National Union Catalog


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Interstate Compacts, 1783-1977


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On Duty


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In 1886, Newark City Hospital opened a training school for nurses in New Jersey. With the dawn of a new century women began to demand rights that had been denied them, and nurses too demanded changes in health care and higher education. For the first time, On Duty offers a highly readable account of the struggle for professional autonomy by New Jersey nurses and reveals how their political and legislative battles mirrored the struggle of women throughout the country to redefine their roles in society.




The American Bench


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A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania


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"Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.




Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey


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Colloquially known as "Fitzgerald's," this is the official manual of N.J.'s legislature, filled with a variety of important facts for its politicians and lobbyists.




The American Bar


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