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Henry (Harry) Thacker Burleigh was born on December 2, 1866, in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Burleigh's work in preserving the slaves' songs and making them known to the finest musicians, as well as to the public, is more important than is generally realized.
Burleigh was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) when it formed in 1914 and became a member of its board of directors in 1941.
However, Burleigh neglects important aspects such as the economy, domestic and foreign policy, the conduct of war as well as the life of the "average" man. Therefore, his account is not as comprehensive as one might think.
Burleigh comes to the conclusion that, once the totalitarian regime was established, the only possible threat to the Nazi power could have come from people close to the center of power.
Burleigh is more interested in the history of ideas than in social history, and he insists on the fact that one can not neglect the European and even global context in which the Nazi regime was born.
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