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Atikamekw and Euro-Canadian Territorialities around the Saint-Maurice River (1850–1930) 圣莫里斯河周围的阿提卡梅克和欧洲-加拿大领土(1850-1930)

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10017

S. Castonguay, H. Samson

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The Uruguay River: A Permeable Border in South America 乌拉圭河:南美洲可渗透的边界

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10047

E. Nodari, Marcos Gerhardt

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The Chosen People: The Hudson River School and the Construction of American Identity 《天选之民:哈德逊河学派与美国身份的建构》

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.11804

T. Cusack

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“Down Beside where the Waters Flow": Reclaiming Rivers for American Studies (Introduction) “在水流的旁边”:为美国研究再造河流(导论)

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.12459

Manlio Della Marca, Uwe Lübken

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Inhabiting the River. Musings on Boulevards and Arteries 居住在河边。对林荫大道和动脉的沉思

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.11704

Paweł Jędrzejko

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"Strangers Still More Strange": The Meaning of Rivers Bedeviled “陌生人更陌生”:河流的含义

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10267

T. McMillin

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“First in Time, First in Right”: Indigenous Self-Determination in the Colorado River Basin “时间优先，权利优先”:科罗拉多河流域的土著自决

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10049

P. Formisano

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The Discourse of Propaganda: Case Studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror by John Oddo (A Book Review) 《宣传话语:波斯湾战争与反恐战争的个案研究》约翰·奥多著(书评)

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.12465

Piotr Gumuła

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Working Lives on the Mississippi and Volga Rivers. Nineteenth-Century Perspectives 密西西比河和伏尔加河上的工作生活。19世纪的观点

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10050

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

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Central American Rivers as Sites of Colonial Contestation 中美洲河流作为殖民斗争的场所

Review of International American Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.31261/rias.10043

A. Kane

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