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... America , 1922-1931 ( 1985 ) ; and BENJAMIN B. HAMPTON , A History of the Movies ( 1931 , reissued as History of the American Film Industry from Its Beginnings to 1931 , 1970 ) . An excellent , well - researched account of the com- ing ...
... America , 1922-1931 ( 1985 ) ; and BENJAMIN B. HAMPTON , A History of the Movies ( 1931 , reissued as History of the American Film Industry from Its Beginnings to 1931 , 1970 ) . An excellent , well - researched account of the com- ing ...
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... America . Under such a definition , part of Mexico must be included in Central America , although that country lies mainly in North America proper . To overcome this anomaly , the whole of Mexico , together with Central and South American ...
... America . Under such a definition , part of Mexico must be included in Central America , although that country lies mainly in North America proper . To overcome this anomaly , the whole of Mexico , together with Central and South American ...
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... America . The ethnohistory of the North American Indians is treated in more detail in the article AMERICAN INDIANS , and that of the Mesoamerican peoples is discussed in PRE - COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS ; for treatment of the peoples in ...
... America . The ethnohistory of the North American Indians is treated in more detail in the article AMERICAN INDIANS , and that of the Mesoamerican peoples is discussed in PRE - COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS ; for treatment of the peoples in ...
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