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Urban Renewal in Mobile, Alabama: The Central Texas Street Project, 1963–1974 阿拉巴马州莫比尔的城市更新:得克萨斯中央街道项目，1963-1974

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0030

M. Johnston

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The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby (review) 《错误的原因:邦联记忆中的欺诈、捏造和白人至上》作者:亚当·h·多姆比

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0035

K. Nelson

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To Fight and Die for Dixie: Alabama’s Manpower Contribution to the Confederate War Effort, 1861–1865 为迪克西而战，为迪克西而死:1861-1865年阿拉巴马州对南方邦联战争的人力贡献

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0029

B. Severance

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A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry by Mark A. Tabbert (review) 值得尊敬的兄弟:乔治·华盛顿与共济会作者:马克·塔伯特(书评)

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0031

Wayne E. Sirmon

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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines (review) 《最后一艘奴隶船:克洛蒂尔达被发现的真实故事、她的后代和一个非同寻常的清算》，本·雷恩斯著(书评)

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0036

Marsha J. Hamilton

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True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Clayton J. Butler (review) 《真正的蓝色:内战和重建时期南方腹地的白人工会主义者》克莱顿·巴特勒著(书评)

The Alabama review Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1353/ala.2022.0034

Christopher M. Rein