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THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THE RISE OF OLD LANDMARKISM

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by Louis Keith Harper

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ARTICLES AND PERIODICALS

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[A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Department of History, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, May, 1986 — in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. Used with the permission of the author.]



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