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- ↑ Two historians receive endowed professorships. Indiana University press release, July 11, 2005. Retrieved September 13, 2008. Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ McGerr, Michael E. (2005). A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195183657.
