The Journal of Southern History back issues from August 2004:
Colonists and Creeks: Rethinking the Pre-Revolutionary Southern Backcountry.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004;
Attacking slavery from within: the making of The Impending Crisis of the South.
Aug 01, 2004; ... IT IS DIFFICULT TO THINK OF A FIGURE IN SOUTHERN HISTORY MORE NOTORIOUS in reputation, but the subject of so little rigorous scholarly investigation, as Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909). While many essays and biographical sketches have been written over the years, few have been based upon ...
Political legitimacy and local courts: "politicks at such a rage" in a southern community during reconstruction.
Aug 01, 2004; ... ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY OF TWO WHITE WITNESSES--TAKEN DOWN in late May 1871 by a justice of the peace in Anson County, North Carolina--Jim Coppedge, a fifteen-year-old freedman, had said that on Saturday night, the twentieth of that month, his stepfather, Ned Myers, came to Coppedge's ...
The Little Rock school desegregation crisis: moderation and social conflict.
Aug 01, 2004; ... ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1957, ARKANSAS GOVERNOR ORVAL E. FAUBUS placed Arkansas National Guard troops around Central High School in Little Rock in order to prevent the entry of African American students to the all-white school. At that moment Little Rock became a national and international symbol ...
The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999, 2003. Pp. [viii], 204. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-8032-6416-X; cloth, $45.00, ISBN ...
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands. By James F. Brooks. (Chapel Hill and London: Published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, c. 2002. Pp. [xii], 419. Paper, $22.50, ...
Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. By Margaret Holmes Williamson. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2003. Pp. xiv, 323. $55.00, ISBN 0-8032-4798-2.) In Powhatan Lords of Life and Death, anthropologist ...
Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries. Edited by Thomas H. Appleton Jr. and Angela Boswell. Southern Women. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2003. Pp. xii, 296. $39.95, ISBN 0-8262-1468-1.) Searching for Their Places is the ...
Taverns and Drinking in Early America.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Taverns and Drinking in Early America. By Sharon V. Salinger. (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, c. 2002. Pp. xiv, 309. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8018-7899-3; cloth, $42.00, ISBN 0-8018-6878-5.) Taverns were crucial and ubiquitous arenas of sociability in the ...
Creating the American Mind: Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Creating the American Mind: Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges. By J. David Hoeveler. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2002. Pp. xvi, 381. $39.95, ISBN 0-8476-8830-5.) This interesting, well-produced volume examines the nine ...
Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845. By Cameron Addis. History of Schools and Schooling. (New York and other cities: Peter Lang, c. 2003. Pp. [xii], 254. $29.95, ISBN 0-8204-5755-8.) Cameron Addis offers four reasons for his contribution to the already crowded shelf of ...
The Upland South: the Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Upland South: The Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape. By Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov. (Santa Fe, N.Mex., and Harrisonburg, Va.: Center for American Places in association with the University of Virginia Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 121. $30.00, ISBN 1-930066-08-2.) In The ...
A House Divided: the Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A House Divided: The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865. Edited by Mason I. Lowance Jr. (Princeton, N.J., and Oxford: Princeton University Press, c. 2003. Pp. lxxiv, 492. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-691-00228-2; cloth, $75.00, ISBN 0-691-00227-4.) In A House Divided, ...
A Gallant Defense: the Siege of Charleston, 1780.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780. By Carl P. Borick. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp. xx, 332. $29.95, ISBN 1-57003-487-7.) South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Battlefield History. By John W. Gordon. (Columbia: University of ...
George Washington: Uniting a Nation.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... George Washington: Uniting a Nation. By Don Higginbotham. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2002. Pp. xii, 175. $22.95, ISBN 0-7425-2208-3.) In this collection of four brief essays derived from a lecture, Don Higginbotham focuses on a ...
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State. By Daniel L. Dreisbach. (New York and London: New York University Press, c. 2002. Pp. x, 283. Paper, $19.00, ISBN 0-8147-1936-8; cloth, $50.00, ISBN 1-8147-1935-X.) In 1802, Thomas Jefferson explained to the ...
The Papers of George Washington. Presidential Series. [Volume] VII: December 1790-March 1791; [Volume] VIII: March-September 1791; [Volume] IX: September 1791-February 1792; [Volume] X: March-August 1792; [Volume] XI: August 1792-January 1793.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Papers of George Washington. Presidential Series. [Volume] VII: December 1790-March 1791; [Volume] VIII: March-September 1791; [Volume] IX: September 1791-February 1792; [Volume] X: March-August 1792; [Volume] XI: August 1792-January 1793. Edited by Dorothy Twohig, Philander D. Chase, ...
The French in Texas: History, Migration, Culture.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The French in Texas: History, Migration, Culture. Edited by Francois Lagarde. Focus on American History Series. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 330. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-292-70528-X; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-292-74734-9.) In French people's minds, the word Texas ...
I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant. By Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson, James A. McAllen, and Margaret H. McAllen. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, c. 2003. Pp. xii, 655. $39.95, ISBN ...
The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies. Edited by Robert P. Watson and Anthony J. Eksterowicz. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 2003, Pp. xvi, 349. $19.95, ISBN 1-57003-461-3.) While polls attempting to rate presidents vary widely in their ...
A Sphinx on the American Land: the Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A Sphinx on the American Land: The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective. By Peter Kolchin. The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 124. $22.95, ISBN 0-8071-2866-X.) Peter Kolchin's new ...
Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner. By Daniel L. Schafer. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2003. Pp. xiv, 177. $24.95, ISBN 0-8130-2616-4.) Daniel L. Schafer first became "haunted" by Anna Kingsley ...
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Vol. 3: 1814-1815 (Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Volume III: 1814-1815, Chesapeake Bay, Northern Lakes, and Pacific Ocean. Edited by Michael J. Crawford and others. Foreword by William S. Dudley. (Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 2002. Pp. xlviii, 874 ....
Morality and the Mail in Nineteenth-Century America.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Morality and the Mail in Nineteenth-Century America. By Wayne E. Fuller. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 264. $39.95, ISBN 0-252-02812-0.) Wayne E. Fuller examines evangelical Protestant hopes and fears through the lens of federal mail ...
Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913. By Chanta M. Haywood. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 144. $24.95, ISBN 0-8262-1467-3.) In Prophesying Daughters, Chanta M. Haywood places the work of four ...
A Perfect War of Politics: Parties, Politicians, and Democracy in Louisiana, 1824-1861.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A Perfect War of Politics: Parties, Politicians, and Democracy in Louisiana, 1824-1861. By John M. Sacher. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. xx, 331. $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-2848-1.) A Perfect War of Politics is a useful guide to elections and government in ...
The Papers of Andrew Jackson. Volume VI: 1825-1828.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Papers of Andrew Jackson. Volume VI: 1825-1828. Edited by Harold D. Moser, J. Clint Clifft, and Wyatt C. Wells. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c. 2002. Pp. xlviii, 674. $70.00, ISBN 1-57233-174-7.) The much-anticipated sixth volume of The Papers of Andrew Jackson ...
The Papers of John Marshall, Vol. 11: Correspondence, Papers, and Selected Judicial Opinions, April 1827-December 1830.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Papers of John Marshall. Volume XI: Correspondence, Papers, and Selected Judicial Opinions, April 1827-December 1830. Edited by Charles F. Hobson, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and Joan S. Lovelace. (Chapel Hill and London: Published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro ...
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary' Societies.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary' Societies. By Elizabeth McHenry. New Americanists. (Durham, N.C., and London: Duke University Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 423. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8223-2995-6; cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-8223-2980-8.) Elizabeth ...
The Republican Vision of John Tyler.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Republican Vision of John Tyler. By Dan Monroe. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 252. $39.95, ISBN 1-58544-216-X.) John Tyler has generally received superficial treatment in the historical literature. To be sure, scholars have studied aspects of his ...
Evil Necessity: Slavery and Political Culture in Antebellum Kentucky.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Evil Necessity: Slavery and Political Culture in Antebellum Kentucky. By Harold D. Tallant. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2003. Pp. xiv, 307. $45.00, ISBN 0-8131-2252-X.) On several occasions during the 1840s, northern antislavery activists predicted that Kentucky ...
South by Southwest: Planter Emigration and Identity in the Slave South.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... South by Southwest: Planter Emigration and Identity in the Slave South. By James David Miller. The American South Series. (Charlottesville and London: Published by the University of Virginia Press in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist ...
Bold Entrepreneur: a Life of James B. Duke.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke. By Robert F. Durden. (Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 223. $25.00, ISBN 0-89089-744-1.) Robert F. Durden has written a concise and sympathetic biography of James B. Duke. Extrapolating from his earlier studies ...
St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw: a View beyond the Garden Wall.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw: A View beyond the Garden Wall. Edited and with an introduction by Eric Sandweiss. (Columbia and London: Published by the University of Missouri Press for the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Missouri Historical Society, c. 2003. Pp. xx, 251. $39.95, ...
American Nightmare: the History of Jim Crow.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... American Nightmare: The History of Jim Crow. By Jerrold M. Packard. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 291. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-30241-X; cloth, $24.95, ISBN 0-312-26122-5.) In American Nightmare, Jerrold M. Packard attempts to inform the reader about the ...
The Human Tradition in the Old South.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Human Tradition in the Old South. Edited by James C. Klotter. The Human Tradition in America, no. 15. (Wilmington, Del.: SR Books, 2003. Pp. xviii, 225. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8420-2978-8; cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8420-2977-X.) Portraits of African American Life since 1865 ....
Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia. By William A. Link. Civil War America. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp. xx, 387. $45.00, ISBN 0-8078-2771-1.) Henry A. Wise's moment came on April 17, 1861. With a wild ...
Faith in the Fight: Civil War Chaplains.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Faith in the Fight: Civil War Chaplains. Edited by John W. Brinsfield and others. (Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2003. Pp. xii, 256. $29.95, ISBN 0-8117-0017-8.) According to the four historians who compiled and edited this book, the important morale-building efforts of ...
Campfires of Freedom: the Camp Life of Black Soldiers during the Civil War.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Campfires of Freedom: The Camp Life of Black Soldiers during the Civil War. By Keith P. Wilson. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 2002. Pp. xviii, 336. $39.00, ISBN 0-87338-709-0.) Keith P. Wilson's provocative study of the social and cultural life of ...
Baseball in Blue and Gray: the National Pastime during the Civil War.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War. By George B. Kirsch. (Princeton, N.J., and Oxford: Princeton University Press, c. 2003. Pp. xviii, 145. $19.95, ISBN 0-691-05733-8.) Sport historians have long debated the impact of the Civil War on the game ...
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Military Campaigns of the Civil War. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp. xxii, 255. $34.95, ISBN 0-8078-2786-X.) The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, edited by Gary W. ...
Wandering to Glory: Confederate Veterans Remember Evans' Brigade.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Wandering to Glory: Confederate Veterans Remember Evans' Brigade. Edited by DeWitt Boyd Stone Jr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 2002. Pp. xx, 331. $34.95, ISBN 1-57003-433-8.) As in most entities with a consciously hierarchical organization, reputation was a ...
A Year in the South: Four Lives in 1865.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A Year in the South: Four Lives in 1865. By Stephen V. Ash. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Pp. xiv, 289. $26.95, ISBN 0-312-29493-X.) Stephen V. Ash's study of three southern men and one woman offers an eyewitness account of the collapse of the Confederacy and the ...
Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah. By Spencer C. Tucker. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2003. Pp. xiv, 372. $32.00, ISBN 0-8131-2266-X.) Spencer C. Tucker has written well about the career and record of John D. Imboden, a ...
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: the Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard. Edited by Sam Davis Elliott. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. xxii, 285. $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-2846-5.) Before he died in 1898, ...
To Battle for God and the Right: the Civil War Letterbooks of Emerson Opdycke.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... To Battle for God and the Right: The Civil War Letterbooks of Emerson Opdycke. Edited by Glenn V. Longacre and John E. Haas. Foreword by Peter Cozzens. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2003. Pp. xxxviii, 332. $34.95, ISBN 0-252-02774-4.) This book consists ...
The 16th Mississippi Infantry: Civil War Letters and Reminiscences.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The 16th Mississippi Infantry: Civil War Letters and Reminiscences. Compiled and edited by Robert G. Evans. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2002. Pp. xxviii, 365. $40.00, ISBN 1-57806-486-4.) The Weary Boys: Colonel J. Warren Keifer and the 110th Ohio Volunteer ...
General John Bratton: Sumter to Appomattox, In Letters to His Wife.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... General John Bratton: Sumter to Appomattox, In Letters to His Wife. By J. Luke Austin. (Sewanee, Tenn.: Proctor's Hall Press, c. 2003. Pp. xviii, 315. $19.95, ISBN 0-9706214-3-4.) While Father Is Away: The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury. Edited by Jennifer Cain ...
The Journal of a Civil War Surgeon.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Journal of a Civil War Surgeon. By J. Franklin Dyer. Edited by Michael B. Chesson. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2003. Pp. xxxvi, 317. $25.00, ISBN 0-8032-6637-5.) At first glance, this book might attract only nominal attention. Such would be a ...
Legacy of Disunion: the Enduring Significance of the American Civil War.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Legacy of Disunion: The Enduring Significance of the American Civil War. Edited by Susan-Mary Grant and Peter J. Parish. Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 267. $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2847-3.) ...
Martin R. Delany: a Documentary Reader.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader. Edited by Robert S. Levine. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp. xii, 507. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8078-5431-X; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2763-0.) The historical rehabilitation of Martin R. Delany began ...
Lyon College, 1872-2002: the Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Lyon College, 1872-2002: The Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College. By Brooks Blevins. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. Pp. xviii, 453. $34.95, ISBN 1-55728-742-2.) Brooks Blevins tells the story of Lyon (formerly Arkansas) College, a denominational ...
The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877. By Paul H. Carlson. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 177. $24.95, ISBN 1-58544-253-4.) In 1877, during a drought, Troop A of the Tenth Cavalry, a regiment of black soldiers led by white officers, lost their way on ...
No Saloon in the Valley: the Southern Strategy of Texas Prohibitionists in the 1880s.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... No Saloon in the Valley: The Southern Strategy of Texas Prohibitionists in the 1880s. By James D. Ivy. (Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, c. 2003. Pp. x, 150. $24.95, ISBN 0-918954-87-8.) To this day, the South is often associated with prohibition; indeed, dry counties ...
Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends: Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends: Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran. By John A. Simpson. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2003. Pp. xviii, 276. $35.00, ISBN 1-57233-211-5.) Edith D. Pope spent forty years working for Confederate Veteran ...
Marion Butler and American Populism.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Marion Butler and American Populism. By James L. Hunt. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 338. $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2770-3.) James L. Hunt's excellent and eagerly awaited biography, Marion Butler and American Populism, explores the ...
A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial. By Suzanne Lebsock. (New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company, 2003. Pp. 442. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-393-32606-3; cloth, $26.95, ISBN 0-393-04201-4.) In A Murder in Virginia, Suzanne Lebsock displays the virtuosic research ...
Dixie's Daughters: the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture. By Karen L. Cox. Foreword by John David Smith. New Perspectives on the History of the South. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2003. Pp. xx, 218. $55.00, ...
Transition to the Twentieth Century: Thomas County, Georgia, 1900-1920.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Transition to the Twentieth Century: Thomas County, Georgia, 1900-1920. By William Warren Rogers. (Tallahassee, Fla.: Sentry Press, c. 2002. Pp. xiv, 608. $35.00, ISBN 1-889574-15-5.) This offering represents the fourth volume in an exhaustive history of Thomas County, Georgia, ...
Problems of Plenty: the American Farmer in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century. By R. Douglas Hurt. The American Ways Series. (Chicago, III.: Ivan R. Dee, c. 2002. Pp. xiv, 192. Paper, $13.95, ISBN 1-56663-462-8; cloth, $24.95, ISBN 1-56663-463-6.) The story of American agriculture in the ...
Weavers of the Southern Highlands.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Weavers of the Southern Highlands. By Philis Alvic. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2003. Pp. xxiv, 234. $35.00, ISBN 0-8131-2258-9.) A century ago, white Protestant middle-class women descended on the southern highlands to establish settlement-house schools and ...
The Greening of Georgia: the Improvement of the Environment in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Greening of Georgia: The Improvement of the Environment in the Twentieth Century. By R. Harold Brown. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2002. Pp. [vi], 362. $39.95, ISBN 0-86554-789-0.) The news media are often accused of giving us nothing but "bad news." Yet professor ...
Florida's Farmworkers in the Twenty-First Century.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Florida's Farmworkers in the Twenty-first Century. By Nano Riley. Photographs by Davida Johns. Foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2002. Pp. xviii, 208. $24.95, ISBN ...
Making Waves: Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Making Waves: Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida. Edited by Jack E. Davis and Kari Frederickson. Foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2003. Pp. viii, 324. $55.00, ...
Automobility: Social Changes in the American South, 1909-1939.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Automobility: Social Changes in the American South, 1909-1939. By Corey T. Lesseig. American Popular History and Culture. (New York and London: Routledge, c. 2001. Pp. viii, 142. $75.00, ISBN 0-8153-3343-9.) This slender volume (118 pages of text, including chapter endnotes) is ...