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Bibliographie 550 BIBLIOGRAPHIE Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Literaturgeschichte, Nachschlagewerke, Textsammlungen Adams, Willi P. (Hg.), Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Fischer Welt­ geschichte, Frankfurt, 18. Auf!. 1999 Adams, Walter et al. (Hg.), Länderbericht USA I und II, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1992 Ahrends, Günter, Die amerikanische Kurzgeschichte: Theorie und Entwicklung, Stuttgart, 3. Auf!. 1996 America and the Orient, Themenheft von AmerikastudienlAmerican Studies 2005 Baker, Houston A. (Hg.), Three American Literatures. Essays in Chicano, Native American, and Asian-American Literature for Teachers of American Literature, New York 1982 Bercovitch, Sacvan (Hg.) The Cambridge History of American Literature, Bd. I: 1590-1820, Bd. 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