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  1. Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies

    Stanford holds over 400,000 volumes in Latin American Studies, supporting teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences. Strengths include materials on Brazil, Mexico, and US-Mexico border issues.

  2. African American Studies

    Stanford Libraries' African American Studies collections support interdisciplinary research on Black life including social movements, politics, racial ideologies and the distinctive artistic, literary, cultural experiences of people of African descent.

  3. Literatures in English

    Stanford Libraries' collections of literature in English include contemporary fiction and poetry, literary criticism, academic journals on literary studies, and digital resources related to English literature from the around the world.

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  1. Mitchell's national map of the American republic or United States of North America. Together with maps of the vicinities of thirty-two of the principal cities and towns in the Union

    Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
    1843

    Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Mitchell's national maps of the United States. "Drawn by J.H. Young. Engraved by J.H. Brightly." Second shee...

  2. Colton's United States shewing the military stations, forts, &c

    Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
    1861

    Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton." General map of the United States extending from t...

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