Recently added articles from The Journal of Southern History:
Independence Day dilemmas in the American South, 1848-1865.
May 01, 2009; ... ALONG WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY IN 1861 CAME A DILEMMA FOR THE members of the '76 Association in Charleston, South Carolina. Formed almost thirty years earlier with the purpose of organizing Independence Day celebrations, the association had faithfully marked every anniversary since then ...
University men, social science, and white supremacy in North Carolina.(Viewpoint essay)
May 01, 2009; ... IN NOVEMBER 1898, AS NORTH CAROLINA'S DEMOCRATS COMPLETED their violent campaign against African American Republicans and white Populists, a young Carolinian mischievously asked if white supremacy leaders were happier that the "Democrats won in the election" or that "Chapel Hill beat ...
The 1966 election in Georgia and the ambiguity of the white backlash.(Viewpoint essay)
May 01, 2009; ... It's the damnedest mess down there I have ever seen. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. (D-Ga.), June 2, 1966 WHEN KEN MEHLMAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN National Committee, told the NAACP in 2005 that his party's use of the "southern strategy" to polarize voters along racial ...
Southern history in periodicals, 2008: a selected bibliography.(Bibliography)
May 01, 2009 ... THIS CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES MOST SCHOLARLY ARTICLES in the field of southern history published in periodicals in 2008 except for descriptive or genealogical writings of primary interest to a restricted group of readers. If an article was published in a year other than 2008, the ...
Annual report of the secretary-treasurer.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... IT WAS VERY GOOD TO BRING OUR MEETING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS at long last, given the many challenges we've faced in doing so after Hurricane Katrina. We seem to have beaten another storm--this one economic--by holding our meeting in mid-October. I think that if we had met a month later, with ...
An extraordinary family and the burdens of slavery: a review essay.(The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family)(Critical essay)
May 01, 2009; ... The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. By Annette Gordon-Reed. (New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company, 2008. Pp. 798. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-393-06477-3.) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1782, MANTRA WAYLES JEFFERSON DIED surrounded by relatives at her Monticello plantation home ....
Placing the South.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Placing the South. By Michael O'Brien. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007. Pp. xii, 275. $50.00, ISBN 978-1-57806-934-7.) It is a bit daunting to review Placing the South, because the majority of this collection by Michael O'Brien consists of particularly ...
Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715.(Indians of the Southeast)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715. By Paul Kelton. Indians of the Southeast. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2007. Pp. xxii, 288. $50.00, ISBN 978-0-8032-2756-9.) Thanks to the work of Alfred Crosby, it is ...
The Atlantic World and Virginia, 1550-1624.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Atlantic World and Virginia, 1550-1624. Edited by Peter C. Mancall. (Chapel Hill: Published by University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, c. 2007. Pp. [xii], 596. Paper, $27.50, ISBN 978-0-8078-5848-6: cloth, $65.00, ISBN ...
The Jamestown Project.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Jamestown Project. By Karen Ordahl Kupperman. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. [x], 380. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-674-02474-8.) Jamestown has long represented an ambiguous origin myth in the American imagination. On one hand, it ...
The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James. By Bob Deans. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2007. Pp. [xvi], 319. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-7425-5172-5.) The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James synthesizes for a ...
The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Episcopal Church in Virginia, 1607-2007. By Edward L. Bond and Joan R. Gundersen. (Richmond: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, c. 2007. Pp. [iv], 195. $25.00 plus postage, ISBN 978-0-945015-28-4. Order from the diocese at 110 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23220-5095.) In ...
The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1742-1763.(Colonial Records of North Carolina )(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1742-1763. Edited by Robert J. Cain and Jan-Michael Poff. Colonial Records of North Carolina (Second Series), Volume 11. (Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2007. Pp. [lxviii], 643 ....
The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Economy of Early America: Historical Perspectives and New Directions. Edited by Cathy Matson. (University Park: Published by Pennsylvania State University Press in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, c. 2006. Pp. viii, 380. $55.00, ISBN 0-271-02711-8.) in ...
The Potomac Canal: George Washington and the Waterway West.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Potomac Canal: George Washington and the Waterway West. By Robert J. Kapsch. (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007. Pp. 373. Paper, $40.00, ISBN 978-1-933202-18-1.) At first glance this large-format volume on the storied Potomac Canal, lavishly illustrated and ...
Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Provincial America: Expanding the Orbit of Scottish Culture.(Southern Biography Series)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Provincial America: Expanding the Orbit of Scottish Culture. By Elaine G. Breslaw. Southern Biography Series. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008. Pp. [xvi], 348. $55.00, ISBN 978-0-8071-3278-4.) One experience shared by all white ...
This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters. Edited by Edward G. Lengel. (New York: Smithsonian Books, 2007. Pp. [xvi], 304. $25.95, ISBN 978-0-06-125131-3.) This sampler of writings attributed to George Washington contains chiefly letters to Congress ...
Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution. By John A. Nagy. (Yardley, Pa.: Westholme Publishing, c. 2008. Pp. [xx], 386. $29.95, ISBN 978-1-59416-055-4.) Given the many hardships that American soldiers suffered during the War for Independence, it is not ...
The Age of Strict Construction: A History of the Growth of Federal Power, 1789-1861.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Age of Strict Construction: A History of the Growth of Federal Power, 1789-1861. By Peter Zavodnyik. (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, c. 2007. Pp. [x], 372. $59.95, ISBN 978-0-8132-1504-4.) During the debates about whether the Constitution should be ...
The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series. Edited by Philander D. Chase, Theodore J. Crackel, and others. Volume 12: January-May 1793. edited by Christine Steinberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro; Volume 13: 1 June-31 August 1793, edited by Christine Sternberg Patrick ....