pages ; 26 cm

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The summer camp memory book :a pictorial treasury of everything, from campfires to color wars, you loved about camp /Richard J.S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman.

viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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Massachusetts :its historians and its history : an object lesson /by Charles Francis Adams.

110 pages ; 21 cm

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Webster's first Bunker-Hill oration /edited by Louise Manning Hodgkins.

v, 51 pages : portrait ; 17 cm.

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Architecture in colonial Massachusetts :a conference held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, September 19 and 20.

xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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The private collection of William S. Reese /Christie's

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

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Thoreau's animals /Henry David Thoreau ; edited by Geoff Wisner ; illustrated by Debby Cotter Kaspari.

xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm, "From Thoreau's renowned Journal, a treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed accounts of the wild and domestic animals of Concord."--Front flap.

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The architecture of Paul Rudolph /Timothy M. Rohan.

ix, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extens...

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Making it modern :the folk art collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman /Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson ; contributions by Kenneth L. Ames, Barbara Haskell, Cynthia Nadelman, and Elizabeth Stillinger.

375 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

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Encyclopedia of local history /Carol Kammen and Norma Prendergast.

xvi, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "How is local history thought about? How should it be approached? What is the context behind local events and institutions? Where does one start? Through brief, succinct notes and essay-length entries, the Encyclopedia of Local History presents ideas to consi...

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Wetherby's Gallery :painting, daguerreotypes, & ambrotypes of an artist /Marybeth Slonneger.

iii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

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The Mount, home of Edith Wharton :a historic structure report.

256 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Mill girls and strangers :single women's independent migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881 /Wendy M. Gordon.

x, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm, "In the nineteenth-century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract the...

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Journal of the New England Garden History Society.

v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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The correspondence of John Cotton Junior /edited by Sheila McIntyre & Len Travers.

656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

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A guide to oral history and the law /John A. Neuenschwander.

xvii, 167 pages : forms ; 25 cm., Based on author's Oral history and the law. 3rd ed. Carlisle, PA : Oral History Association, c2002., "The new edition covers legal release agreements; defamation; copyright; the Internet; Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), oral history as evidence; the duty to repo...

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Brahmin capitalism :frontiers of wealth and populism in America's first Gilded Age /Noam Maggor.

xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, Brahmin Capitalism explores the surprisingly dynamic role of established wealth in the rise of modern capitalism in the United States. Far from declining in prosperity and influence, elite Bostonians of illustrious lineage - the quintessential old money famili...

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These truths :a history of the United States /Jill Lepore.

xx, 932 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm,

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18 Folgate Street :the life of a house in Spitalfields /Dennis Severs.

275 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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A people's history of the new Boston /Jim Vrabel.

x, 282 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, Although Boston today is a vibrant and thriving city, it was anything but that in the years following World War II. By 1950 it had lost a quarter of its tax base over the previous twenty-five years, and during the 1950s it would lose residents faster than a...

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Barons of the sea :and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship /Steven Ujifusa.

xiv, 427 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm, "There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamoro...

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Tangible things :making history through objects /Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter with photographs by Samantha S.B. van Gerbig.

xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the tran...

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Historic New England :a tour of the region's top 100 national landmarks /by Patricia Harris and David Lyon.

xi, 241 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm, "The six New England states have nearly 400 national landmarks, including historic houses, tall ships, and quirky sites like carousels and the oldest weather station in the country. Perfect for the armchair traveler or history buff."--Provided by publishe...

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Brilliant beacons :a history of the American lighthouse /Eric Jay Dolin.

xv, 541 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm, A history of America as reflected by the nation's lighthouses combines maritime lore with original details to trace coastal political, military, and technological expansions, citing the roles of key contributors.

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The Mediterranean house in America /Lauren Weiss Bricker ; photography by Juergen Nogai.

239 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm, Inspired by the romance of Italian villas, Spanish farmhouses, and Moorish courtyards, the Mediterranean Revival style became an archetype for sophisticated suburban homes throughout America in the early 20th century.

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Soldier, engraver, forger :Richard Brunton's life on the fringe in America's new republic /Deborah M. Child.

xii, 123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm, "In this richly illustrated biography, the author follows in the footsteps of Richard Brunton, a British grenadier who fought in the American Revolution before deserting in 1779. A trained engraver and diesinker, his primitive but charming works include ...

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Sadie's Winter Dream :Fishermen's Wives & Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs 1923-1938 /an Essential Historical Record by Judith Burger-Gossart.

121 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits (some color) ; 18 x 26 cm

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Rich and tasty :Vermont furniture to 1850 /Jean M. Burks, Philip Zea.

177 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

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Isaiah Rogers :architectural practice in antebellum America /James F. O'Gorman ; research by Denys Peter Myers and James F. O'Gorman ; foreword by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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The National Capitol :its architecture, art, and history /by George C. Hazelton, Jr.

301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Igniting the American Revolution :1773-1775 /Derek W. Beck.

xi, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, Examines the years leading up to the Declaration of Independence, looking at the perspectives, ambitions, people, and events on both the British and the American sides that eventually would lead to revolution.

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Around Portsmouth in the Victorian era :the photography of the Davis brothers /James Dolph and Ronan Donohoe.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Victorian Hartford /Tomas J. Nenortas.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

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Sullivan's Corner :the last years of the farm /Thomas Clasby.

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The Darlings of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom /Harriet Fletcher Fisher.

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Beauty, strength, speed :celebrating 100 years of Thomas W. Lawson's Dreamwold /by Carol Miles and John J. Galluzzo.

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 x 26 cm

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Fred Whipple's empire :the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955-1973 /David H. DeVorkin.

xvii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm., This book explores how and why the Smithsonian Institution closed its Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C. in 1955 and moved it as a budget line to Harvard first as a department of the Harvard College Observatory and then as the dominant partner. I ...

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Palaces for the people :how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life /Eric Klinenberg.

277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, "An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries...

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American furniture :1650 to the present /Oscar P. Fitzgerald.

xvi, 621 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm, This authoritative text explains the evolution of four centuries of American furniture from 1650 to the 21st century. It is the complete story covering the cultural and historical context of pieces and advice on how ...

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The Philosophy Chamber :Art and Science in Harvard's Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820 /edited by Ethan W. Lasser.

xxiv, 284 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photograhs, plates ; 31 cm

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Darlings of dress :children's costume 1860-1920 /Norma Shephard.

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm, "This nostalgic look at children's costume, from 1860 to 1920, reveals diverse cultural influences on its manufacture and design. More than 300 historic photographs, fashion plates, and selections from vintage catalogs and magazines, plus 115 color ima...

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East of the Mississippi :nineteenth-century American landscape photography /Diane Waggoner with Russell Lord and Jennifer Raab.

xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm, This important reconsideration of landscape photography in nineteenth-century America explores crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes. Although pictures of the West have dominated our perception of nineteenth-century American landscape pho...

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American harmony :inspired choral miniatures from New England, Appalachia, the Mid-Atlantic, the South, and the Midwest /compiled, edited, and introduced by Nym Cooke.

2 volumes (xxi, 439 pages) ; 25 x 31 cm, in slipcase 25 x 31 x 5 cm + 1 audio disc (digital; 4 3/4 in.)

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A meeting of land and sea :nature and the future of Martha's Vineyard /David R. Foster ; illustrations by Brian R. Hall ; photograhy by David R. Foster.

xv, 336 pages : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 23 x 27 cm, "Two decades of research by Foster and his colleagues at the Harvard Forest encompass the native people and prehistory of the Vineyard, climate change and coastal dynamics, colonial farming and modern tourism, and land planning ...

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Eye of the beholder :masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum /edited by Alan Chong, Richard Lingner, Carl Zahn.

xxiii, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm, "During her lifetime, Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) was at the heart of Boston's liveliest salon. Artists and thinkers gathered at Fenway Court around works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. One hundred yea...

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Playing soldier :the books and toys that prepared children for war, 1871-1918 /Richard Cheek.

471 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm., Massive and brilliantly-illustrated, 'Playing Soldier' is a comprehensive survey of the books, printed ephemera, and toys relating to military life and wartime experience that were published or produced for children and teens during two consecutive but dramaticall...

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Worn on this day :the clothes that made history /Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.

xi, 324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm, Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Chrisman-Campbell looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries. She offers capsule fashion histories of everything from space suits to wedding gowns, Olympics uniforms, and ar...