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27 produkter
A Gentleman and an Officer
A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Av Judith N. McArthur, Orville Vernon Burton m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2254 kr
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In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up duty with the Confederate Army in a style that befitted a Southern gentleman: on a fine-blooded horse, with two slaves to wait on him, two trunks, and his favorite hunting dog. He was thirty-five years old, …
A Gentleman and an Officer
A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Av James B. Griffin, Judith N. McArthur m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
475 kr
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In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up duty with the Confederate Army in a style that befitted a Southern gentleman: on a fine-blooded horse, with two slaves to wait on him, two trunks, and his favorite hunting dog. He was thirty-five years old, …
Gentleman and an Officer
A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Judith N. McArthur
E-bok, 1996
214 kr
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In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up duty with the Confederate Army in a style that befitted a Southern gentleman: on a fine-blooded horse, with two slaves to wait on him, two trunks, and his favorite hunting dog. He was thirty-five years old, …
Remembering Brown at Fifty
The University of Illinois Commemorates Brown V. Board of Education
Av Orville Vernon Burton, David O'Brien
Häftad, 2009
467 kr
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Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. Several authors describe their personal roles in the Brown …
Justice Deferred
Race and the Supreme Court
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Armand Derfner
Häftad, 2024
227 kr
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“[A] learned and thoughtful portrayal of the history of race relations in America…authoritative and highly readable…[An] impressive work.”—Randall Kennedy, The Nation“This comprehensive history…reminds us that the fight for justice requires our constant vigilance.”—Ibram X. Kendi“Remarkable for the …
Justice Deferred
Race and the Supreme Court
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Armand Derfner
Inbunden, 2021
282 kr
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In the first comprehensive accounting of the US Supreme Court’s race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian and renowned civil rights lawyer scrutinize a legacy too often blighted by racial injustice.The Supreme Court is usually seen as protector of our liberties: it ended segregation, …
Free Flag of Cuba
The Lost Novel of Lucy Holcombe Pickens
Av Lucy Petaway Holcomb Pickens, Orville Vernon Burton m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
341 kr
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The wife of South Carolina secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens and known as the ""Queen of the Confederacy,"" Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832-1899) was during her lifetime one of the most famous women in the South. Rumor was that in her youth she published a novel under a pseudonym. Recently …
Lincoln's Unfinished Work
The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Peter Eisenstadt
Inbunden, 2022
582 kr
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In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation's sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a "new birth of freedom." Lincoln's Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States has attempted to realize—or subvert—that promise over the past century and a half. The volume is not …
In My Father's House Are Many Mansions
Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina
Häftad, 1987
616 kr
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Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were …
In My Father's House Are Many Mansions
Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina
E-bok, 2000
410 kr
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Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were …
Struggle for Equality
Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War, and the Long Reconstruction
Av Jennifer L. Weber, Jerald Podair m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
837 kr
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This collection of essays, organized around the theme of the struggle for equality in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, also serves to honor the renowned Civil War historian James McPherson. Complete with a brief interview with the celebrated scholar, this volume …
Reconstruction Beyond 150
Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom
Av Orville Vernon Burton, J. Brent Morris
Inbunden, 2023
1342 kr
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No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim …
Reconstruction Beyond 150
Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom
Av Orville Vernon Burton, J. Brent Morris
Häftad, 2023
384 kr
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No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim …
Reconstruction beyond 150
Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom
Av J. Brent Morris, Orville Vernon Burton
E-bok, 2023
507 kr
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No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim …
Penn Center
A History Preserved
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Wilbur Cross
E-bok, 2014
424 kr
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The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to “catch the learning” after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina sea islands. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur …
Penn Center
A History Preserved
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Wilbur Cross
Häftad, 2017
330 kr
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The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to “catch the learning” after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina sea islands. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur …
Age of Lincoln
Ljudbok, 2006
411 kr
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Distinguished historian Orville Vernon Burton suggests that, while abolishing slavery was the age''s most extraordinary accomplishment, it was the inscribing of personal liberty into the nation''s millennial aspirations that was its most profound. America had always perceived providence in its …
Toward the Meeting of the Waters
Currents in the Civil Rights Movement of South Carolina During the Twentieth Century
Av Winfred B. Moore, Orville Vernon Burton
Häftad, 2011
457 kr
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Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil rights history--bringing together voices of leading historians alongside recollections from central participants to provide the first comprehensive history of the civil rights movement as experienced by black and white South …
Becoming Southern Writers
Essays in Honor of Charles Joyner
Av Jr. Eldred E. Prince, Orville Vernon Burton
E-bok, 2016
559 kr
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Southern writers, historians, and artists celebrate the life and career of a beloved mentor, friend, and colleague Edited by southern historians Orville Vernon Burton and Eldred E. Prince, Jr., Becoming Southern Writers pays tribute to South Carolinian Charles Joyner''s fifty year career as a …
Toward the Meeting of the Waters
Currents in the Civil Rights Movement of South Carolina during the Twentieth Century
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Jr. Winfred B. Moore
E-bok, 2022
387 kr
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title • A provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historians Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil rights history—bringing together voices of leading historians alongside …
In My Father's House Are Many Mansions
Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina
E-bok, 2000
410 kr
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Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were …
Struggle for Equality
Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War and the Long Reconstruction
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Justin Podair m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
668 kr
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Dawn of Religious Freedom in South Carolina
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Peter Clarke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
453 kr
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Although South Carolina's colonial charter promised a safe harbor of religious freedom for those who were oppressed, eighteenth-century religious minorities in the colony found their rights were subjugated to those of the Anglicans. ""The Dawn of Religious Freedom in South Carolina"" contains eight …
Toward the Meeting of the Waters
Currents in the Civil Rights Movement of South Carolina During the Twentieth Century
Av Winfred B. Moore, Orville Vernon Burton
Inbunden, 2008
582 kr
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South Carolina has long been the nexus of struggles in Southern race relations yet no definitive history has chronicled the dynamic social changes wrought in the Palmetto State during the civil rights era or interpreted the inspirational efforts of the state's reform-minded activists. ""Toward the …
Dixie Redux
Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Raymond Arsenault
Inbunden, 2013
696 kr
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Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney is a collection of original essays written by some of the nation’s most distinguished historians. Each of the contributors has a personal as well as a professional connection to Sheldon Hackney, a distinguished scholar in his own right who has served …
Becoming Southern Writers
Essays in Honor of Charles Joyner
Av Orville Vernon Burton, Eldred E. Prince Jr
Inbunden, 2016
586 kr
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Edited by southern historians Orville Vernon Burton and Eldred E. Prince, Jr., Becoming Southern Writers pays tribute to South Carolinian Charles Joyner's fifty year career as a southern historian, folklorist, and social activist. Exceptional writers of fact, fiction, and poetry, the contributors …
