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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 《未完成的人生:约翰·f·肯尼迪，1917-1963

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2006-07-01 DOI: 10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim160060041

M. Konig

引用次数: 1

Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-Century Landfill Project 波士顿后湾:美国19世纪最伟大的垃圾填埋场工程的故事

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2006-03-24 DOI: 10.5860/choice.44-1497

William A. Newman

引用次数: 13

Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall 清教徒的家庭生活:塞缪尔·休厄尔的日记

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2006-01-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.38-1134

M. Emerson

引用次数: 0

Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World: Massachusetts Merchants 大西洋世界的购买身份:马萨诸塞商人

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2004-01-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.39-3573

S. Newman

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引用次数: 17

The Hub: Boston Past and Present 枢纽:波士顿的过去和现在

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2003-07-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.39-2393

M. Konig

引用次数: 12

The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920 艾伦姐妹:1885-1920年的画报摄影师

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2003-01-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.40-3214

T. Cohen

引用次数: 2

Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History 印第安人在美国和加拿大:比较历史

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2003-01-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.36-2344

Christoph Strobel

引用次数: 27

Writing New England: An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present 写作新英格兰:从清教徒到现在的选集

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2002-07-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.39-3754

S. Newman

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引用次数: 5

Women and the City: Gender, Space, and Power in Boston, 1870-1940 《女性与城市:1870-1940年波士顿的性别、空间和权力

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.38-2328

P. W. Kaufman

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引用次数: 58

John Quincy Adams 约翰·昆西·亚当斯

Historical journal of Massachusetts Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim030060024

R. Remini

引用次数: 17