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Lum and Abner
Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio
Inbunden, 2007
608 kr
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In the 1930s radio stations filled the airwaves with programs about rural Americans struggling through the Great Depression. One of the most popular of these shows was Lum and Abner, the brainchild of two young businessmen from Arkansas. Chester "Chet" Lauck and Norris "Tuffy" Goff based Pine …
Bluecoats and Tar Heels
Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina
Inbunden, 2009
1188 kr
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In Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina, Mark L. Bradley examines the complex relationship between U.S. Army soldiers and North Carolina civilians after the Civil War. Postwar violence and political instability led the federal government to deploy …
Cowboy Conservatism
Texas and the Rise of the Modern Right
Inbunden, 2010
770 kr
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During the 1960s and 1970s, Texas was rocked by a series of political transitions. Despite its century-long heritage of solidly Democratic politics, the state became a Republican stronghold virtually overnight, and by 1980 it was known as "Reagan Country." Ultimately, Republicans dominated the …
Law and Society in the South
A History of North Carolina Court Cases
Häftad, 2010
533 kr
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Law and Society in the South reconstructs eight pivotal legal disputes heard in North Carolina courts between the 1830s and the 1970s. Each case offers a vivid portrait of the laws, litigants, lawyers, judges, and affected communities, providing a better understanding of not only the Tar Heel State …
Lost State of Franklin
America's First Secession
Häftad, 2010
533 kr
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Amid the economic turmoil, Native American warfare, and political unrest following the Revolutionary War, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley declared their region independent from North Carolina and formed the state of Franklin. In The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession, Kevin T. …
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists
The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
Inbunden, 2011
983 kr
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Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol -- an integral part of daily life for many …
Raising Racists
The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South
Inbunden, 2011
1000 kr
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White southerners recognized that the perpetuation of segregation required whites of all ages to uphold a strict social order -- especially the young members of the next generation. White children rested at the core of the system of segregation between 1890 and 1939 because their participation was …
Bluecoats and Tar Heels
Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina
Häftad, 2011
587 kr
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In Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina, Mark L. Bradley examines the complex relationship between U.S. Army soldiers and North Carolina civilians after the Civil War. Postwar violence and political instability led the federal government to deploy …
Cultivating Race
The Expansion of Slavery in Georgia, 1750-1860
Inbunden, 2012
1188 kr
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From the eighteenth century to the eve of the Civil War, Georgia's racial order shifted from the somewhat fluid conception of race prevalent in the colonial era to the harsher understanding of racial difference prevalent in the antebellum era. In Cultivating Race: The Expansion of Slavery in …
New Southern University
Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNC
Inbunden, 2012
574 kr
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Established in 1789, the University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the nation. UNC's reputation as one of the South's leading institutions has drawn some of the nation's leading educators and helped it become a model of the modern American university. However, the school's …
Remembering The Battle of the Crater
War as Murder
Inbunden, 2012
833 kr
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The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles -- a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as …
Mountains on the Market
Industry, the Environment, and the South
Inbunden, 2012
570 kr
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Manufacturing in the Northeast and the Midwest pushed the United States to the forefront of industrialized nations during the early nineteenth century; the South, however, lacked the large cities and broad consumer demand that catalyzed changes in other parts of the country. Nonetheless, in …
Family or Freedom
People of Color in the Antebellum South
Av Emily West
Inbunden, 2012
596 kr
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In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for slavery. It is no surprise that, by …
U.S. South and Europe
Transatlantic Relations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Cornelis A van Minnen, Manfred Berg
Inbunden, 2013
683 kr
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The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force -- not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played a distinctive role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has also served as a …
De Bow's Review
The Antebellum Vision of a New South
Av John F Kvach
Inbunden, 2013
1188 kr
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In the decades preceding the Civil War, the South struggled against widespread negative characterizations of its economy and society as it worked to match the North's infrastructure and level of development. Recognizing the need for regional reform, James Dunwoody Brownson (J. D. B.) De Bow began …
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Häftad, 2014
608 kr
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Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and …
Bloody Breathitt
Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South
Av T R C Hutton
Häftad, 2015
533 kr
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The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America's most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky. From the Reconstruction period until the early …
Cultivating Race
The Expansion of Slavery in Georgia, 1750-1860
Häftad, 2015
533 kr
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From the eighteenth century to the eve of the Civil War, Georgia's racial order shifted from the somewhat fluid conception of race prevalent in the colonial era to the harsher understanding of racial difference prevalent in the antebellum era. In Cultivating Race: The Expansion of Slavery in …
Civil War Guerrilla
Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth
Av Joseph M Beilein, Matthew C Hulbert
Inbunden, 2015
803 kr
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Most Americans are familiar with major Civil War battles such as Manassas (Bull Run), Shiloh, and Gettysburg, which have been extensively analyzed by generations of historians. However, not all of the war's engagements were fought in a conventional manner by regular forces. Often referred to as …
My Brother Slaves
Friendship, Masculinity, and Resistance in the Antebellum South
Inbunden, 2016
608 kr
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Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and unremitting, back-breaking labor, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days.In this pioneering study, Sergio A. Lussana offers the first in-depth investigation …
Willis Duke Weatherford
Race, Religion, and Reform in the American South
Inbunden, 2016
683 kr
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At the turn of the twentieth century, few white, southern leaders would speak out in favor of racial equality for fear of being dismissed as too progressive. Willis Duke Weatherford (1875--1970), however, defied convention as one of the first prominent white southern liberals to dedicate his life …
Rape in the Early Republic
Gender and Legal Culture in an 1806 Virginia Trial
Av Alexander Smyth, Randal L Hall
Häftad, 2017
442 kr
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On January 14, 1806, Sidney Hanson was raped by John Deskins on a rough gravel path in the woods in Tazewell County, Virginia. In the early nineteenth century, trials for rape were rare. Scanty court records typically lacked the detail needed to reconstruct the lives of those involved and evaluate …
Remembering The Battle of the Crater
War as Murder
Häftad, 2017
457 kr
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The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles -- a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as …
Rethinking the Civil War Era
Directions for Research
Inbunden, 2018
651 kr
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Arguably, no event since the American Revolution has had a greater impact on US history than the Civil War. This devastating and formative conflict occupies a permanent place in the nation's psyche and continues to shape race relations, economic development, and regional politics. Naturally, an …
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists
The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
Häftad, 2018
517 kr
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Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol -- an integral part of daily life for many …
Political Career of W. Kerr Scott
The Squire from Haw River
Häftad, 2019
472 kr
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When W. Kerr Scott (1896--1958) began his campaign for the North Carolina gubernatorial seat in 1948, his opponents derided his candidacy as a farce. However, the plainspoken dairy farmer quickly gathered loyal supporters and mobilized a grassroots attack on the entrenched interests that had long …
Higher Mission
The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston in Central Africa
Inbunden, 2020
234 kr
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In this vital transnational study, Kimberly D. Hill critically analyzes the colonial history of central Africa through the perspective of two African American missionaries: Alonzo Edmiston and Althea Brown Edmiston. The pair met and fell in love while working as a part of the American Presbyterian …
Becoming Bourgeois
Merchant Culture in the South, 1820-1865
Häftad, 2009
515 kr
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Becoming Bourgeois is the first study to focus on what historians have come to call the "middling sort," the economic group falling between yeoman farmers and the planter class that dominated the antebellum South. At a time when Southerners rarely traveled far from their homes, these merchants …
Entangled by White Supremacy
Reform in World War I-era South Carolina
Häftad, 2009
533 kr
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In Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina, Janet G. Hudson analyzes World War I-era South Carolina, a state whose white minority maintained political power by rigidly enforcing white supremacy over its African American majority. Considering the aspirations and …
Southern Farmers and Their Stories
Memory and Meaning in Oral History
Häftad, 2009
533 kr
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Examining oral history narratives of more than five hundred farmers from all the southern states, Melissa Walker explores how farmers recall their agrarian past and the lessons that they draw from that past. These farmers understood that their way of life was passing--indeed many of them would be …
