The Journal of Southern History back issues from February 2002:
Tom Watson revisited.(Critical Essay)
Feb 01, 2002; ... SAD TO SAY, THE ERA OF C. VANN WOODWARD HAS COME TO A CLOSE. No more revised editions of Strange Career of Jim Crow will materialize, no more essays in the New York Review of Books, no more platform appearances at conferences with his friend William Styron, no more summer martinis with the ...
Suffrage restriction in post-Reconstruction Texas: urban politics and the specter of the Commune.
Feb 01, 2002; ... STUDIES OF THE DISFRANCHISEMENT LAWS PASSED BY SOUTHERN STATES IN the post-Reconstruction decades have quite properly emphasized that, while the measures were formally color-blind, they were aimed chiefly at African American voters. Even the most cursory examination of the arguments for, ...
The campaign for racial purity and the erosion of paternalism in Virginia, 1922-1930: "nominally white, biologically mixed, and legally Negro".(Critical Essay)
Feb 01, 2002; ... IN SEPTEMBER 1922 JOHN POWELL, A RICHMOND NATIVE AND WORLD-renowned pianist and composer, and Earnest Sevier Cox, a self-proclaimed explorer and ethnographer, organized Post No. 1 of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America. By the following June the organization claimed four hundred members in ...
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and beach integration, 1959-1963: a cotton-patch Gestapo?
Feb 01, 2002; ... ON APRIL 24, 1960, THE SEGREGATED BEACHES OF HARRISON COUNTY became the first battleground for integration in Mississippi when nearly 125 black men, women, and children walked upon the sand with the intention of holding a peaceful "wade-in" demonstration in the Gulf of Mexico. A large ...
The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities. Edited by Isidore Okpewho, Carole Boyce Davies, and Ali A. Mazrui. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxviii, 566. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-253-21494-7; cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-253-33425-X.) ...
Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Jacqueline McLeod. Blacks in the Diaspora. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xxvi], 491. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-253-21450-5; cloth, $44.95, ISBN ...
A Historian's Coast: Adventures into the Tidewater Past. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... A Historian's Coast: Adventures into the Tidewater Past. By David Cecelski. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, Publisher, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 184. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-89587-189-0.) Consisting of twenty-two essays that previously appeared in Coastwatch magazine, this brief ...
Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. By Lindley S. Butler. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xvi, 275. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-8078-4863-8; cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-8078-2553-0.) This book consists of short biographies of ...
Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans. By Joyce Appleby. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 322. $26.00, ISBN 0-674-00236-9.) What justifies treating these two volumes in a single review is the ...
Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776. By Jon Butler. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 324. $27.95, ISBN 0-674-00091-9.) What justifies treating these two volumes in a single review is the authors' common engagement with the old ...
Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making off the American Revolution in Virginia. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making off the American Revolution in Virginia. By Woody Holton. (Chapel Hill and London: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 231. Paper, ...
Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. By John Ferling. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. xxx, 392. $30.00, ISBN 0-19-513409-5.) John Ferling's latest book serves as a reminder that the American ...
A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court. By David Robarge. Contributions in American History, No. 185. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxvi, 364. $65.00, ISBN 0-313-30858-6.) Literally hundreds of ...
The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series. Volume IV: 5 November 1811-9 July 1812. With a Supplement, 5 March 1809-19 October 1811. Edited by J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Jewel L. Spangler, Martha J. King, and Susan Holbrook Perdue ....
Women and the Unstable State in Nineteenth-Century America. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Women and the Unstable State in Nineteenth-Century America. Edited by Alison M. Parker and Stephanie Cole. Introduction by Sarah Barringer Gordon. The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, No. 33. (College Station: Published by the Texas A&M University Press for the University of Texas ...
Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri. By Dick Steward. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xii], 286. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1284-0.) In Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri Dick Steward explores what has become something of a symbol of ...
David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. Edited with an Introduction and Annotations by Peter P. Hinks. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. [lii], 137. $9.95, ISBN 0-271-01994-8.) In 1829 and 1830 David Walker, a free black man ...
The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925. By Mia Bay. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. viii, 288. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-19-5132279-3; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-19-510045-X.) In the nineteenth century the idea of ...
Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South. By Marie Jenkins Schwartz. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. 272. $35.00, ISBN 0-674-00162-1.) Enslaved children lived lives that, from birth, were deeply enmeshed in multiple worlds ....
The Elite of Our People: Joseph Willson's Sketches of Black Upper-Class Life in Antebellum Philadelphia. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Elite of Our People: Joseph Willson's Sketches of Black Upper-Class Life in Antebellum Philadelphia. Edited by Julie Winch. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 196. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-271-02021-0; cloth, $60.00, ISBN 0-271-02020-2.) ...
From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College. By Ethel Morgan Smith. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 147. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1260-3.) In From Whence Cometh My Help Ethel Morgan Smith has written an oral ...
Sisters of Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858). (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Sisters of Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858). Edited by Allen Paul Speer and Janet Barton Speer. (Johnson City, Tenn.: The Overmountain Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xiv], 290. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-57072-158-0.) This book is a documentary history comprised ...
William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888. By John Anthony Moretta. Foreword by Don E. Carleton. Barker Texas History Center Series, No. 7. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 331. $29.95, ISBN 0-87611-166-5.) It is not ...
North Over South: Northern Nationalism and American Identity in the Antebellum Era. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... North Over South: Northern Nationalism and American Identity in the Antebellum Era. By Susan-Mary Grant. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 250. $35.00, ISBN 0-7006-1025-1.) Susan-Mary Grant' s North Over South is a provocative, contrarian addition to the ...
The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession. By Matthew Moten. Texas A&M University Military History Series, No. 67. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xviii], 270. $47.95, ISBN 0-89096-925-6.) In 1855 Secretary of War and West Point ...
Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government. By Lucas E. Morel. Applications of Political Theory. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Lexington Books, c. 2000. Pp. [x], 251. Paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-7391-0106-4; cloth, $70.00, ISBN 0-7391-0105-6.) ...
A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920. By G. Terry Sharrer. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxiv, 256. $49.95, ISBN 0-8138-2569-5.) Virginia was the main battlefield of the American Civil War. The presence of thousands of soldiers in a rural ...
Slavery, Secession, and Southern History. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Slavery, Secession, and Southern History. Edited by Robert Louis Paquette and Louis A. Ferleger. (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 2000. Pp. [xx], 229. Paper, $18.50, ISBN 0-8139-1952-5; cloth, $49.50, ISBN 0-8139-1951-7.) In an interview appended to ...
General John Pope: A Life for the Nation. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... General John Pope: A Life for the Nation. By Peter Cozzens. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 412. $39.95, ISBN 0-252-02363-3.) Outspoken, boastful, and always ready to blame others, John Pope--who was decisively defeated while commanding ...
Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee. (Books Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee. Edited by William R. Snell. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2000. Pp. xxviii, 395. $35.00, ISBN 0-86554-590-1.) Myra Inman's diary records the Civil War experiences of a teenage woman in southeastern Tennessee. She ...
Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. By Christopher Phillips. Missouri Biography Series. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. xviii, 342. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1272-7.) Slavery's place ...
A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter. Edited by John David Smith and William Cooper Jr. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2000. Pp. [xxxiv], 222. $22.50, ISBN 0-8131-2144-2.) Frances Dallam Peter's diary is a welcome addition to the growing ...
Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All. By Chester G. Hearn. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Pp. [xviii], 289. $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2559-8.) Author Hearn could well have expanded his title, for he treats not only the Mississippi Marine Brigade but that ...
The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864. By Anne J. Bailey. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xx, 225. $32.00, ISBN 0-8032-1273-9.) Many Civil War campaign histories can be classified ...
Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River. By Earl J. Hess. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 252. $32.00, ISBN 0-8032-2380-3.) Many Civil War campaign histories can be classified ...
Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864. By Ernest B. Furgurson. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Pp. xiv, 328. $28.50, ISBN 0-679-45517-5.) Arguing that historians have reduced Cold Harbor to a brief, one-dimensional, frontal attack, Ernest Furgurson suggests that the failure to ...
Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy. By Richard M. McMurry. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xviii, 229. $35.00, ISBN 0-8032-3212-8.) The Great Campaigns of the Civil War series, edited by Anne J. Bailey ...
Pensacola during the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Pensacola during the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy. By George F. Pearce. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 286. $29.95, ISBN 0-8130-1770-X.) Pensacola during the Civil War, a ...
Sounding the Shallows: A Confederate Companion for the Maryland Campaign of 1862. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Sounding the Shallows: A Confederate Companion for the Maryland Campaign of 1862. By Joseph L. Harsh. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 280. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-87338-641-8; cloth, $39.00, 0-87338-640-X.) This book is a supplement to ...
The Fredericksburg Campaign: October 1862-January 1863. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Fredericksburg Campaign: October 1862-January 1863. By Victor Brooks. Great Campaign Series. (Conshohocken, Pa.: Combined Publishing, c. 2000. Pp. 252. $27.95, ISBN 1-58097-033-8.) The motivating force behind this work seems to have been the fact that only five books had ...
A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. By Russell F. Weigley. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxx, 612. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33738-0.) Using his own family's connection to the Civil War as a point of departure, ...
Cultures in Conflict: The American Civil War. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Cultures in Conflict: The American Civil War. By Steven E. Woodworth. The Greenwood Press Cultures in Conflict Series. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 2000. Pp. xx, 220. $45.00, ISBN 0-313-30651-6.) In Cultures in Conflict: The American Civil War, Steven E. ...
Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1862-1865. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1862-1865. By E. Lawrence Abel. Foreword by Bobby Horton. (Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2000. Pp. xviii, 398. $29.95, ISBN 0-8117-0228-6.) The American Civil War was a time of high emotions. Lawrence Abel's book ...
Rethinking Southern Violence: Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Rethinking Southern Violence: Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884. By Gilles Vandal. The History of Crime and Criminal Justice Series. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. x, 321. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8142-5041-6; cloth, $60.00, ISBN 0-8142-0838-X.) ...
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. Volume XXI: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871; Volume XXII: June 1, 1871-January 31, 1872; Volume XXIII: February 1-December 31, 1872; Volume XXIV: 1873. Edited by John Y. Simon and others. (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, c ....
The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. By Michael C. Wolfe (Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, c. 2000. Pp. viii, 184. $24.95, ISBN 0-918954-73-8.) While most recent Sea Island scholarship emphasizes Gullah folklore and linguistics, Wolfe ...
From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. By David T. Beito. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 320. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8078-4841-7; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2531-X.) David Beito's ...
The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995. By Thomas M. Spencer. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xviii], 204. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1267-0.) This book is a study of "the social and cultural functions" of St. Louis's ...
Authorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Authorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. By Sandra Lee Barney. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 222. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-8078-4834-4; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2522-0.) Sandra ...
Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930. By Roberto R. Calderon. Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Tradition, No. 2. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xx], 294. $39.95, ISBN 0-89096-884-5.) Roberto R. Calderon traces the ...
Black Cowboys of Texas. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Black Cowboys of Texas. Edited by Sara R. Massey. Introduction by Alwyn Barr. Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, No. 86. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xx], 361. $29.95, ISBN 0-89096-934-5.) Texas has always ...
Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy. By Desmond King. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. [xii], 388. $45.00, ISBN 0-674-00088-9.) In Making Americans political scientist Desmond King analyzes the impact of ...
Roots and Ever Green: The Selected Letters of Ina Dillard Russell. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Roots and Ever Green: The Selected Letters of Ina Dillard Russell. Edited by Sally Russell. Southern Voices from the Past. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 357. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2138-9.) Published in the series Southern Voices from the ...
Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community. Edited by John J. Guthrie Jr., Phillip Charles Lucas, and Gary Monroe. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2000. Pp. xxii, 241. $29.95, ISBN 0-8130-1743-2.) ...
Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World: Essays and Selected Documents. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World: Essays and Selected Documents. Edited by Audrey Thomas McCluskey and Elaine M. Smith. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xviii], 317. $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33626-0.) In this edited volume of ...
DuBose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... DuBose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess. By James M. Hutchisson. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. Pp. [xxii], 225. $28.00, ISBN 1-57806-250-0.) In his beautifully written biography of DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), James M. Hutchisson ...
William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South. By Randal L. Hall. Religion in the South. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. Pp. [x], 262. $39.95, ISBN 0-8131-2155-8.) The combination of a major public figure and an astute historian treating that ...
Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000. By Christopher J. Castaneda. Twayne's Evolution of Modern Business Series. (New York: Twayne Publishers, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 250. $33.00, ISBN 0-8057-9830-7.) In the late nineteenth century manufactured gas ...
Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry. By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Luther Hartwell Hodges Series on Business, Society, and the State. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xx], 305. Paper, $18.95, ISBN ...
The Legacy of Tamar: Courage and Faith in an African American Family. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Legacy of Tamar: Courage and Faith in an African American Family. By Raye Springfield. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000. Pp. xviii, 260. Paper, $17.50, ISBN 1-57233-078-3; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 1-57233-077-5.) The Legacy of Tamar describes the ways in which ...
Seeds of Racism in the Soul of America. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Seeds of Racism in the Soul of America. By Paul R. Griffin. Foreword by Gayraud S. Wilmore. (Cleveland, Ohio: The Pilgrim Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 148. $20.95, ISBN 0-8298-1313-6.) In this brief but provocative book, Paul Griffin attempts both to discuss the intellectual origins ...
Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. (Book Reviews).
Feb 01, 2002; ... Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. An exhibition of the Allen-Littlefield Collection at the New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, N.Y., March 14, 2000-October 1, 2000. Sponsored by the New-York Historical Society and the Community Service Society of ...
The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966. By Christopher Robert Reed. Blacks in the Diaspora. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1997. Pp. xiv, 257. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33313-X.) Reed's study of the Chicago NAACP is an ...
Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles. By Chad Berry. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 236. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-252-06841-6; cloth, $44.95, ISBN 0-252-02429-X.) In Central Texas one often sees shiny new pickup trucks with place names like ...
The LSU College of Engineering. Volume II: Growth and Maturity, 1909-1970. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Feb 01, 2002; ... The LSU College of Engineering. Volume II: Growth and Maturity, 1909-1970. By Dan R. Frost. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University College of Engineering, 2000. Pp. [xiv], 241. $30.00, ISBN 0-8071-1997-0.) In the view of many southerners at the beginning of the twentieth ...