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Filed under: United States

A Comprehensive View of our Country and Its Resources (1876), by James Dabney McCabe (page images at MOA)

Filed under: United States -- Appropriations and expenditures

Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Entitlements (second edition; Washington: Citizens for Tax Justice, 1996), by Robert S. McIntyre (HTML and PDF at ctj.org)

Filed under: United States -- Armed Forces

America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)
Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of U.S. Military Forces in the Emerging Security Environment (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002), by David E. Johnson, Karl P. Mueller, and William H. Taft (PDF files at rand.org)
Hearings, Relating to H.R. 959, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (Obstruction of Armed Forces) (Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: United States -- Biography

An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-maid, Was Taken Captive By the Indians, and Carried Into Canada (London: Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ... , 1760), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (multiple formats at archive.org)
American Men of Action (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1913), by Burton Egbert Stevenson (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Annie Nelles: or, The Life of a Book Agent (Cincinnati: The author, 1868), by Annie Nelles Dumond (frame-dependent page images at Harvard)
The Biographical Review of Prominent Men and Women of the Day (c1888), by Thomas William Herringshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (all 17 volumes of Slave Narratives (pub. 1941), with additional material and commentary), by Federal Writers' Project (page images at LOC)
Cambridge Sketches, by Frank Preston Stearns (Gutenberg text)
Critics and Crusaders (New York: H. Holt and Co. c1948), by Charles Allan Madison (page images at HathiTrust)
Critics and Crusaders: A Century of American Protest (New York: H. Holt and Co. c1947), by Charles Allan Madison (page images at HathiTrust)
Famous Americans of Recent Times (Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1871), by James Parton (page images at MOA)
The Gloved Hand: A Detective Story (1913), by Burton Egbert Stevenson, illust. by Thomas Fogarty (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made: or, The Struggles and Triumphs of Our Self-Made Men (1871), by James Dabney McCabe (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Men of Our Day (Philadelphia et al.: Ziegler and McCurdy, c1872), by L. P. Brockett (multiple formats at archive.org)
Men of Our Day (from the 1872 edition; preface and other supplementary material omitted), by L. P. Brockett (HTML with commentary at all-biographies.com)
Men of our Times: or, Leading Patriots of the Day (Hartford: Hartford Pub. Co; et al., 1868), by Harriet Beecher Stowe (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
Modern Agitators: or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers, by D. W. Bartlett (page images at MOA)
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man, by Briton Hammon (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Pioneers of Freedom (New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929), by McAlister Coleman, contrib. by Norman Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
Presidential Candidates: Containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860, by D. W. Bartlett (page images at MOA)
The Star of the West, or, National Men and National Measures (first edition; Boston: J. French and Co.; New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1856), by Anna Ella Carroll (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Star of the West, or, National Men and National Measures (second edition; Boston: J. French and Co.; New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1857), by Anna Ella Carroll (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Success Factor, by Fred Good (HTML at homestead.com)
With Americans of Past and Present Days, by J. J. Jusserand (HTML at Bartleby)

Filed under: United States -- Capital and capitol

A Debate by the Philalethic Society of St. Louis University, on Monday, February 21, 1870 (On the Subject: "Ought the national capital to be removed to St. Louis?"), by St. Louis University Philalethic Society (page images at MOA)

Filed under: United States -- Church history

200 Years of United Methodism: An Illustrated History, by John Galen McEllhenney (illustrated HTML at Drew)
America: A Sketch of the Political, Social, and Religious Character of the United States of North America, in Two Lectures, by Philip Schaff (page images at MOA)
The Church and the Rebellion Against the Government of the United States, by Robert Livingston Stanton (page images at MOA)
The Missionary Pioneer, or A Brief Memoir of the Life, Labours, and Death of John Stewart, (Man of Colour,) Founder, under God of the Mission Among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, by Joseph Mitchell (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Political Polytheism: The Myth of Pluralism, by Gary North (PDF and JavaScript-dependent HTML at entrewave.com)
The Vatican in Politics: Ultramontanism (New York: New York Labor News Co., 1962), by Daniel De Leon, contrib. by Eric Hass (PDF with rotated pages at archive.org)

Filed under: United States -- Civilization

America Strikes Back: A Record of Contrasts (New York: I. Washburn, c1935), by Gustavus Myers (multiple formats at archive.org)
America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat, by Wu Tingfang (Gutenberg text)
Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999 (Utica, NY: Press of L. C. Childs, c1899), by Arthur Bird
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America (1866 edition), by John William Draper (page images at MOA)
Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America (1875 edition), by John William Draper (page images at MOA)

Filed under: United States -- Climate

Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (overview and foundation reports, 2001), by National Assessment Synthesis Team (U.S.) (HTML and PDF files with commentary at usgcrp.gov)

Filed under: United States -- Colonial question

The Course of Empire: An Official Record (New York: Boni and Liveright, c1920), by Richard F. Pettigrew, contrib. by Scott Nearing (page images at Michigan)
Imperialism and Liberty (Los Angeles: Ronbroke Press, 1899), by Morrison Isaac Swift (PDF files at antiimperialist.com)
"Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers": A Paper Read by Charles Francis Adams Before the Lexington, Massachusetts, Historical Society, Tuesday, December 20, 1898, by Charles Francis Adams (Gutenberg text)
The New Star Chamber, and Other Essays (Chicago: Hammersmark Publishing Company, 1904), by Edgar Lee Masters (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, by Theodore Roosevelt (HTML at Bartleby)

Filed under: United States -- Commerce

A Constant Market Share Analysis of U.S. Export Growth, 1962-1977 (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 1980), by Harry Bowen and Joseph Pelzman (page images at HathiTrust)
Economic Aspects of the War: Neutral Rights, Belligerent Claims and American Commerce in the Years 1914-1915, by Edwin J. Clapp (HTML at BYU)
Soviet "Dumping" and "Forced Labor" (New York: Friends of the Soviet Union, ca. 1931), by John J. Ballam (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: United States -- Commercial policy

Competing Economies: America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim (1991), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
Finding Common Ground: U.S. Export Controls in a Changed Global Environment, by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images at NAP)
U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair (2006), by Daniel W. Drezner (PDF with commentary at cfr.org)
Will Dollars Save the World? (New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, c1947), by Henry Hazlitt (PDF at mises.org)

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