THE AMERICAS

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRAZIL: GROWING PAINS OF A COLONIAL SOCIETY. By C. R. BoxerTHE GREAT MIGRATION: THE ATLANTIC CROSSING BY SAILING‐SHIP SINCE 1770. By Edwin C. GuilletTHE REPUBLIC IN PERIL: 1812. By Roger H. BrownTHE PECULIAR INSTITUTION: NEGRO SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH. By Keneth StamppNO MAN KNOWS MY HISTORY: THE LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH THE MORMON PROPHET. By Fawn M. BrodieTHE NEW EMPIRE: AN INTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN EXPANSION, 1860–1898. By Walter LaFeberTHE URBANIZATION OF AMERICA, 1860–1915. By Blake McKelveyIN A CENTURY OF BANKING IN LATIN AMERICA: THE BANK OF LONDON AND SOUTH AMERICA LIMITED, 1862–1962ANTI‐INTELLECTUALISM IN AMERICAN LIFE. By Richard HofstadterTHE POLITICS OF JOHN W. DAFOE AND THE FREE PRESS. By Ramsay CookThe arts of the pre‐Columbian civilizations of America, from Mexico to Peru, are described by S. K. Lothrop of the Institute of Andean Research in TREASURES OF ANCIENT AMERICAA HISTORY OF VENEZUELABARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD, DISCOVERER AND PLANTER: NEW ENGLAND–1602, VIRGINI‐1607Stanley N. Katz, ed., A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THE CASE AND TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER by James AlexanderWITH BURGOYNE FROM QUEBECMUSKOSA AND HALIBURTON, 1615–1875 consists of documents to illustrate the history of this part of Canada, edited by Florence B. Murray for the Champlain SocietyTHE TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, and 1782 by the Marquis de Chastellux are a classic source for the American colonies immediately after the Revolution. They are also a revelation of the meaning of the American Revolution and of the society of the colonies for an enlightened French aristocrat. This translation has been revised and provided with an introduction and thorough and scholarly annotation by Howard C. Rice, Jr.Robert A. Davison, ISAAC HICKS: New York MERCHANT AND QUAKER, 1767–1820CLIFFORD K. SHIPTON, NEW ENGLAND LIFE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYFRANK O. Gatell, John Gorham Palfrey and the New England ConscienceJohn J. Stoudt, Ordeal at Valley ForgeLeonard W. Levy, JEFFERSON AND CIVIL LIBERTIESNoble E. Cunningham Jr., THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER, 1801–1809Paul R. Baker, ed., VIEWS OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN AMERICA By Frances WrightWalter M. Merrill, AGAINST WIND AND TIDE; A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISONJurgen Herbst, ed., OUR COUNTRY BY JOSIAH STRONGAllan G. Bogue, FROM PRAIRIE TO CORN BELTHenry E. Fritz, THE MOVEMENT FOR INDIAN ASSIMILATION, 1860–1890Richard Hofstadter, ed., COIN'S FINANCIAL SCHOOL by William H. HarveyReinhold Niebuhr and Alan Heimert, A NATION SO CONCEIVEDGilbert E. Govan and James W. Livingood, THE CHATTANOOGA COUNTRY, 1540–1962Theodore C. Blegen, Minnesota, A HISTORY OF THE STATE