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Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita, and Clarence Lang, “The ‘Long Movement’ as Vampire: Temporal and Spatial Fallacies in Recent Black Freedom Studies,” Journal of African American History, 92 (Spring 2007), 265–88.

Kamphoefner, Walter D., “Immigrant Epistolary and Epistemology: On the Motivators and Mentality of Nineteenth-Century German Immigrants,” Journal of American Ethnic History, 28 (Spring 2009), 34–54.

Luconi, Stefano, “Is Italian-American History an Account of the Immigrant Experience with the Politics Left Out? Some Thoughts on the Political Historiography about Italian Americans,” in Italian Americans in the Third Millenium: Social Histories and Cultural Representations, ed. Paolo A. Giordano and Anthony Julian Tamburri, 55–72. (New York: American Italian Historical Association, 2009. 232 pp. Paper, $16.00, isbn 978-0-934675-58-1.)

Penningroth, Dylan, “Writing Slavery’s History,” oah Magazine of History, 23 (April 2009), 13–20.

Spencer, David, “The ‘Work as Bad’ Thesis in Economics: Origins, Evolution, and Challenges,” Labor History, 50 (Feb. 2009), 39–57.

Vincent, Charles, “‘Of Such Historical Importance . . . ’: The African American Experience in Louisiana,” Louisiana History, 50 (Spring 2009), 133–58.

 

Korenek, Cathy Jo, “Novice Teachers: The Impact of Mentoring” (East Carolina University, 2008). Order No. DA3318385.

 

Banner, James M., Jr., and John R. Gillis, Becoming Historians. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xvi, 290 pp. Cloth, $70.00, isbn 978-0-226-03656-4. Paper, $25.00, isbn 978-0-226-03658-8.)

Burgoyne, Robert, The Hollywood Historical Film. (Oxford, Eng.: Blackwell, 2008. xiv, 173 pp. Cloth, $84.95, isbn 978-1-4051-4602-9. Paper, $30.00, isbn 978-1-4051-4603-6.)

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