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The Market Revolution in America: Liberty, Ambition, and the ...

The Market Revolution in America: Liberty, Ambition, and the ...

John Lauritz Larson

In this book, John Lauritz Larson explores the lure of market capitalism and the beginnings of industrialization in the United States.
Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western ...

Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western ...

John Lauritz Larson

John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age John Lauritz Larson. TRANSPORTATION / AMERICAN HISTORY Bonds of Enterprise uses the life of railroad entrepreneur John Murray Forbes to explore the shift from  ...
Iowa History Reader

Iowa History Reader

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9 Iowa's Struggle for State Railroad Control John Lauritz Larson Whereas Shelton Stromquist investigated the relationship between railroads and the development and social structure of Iowa communities, John Larson's essay addresses the ...
Whither the Early Republic: A Forum on the Future of the Field

Whither the Early Republic: A Forum on the Future of the Field

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BY JOHN LAURITZ LARSON AND MICHAEL A. MORRISON The Invitation After fourteen and ten years respectively in the editorial chairs at the Journal of the Early Republic, the editors of this collection, Morrison and Larson, gave up the ghost ...
Jeffersonian Legacies

Jeffersonian Legacies

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JOHN LAURITZ LARSON Flush with a sense of opportunity, and a little chastened by their brush with disaster during the War of 1812, Jeffersonian Republicans in the I4th Congress seized a number of policy initiatives designed to reinvigorate ...
Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise ...

Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise ...

John Lauritz Larson

This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement.
The American National State and the Early West

The American National State and the Early West

William H. Bergmann

John Lauritz Larson, Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001) ' John H. Krenkel, Illinois Internal Improvements, ...
Horses at Work

Horses at Work

Ann Norton GREENE

John Lauritz Larson, Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001). 10. Cronon, Nature's Metropolis, p. 268 ; Daniel ...
New Perspectives on the Early Republic: Essays from the ...

New Perspectives on the Early Republic: Essays from the ...

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A Bridge, a Dam, a River: Liberty and Innovation in the Early Republic JOHN LAURITZ LARSON What was the promise of the American revolution? Liberty, equality, and the right to republican governments, we might correctly answer. But how ...
The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to ...

The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to ...

Joel Achenbach

See John Lauritz Larson, Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001), p. 54. Jefferson had cement on his mind as well, ...
Superior National Forest (N.F.), Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

Superior National Forest (N.F.), Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

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... Knecht Ted Knudson Theodore C. Knutson Steven & Karen Kobeska Joel & Catherine Koemptgen David L. & Sally G. ... John & Dianne Larson Gary Larson Betsy Larson David J. & Heather Larson Peter L. Larson Robert Latourell Joseph  ...
Moonlighting on the Internet: Make An Extra $1000 Per Month ...

Moonlighting on the Internet: Make An Extra $1000 Per Month ...

Shelby Larson

Internet entrepreneur Shelby Larson does not encourage you to “make money from home in your underwear,” or present “the magic-bullet plan to making millions.” Instead, Larson shows you how to: • Assess your skills, resources, and ...
Clean Cuisine: An 8-Week Anti-Inflammatory Diet that Will ...

Clean Cuisine: An 8-Week Anti-Inflammatory Diet that Will ...

Ivy Larson

Developed by Andrew Larson, M.D. and certified Heath Fitness Specialist Ivy Larson, Clean Cuisine is scientifically proven to reverse diabetes, improve cholesterol and blood pressure, and ease the symptoms of other inflammatory diseases ...
Precalculus with Limits

Precalculus with Limits

Ron Larson

With the third edition, Larson continues to revolutionize the way students learn material by incorporating more real-world applications, ongoing review, and innovative technology.
Precalculus with Limits

Precalculus with Limits

Ron Larson

With the third edition, Larson continues to revolutionize the way students learn material by incorporating more real-world applications, ongoing review, and innovative technology.
Dash (Dogs of World War II)

Dash (Dogs of World War II)

Kirby Larson

New from Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson, the moving story of a Japanese-American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII.
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

Erik Larson

With its cast of captivating characters, Thunderstruck is Erik Larson doing what he does brilliantly well: bringing together seemingly disparate yet inextricably linked lives to paint a fascinating and exciting portrait of an extraordinary ...
Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach

Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach

Ron Larson

For a full description, see Larson et al., College Algebra: A Graphing Approach, 3/e.
The Night Season

The Night Season

Chelsea Cain

“This is Frances Larson. I'm Gloria Larson's daughter. You wanted me to call?” Susan had nearly forgotten that she'd called Brad at the Mississippi Magnolia Assisted Living Facility and asked him to get a message to Gloria's family. Ngyun  ...
Duke (Dogs of World War II)

Duke (Dogs of World War II)

Kirby Larson

Will Hobie ever see Duke, or his father, again? With powerful storytelling and gripping emotion, critically acclaimed author Kirby Larson explores the many ways bravery and love help us to weather the most difficult times.
Report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Board of Trustees

Charles Apple Alfred Curtis LeSourd Ernest Bear Christian Peter Lauritz Petersen Edgar William Block Banus Hutson Prater Wayne Edison Burkhalter Hugh Mitchel Price John Edward Conley John Jefierson Richey Ralph Hawes Gage Fred ...
Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story of Sue, the Dinosaur That ...

Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story of Sue, the Dinosaur That ...

Peter Larson

This gripping story chronicles the adventures of Larson and his group, explaining the art, technology, and politics behind one of the most successful group of T-rex hunters.
Dear America: The Fences Between Us

Dear America: The Fences Between Us

Kirby Larson

With this sweeping tale of life on the World War II homefront, Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings her incredible talent to the Dear America series.
In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin

In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the times, and with brilliant portraits of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Himmler amongst others, Erik Larson's new book sheds unique light on events as they unfold, resulting in an unforgettable, ...
St. Eucherius of Lyons: Rhetorical Adaptation of Message to ...

St. Eucherius of Lyons: Rhetorical Adaptation of Message to ...

John M. Pepino

... to Dean John Thornbrugh, Ph.D., for his encouragement and bonhomie; to Sr. Stephen Larson, OSB, the seminary's librarian, for procuring many of the expensive books this dissertation required; to Scott Childers, reference librarian at the ...
The Adventures of Gustav Peter Larson Mouse

The Adventures of Gustav Peter Larson Mouse

Carol-Ann Medina

Gustav Peter Larson Mouse, called Gus by his mama and three little brothers, is a delightfully innocent character who forgets his mama''s warnings.
Audacity Jones Steals the Show (Audacity Jones #2)

Audacity Jones Steals the Show (Audacity Jones #2)

Kirby Larson

Will she manage to save the show in time? Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings readers a magical romp of a mystery that will delight and thrill to the very last page.
DARE 2 Market Your Small Business

DARE 2 Market Your Small Business

David Larson

Stan Sewitch HRG, Inc. Kl Investment Holdings, LLC Co-founders of The Small Business Company, David Larson and Stuart Schrieber each have over 30 years of experience helping small businesses succeed. Creators of the revolutionary ...

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