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"More necessary than ever" : A Q&A with Tracy Campbell on the Role of Historians Today “比以往任何时候都更有必要”：特雷西·坎贝尔关于当今历史学家角色的问答

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902565

C. Kieffer

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Civil War Field Artillery: Promise and Performance on the Battlefield by Earl J. Hess (review) 《内战野战炮兵:战场上的承诺与表现》作者:厄尔·j·赫斯

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902570

W. Hsieh

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The Most Absolute Abolition: Runaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861 by Jesse Olsavsky (review) 《最绝对的废除:逃亡者、警戒委员会和革命废奴主义的兴起，1835-1861》杰西·奥尔萨夫斯基著(评论)

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902568

C. Faulkner

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"The Historical Society has removed to Massachusetts": Edward Jarvis and the First Kentucky Historical Society “历史学会迁到马萨诸塞州”：爱德华·贾维斯与肯塔基州第一历史学会

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902564

D. O’Leary

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At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War by Megan L. Bever (review) 梅根·L·贝弗（Megan L.Bever）的《与酒王的战争：内战中的饮酒与男性气概之争》（综述）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902571

Elaine S. Frantz

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Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis by Brian C. Neumann (review) 《无政府状态的血腥旗帜：无效化危机期间南卡罗来纳州的统一主义》，作者：Brian C.Neumann（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902567

James Hill “Trae” Welborn

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Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh by Thomas S. Kidd (review) 托马斯·s·基德《托马斯·杰斐逊:精神与肉体传》(书评)

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902566

D. McDonough

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Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development by LeeAnn B. Lands (review) 《贫穷的亚特兰大:贫困、种族和阳光地带发展的极限》，作者:LeeAnn B. Lands

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902577

Gordon Mantler

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A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty (review) 托马斯·皮凯蒂《平等简史》(书评)

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2022.0025

J. Bronstein

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A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845–1872 by Daniel J. Burge (review) 帝国的失败愿景：明确命运的崩溃，1845-1872，丹尼尔·J·伯格（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2022.0024

Nicholas G. DiPucchio

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