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What to Israel Potter is the Fourth of July? Melville, Douglass, and the agency of words.(Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville)(Critical essay)
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Leviathan
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June 1, 2008
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- Baker, Anne
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The Fourth of July was problematic for many Americans from the moment it became the United States's national holiday. It provoked rancorous debate over how the nation's founding should be celebrated, over what exactly was being celebrated, and even over whether celebration was merited at all. Class was one key component of this strife. As W. Caleb McDaniel has pointed out, American elites frowned upon noisy, often drunken, working class celebrations of the Fourth, which exacerbated their fears that the nation's experiment in democracy was doomed to failure as a result of its enfranchisement of what the upper classes saw as the lowest common denominator in American society. ...
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The two handles of 'Israel Potter.' (Herman Melville's 'Israel Potter: His...
College Literature;
February 1, 1994 ;
Lackey, Kris;
787 words
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Israel Potter: Melville's 'citizen of the universe.'
Studies in American Fiction;
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Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature;
James D. Hart;
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MPS Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-end 2005 Results.
PR Newswire;
February 8, 2006 ;
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PR Newswire;
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FiberNet Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results.
PR Newswire;
March 25, 2008 ;
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PR Newswire;
February 26, 2007 ;
787 words
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U.S. Concrete Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results.
PR Newswire;
March 2, 2006 ;
787 words
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deltathree Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Financial Results.
PR Newswire;
February 17, 2005 ;
787 words
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NETGEAR Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004 Results.
PR Newswire;
February 17, 2005 ;
787 words
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Medco Reports Record Fourth-Quarter 2006 Earnings, Raises 2007 Guidance...
PR Newswire;
February 21, 2007 ;
787 words
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TGC Industries Reports Record 2005 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results.
PR Newswire;
February 27, 2006 ;
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...* Fourth Quarter Revenues Increased 82 * Fourth Quarter Gross Margin Improved to 42 PLANO, Texas, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TGC Industries, Inc. today announced fourth quarter 2005 net income of $2.5 million, or $0.17 per diluted...
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Harleysville Group Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005...
PR Newswire;
February 23, 2006 ;
787 words
...Fourth quarter and year-end highlights: - Record high operating earnings of $0.60 per share in quarter...Harleysville Group Inc. today reported record diluted operating income of $0.60 per share for the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to $0.39 per share in the fourth quarter of 2004. For the 12-month ...
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Cox Radio Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Financial Results.
PR Newswire;
February 27, 2007 ;
787 words
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