University of South Carolina Press - Böcker

Standing as a proud testament to Charleston s religious tolerance, churches and synagogues scattered throughout the historic port have defined Charleston s landscape since its founding. Built by Anglicans, Huguenots, Presbyterians, Congregationali...

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Long before there were cobblestone streets along the Charleston battery, there was rice and there were slaves--the twin pillars upon which colonial Carolina wealth was built. But by the Civil War both began to crumble, along with the planter arist...

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Patriots, Pistols, and Petticoats vividly portrays the lively-at times bawdy-atmosphere in Charleston during the Revolutionary War era. This brawling port city-the fourth largest in Britain's North American colonies and the largest in the South at...

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A comprehensive guide to the Palmetto State's rich folk art heritage, this book presents collectors with the materials, tools, and techniques for identifying and documenting South Carolina's vernacular arts including speech, narrative, music, mate...

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Ten noted religious studies scholars examine the sacred scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Mormonism to produce an authoritative, comprehensive survey of the writings that shape the wor...

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Concluding with an evaluation of Bush and Panama, Bostdorff identifies the recurring themes that defined crisis rhetoric, explains how that rhetoric encourages particular public reactions, and raises disturbing questions about the implications for...

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Arguing that recent global turbulence has both produced and resulted in significant foreign policy shifts, the editors of Foreign Policy Restructuring have gathered twelve essays that explore why and when governments act to redefine foreign policy...

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Arms and Warfare considers the impact of arms shipments on a conflict once it has begun. Using case studies, the authors pinpoint the timing of arms transfers and then assess the influence of these deliveries.

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America's Greatest Game Bird joins Tales of Whitetails and Hunting & Home in the Southern Heartland to complete a trilogy of outstanding Rutledge stories.

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The charismatic movement that began in the first century currently spans the globe. The term ""charismatic"" refers to the ""gifts of the Holy Spirit""speaking in tongues, healing, prophecy, and discernments...

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Reveals the political savvy and egalitarian convictions behind Lincoln's racial policies.

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The memoirs of a high-spirited young woman who wanted to escape wartime boredom.

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This text offers a guide for citizens, businesses, neighborhood associations, and community groups to develop strategic approaches for land use challenges. The author examines the art of public presentation and demonstrates how to approach public ...

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The exploits of the Confederacy's gentlemen adventurers.

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This volume explores the conceptual domain of international business inquiry, the constructs that hold promise for integrating the field, and the future directions that appear particularly fruitful for theory building and theory testing.

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Of all those who served with Robert E. Lee in the headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia, no one was as close to him as Walter Taylor. Twenty-two years old when hostilities broke out, Taylor served at Lee's side virtually without interrupti...

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Contemporary Coptic Nuns reveals a world rarely seen by outsiders - the world of the nuns who worship and serve as part of the largest community of indigenous Christians in the Middle East. One of the few people unaffiliated with the Egyptian Copt...

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Just north of where the Savannah River flows into the Atlantic lies an idyllic stretch of beach, marsh, and forest known as Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In the 1950s, Charles Fraser transformed this almost forgotten barrier island into one ...

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Reprint of the Doubleday Doran edition of 1929 which is cited in BCL3. New introduction by Dan H. Doyle. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Through letters and journal entries rich in detail, this text follows the trials of the 19th-century Palmer family who dominated the southern banks of South Carolina's Santee River. The volume offers insights into plantation life; education; relig...

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According to Jim Mize, nature has no mercy - just a sense of humor - and in this hilarious romp through the woods, he proves why readers praise him as an amusing combination of Marlin Perkins and Lewis Grizzard. The way Jim tells it, such overlook...

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In the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that thousands of miners from all parts of the United States poured into the region. This Southern gold rush, the first in U.S. history, reached Georgia with the...

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