Richard Hofstadter was one of the most famous historians in American in the 20th century.

理查德·霍夫施塔特是二战后美国著名的历史学家。

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And as Richard Hofstadter wrote at one point, that fear is natural in American discourse when people - or is a natural expression in American discourse when people see something threatening their social position or their social situation.

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Professor Richard Hofstadter writes that penalties for servants who breached their contracts ranged from extending their contracts by double the time the master lost while they were gone to as much a ten-to-one penalty authorized in Maryland at one time.

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