Recently added articles from South Carolina Historical Magazine:
STANDING GUARD AT THE DOOR OF LIBERTY: BLACK POPULISM IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1886-1895
Jul 01, 2006; Ali, Omar H ... BLACK POPULISM-THE MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN farmers, sharecroppers, and agrarian workers that paralleled the white Populist movement in the late nineteenth century-took initial form in South Carolina in 1886 with the creation of the Cooperative Workers of America (CWA).1 The spread of the ...
"TO SPEAK WHEN AND WHERE I CAN": AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
Jul 01, 2006; Jones-Branch, Cherisse ... HISTORIANS HAVE DONE MUCH EXCELLENT WORK IN exploring black political participation in the South (or the lack thereof, as it were), but they have not been as conscious about examining political activism on the part of black women.1 They have been even less mindful about highlighting black ...
Country Women Cope with Hard Times: A Collection of Oral Histories
Jul 01, 2006; Hurt, R Douglas ... Country Women Cope with Hard Times: A Collection of Oral Histories. By Melissa Walker. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. xxx, 208; $39.95, cloth.) Few scholars have given substantive attention to rural life in the twentieth-century South, particularly since World ...
The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition
Jul 01, 2006; Humphreys, James S ... The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition. Revised and Expanded Edition. By Gerda Lerner. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. xix, 373; $24.95, cloth.) The study of women's history has probably no greater scholar than Gerda ...
Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930
Jul 01, 2006; Black, Jennifer ... Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930. By Joan Marie Johnson. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. Pp. xv, 282; $59.95, cloth.) Joan Marie Johnson's Southern Ladies,New Women tells the story of black and white women's clubs in ...
An Early and Strong Sympathy: The Indian Writings of William Gilmore Simms
Jul 01, 2006; Aiken, David ... An Early and Strong Sympathy: The Indian Writings of William Gilmore Simms. Edited by John Caldwell Guilds and Charles Hudson. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. Pp. 664; $39.95, cloth.) As early as the 163Os, Roger Williams, a former Salem minister banished from the ...
So Much to be Thankful For: The Conway National Bank and the Economic History of Horry County
Jul 01, 2006; Lockhart, Matthew A ... So Much to be Thankful For: The Conway National Bank and the Economic History of Horry County. By Roy Talbert, Jr. (Conway, S.C.: Conway National Bank, 2003. Pp. xiv, 306.) All of South Carolina's metropolitan counties experienced momentous economic growth in the twentieth century ....
Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero
Jul 01, 2006; Cann, Marvin L ... Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero. By Gordon C. Rhea. (New York: Basic Books, 2004. Pp. 264; $26.00, cloth.) This volume examines the mostly ordinary life of Private Charles Whilden of Charleston and his singular act of heroism ...
When Sherman Marched North from the Sea: Resistance on the Confederate Home Front
Jul 01, 2006; Cutrona, Carol J ... When Sherman Marched North from the Sea: Resistance on the Confederate Home Front. By Jacqueline Glass Campbell. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 192; $27.50, cloth; $16.95, paper.) Jacqueline Glass Campbell's When Sherman Marched North from the Sea is a ...
John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
Jul 01, 2006; Campbell, Duncan Andrew ... John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. By David S. Reynolds. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Pp. x, 580; $35, cloth.) Although almost a century and a half has passed since his execution, John Brown (1800-1859) remains one ...
Atlas of the Civil War, Month by Month: Major Battles and Troop Movements
Jul 01, 2006; Davin, Eric Leif ... Atlas of the Civil War, Month by Month: Major Battles and Troop Movements. By Mark Swanson. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2004. Pp. vii, 141; $39.95, cloth.) Atlases can be important reference tools for students of the Civil War, and fortunately, there is no shortage of good ...
The American Civil War through British Eyes: Dispatches from British Diplomats, Volume 1: November 1860-April 1862; Volume 2: April 1862-February 1863; Volume 3: February 1863-December 1865
Jul 01, 2006; Myers, Phillip E ... The American Civil War through British Eyes: Dispatches from British Diplomats, Volume 1: November 1860-April 1862; Volume2: April 1862-February 1863; Volume 3: February 1863-December 1865. Edited by James J. Barnes and Patience P. Barnes. (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2003-2005 ....
Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina
Jul 01, 2006; Stewart, Bruce E ... Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina. By Richard D. Starnes. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005. Pp. ix, 240; $35.00, cloth.) In this fascinating book, Richard D. Starnes, an assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University, ...
History for All the People: 100 Years of Public History in North Carolina
Jul 01, 2006; Mulligan, William H Jr ... History for All the People: 100 Years of Public History in North Carolina. By Ansley Herring Wegner. (Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2003.Pp.118;$14.70, paper.) Anniversary and commemorative histories are a significant part of ...
Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change, 1991-2001
Jul 01, 2006; Story, Ronald ... Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change, 1991-2001. Edited by John A. Cloark and Charles L. Prysby. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Pp. ix, 254; $65, cloth; $25, paper.) This collection of articles considers the state of political parries in ...
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECENTLY PROCESSED MANUSCRIPTS
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... The following manuscript collections are now available for research by Historical Society patrons. The society welcomes gifts of manuscript collections and publications relating to South Carolina. Such gifts can be designated charitable contributions and are eligible for income-tax ...