The Journal of Southern History back issues from February 2006:
A region in harmony: southern music and the sound track of freedom.
Feb 01, 2006; ... IT HAD BEEN A SCORCHING DAY ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST IN THE summer of 1949, and it promised to be a steamy evening. Out on the beach the lifeguards had already taken down the umbrellas and stacked the beach chairs. The waves kept up a persistent rhythm, undulating beneath the seductive ...
Narratives of villainy and virtue: Governor Francis Nicholson and the character of the good ruler in early Virginia.
Feb 01, 2006; ... FRANCIS NICHOLSON, THE ROYAL GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, WAS A WILDLY immoderate and disordered man. His character was depraved, dissolute, and ungodly. "One might as well pretend to describe an hurricane to one that never saw it," observed the Reverend James Blair in 1703, "as to think to ...
Welfare and employment policies of the Freedmen's Bureau in the District of Columbia.
Feb 01, 2006; ... ON JULY 1, 1865, "THE BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED Lands (Freedmen's Bureau) opened a local office in Washington, D.C. In doing so, an agency that had been created to manage the transition from slavery to freedom in the states of the former Confederacy began to operate in ...
Virginia's northern strategy: southern segregationists and the route to national conservatism.
Feb 01, 2006; ... IN LATE JULY 1962, A DELEGATION OF THIRTY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS from Pennsylvania arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia. Among the party were some of the Keystone State's most powerful and influential politicians, including Albert W. Johnson, Republican minority leader in the state house of ...
This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain. By Mikko Saikku. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2005. Pp. xx, 373. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-8203-2673-9; cloth, $54.95, ISBN 0-8203-2534-1.) Mikko Saikku is a Finnish ...
The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird. By Noel F. R. Snyder. (Princeton, N.J., and Oxford, Eng.: Princeton University Press, c. 2004. Pp. xiv, 153. $29.95, ISBN 0-691-11795-0.) This book is about a green, yellow, and orange bird, extinct since the 1930s--the only ...
Southerners, Too? Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Southerners, Too? Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990. By Alton Hornsby Jr. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: University Press of America, Inc., c. 2004. Pp. xxii, 317. Paper, $40.00, ISBN 0-7618-2872-9; cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-7618-2871-0.) A scholar of the African American ...
Hearing History: A Reader.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Hearing History: A Reader. Edited by Mark M. Smith. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, 2004. Pp. xxii, 413. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-8203-2583-X; cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-8203-2582-1.) It is hardly surprising that the history of sound has been relatively overlooked ...
Women in Missouri History: In Search of Power and Influence.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Women in Missouri History: In Search of Power and Influence. Edited by LeeAnn Whites, Mary C. Neth, and Gary R. Kremer. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2004. Pp. x, 275. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8262-1526-2.) It is telling that one of the most powerful women ...
The Battle for the American Mind: A Brief History of a Nation's Thought.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Battle for the American Mind: A Brief History of a Nation's Thought. By Carl J. Richard. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2004. Pp. xviii, 357. $27.95, ISBN 0-7425-3435-9.) Carl J. Richard's The Battle for the American Mind: A Brief ...
Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South. By Kieran Quinlan. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Pp. [xiv], 289. $49.95, ISBN 0-8071-2983-6.) As Kieran Quinlan's title indicates, the historical experience of the American South and that of the Emerald Isle ...
Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia. By Warren M. Billings. Southern Biography. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Pp. x, 290. $49.95, ISBN 0-8071-3012-5.) This long-awaited biography of Sir William Berkeley, the critical fulcrum of ...
A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730. By Steven J. Oatis. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2004. Pp. xiv, 399. $65.00, ISBN 0-8032-3575-5.) The literature on the Southeast's colonial frontiers has expanded ...
Colonial Virginia's Cooking Dynasty.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Colonial Virginia's Cooking Dynasty. By Katharine E. Harbury. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 2004. Pp. xx, 479. $59.95, ISBN 1-57003-513-X.) For the colonial Virginia gentry, food and entertainment provided an important avenue of status expression and ...
Virginia's Western Visions: Political and Cultural Expansion on an Early American Frontier.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Virginia's Western Visions: Political and Cultural Expansion on an Early American Frontier. By L. Scott Philyaw. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. xxviii, 180. $33.00, ISBN 1-57233-307-3.) L. Scott Philyaw offers a fine investigation of the Virginia ...
Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775. By Michael N. McConnell. Studies in War, Society, and the Military. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2004. Pp. xx, 211. $49.95, ISBN 0-8032-3233-0.) In Army and Empire: British Soldiers ...
Between the Lines: Banditti of the American Revolution.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Between the Lines: Banditti of the American Revolution. By Harry M. Ward. Studies in Military History and International Affairs. (Westport, Conn., and London: Praeger, 2002. Pp. xiv, 329. $55.00, ISBN 0-275-97633-5.) Harry M. Ward tells a story of deeds of violence beyond formal ...
The Papers of James Iredell.(The Papers of James Iredell: 1784-1789, vol. 3)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Papers of James Iredell. Volume III: 1784-1789. Edited by Donna Kelly and Lang Baradell. (Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2003. Pp. lviii, 583. $30.00, ISBN 0-86526-310-8.) Those familiar with James Iredell Sr., an ...
Divided Union: The Politics of War in the Early American Republic.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Divided Union: The Politics of War in the Early American Republic. By Scott A. Silverstone. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. (Ithaca, N.Y., and London: Cornell University Press, c. 2004. Pp. ix, 278. $42.50, ISBN 0-8014-4230-3.) The main title, Divided Union, reflects more ...
Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture, 1830-1900.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture, 1830-1900. By Andrew Denson. Indians of the Southeast. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2004. Pp. [xiv], 327. $55.00, ISBN 0-8032-1726-9.) In Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy ...
Fetching the Old Southwest: Humorous Writing from Longstreet to Twain.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Fetching the Old Southwest: Humorous Writing from Longstreet to Twain. By James H. Justus. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 2004. Pp. xvi, 591. $54.95, ISBN 0-8262-1544-0.) "[C]ritical attention to antebellum southern newspaper humor has never gone wanting," ...
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier. By Scott Zesch. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Pp. xx, 362. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-31789-1; cloth, $26.95, ISBN 0-312-31787-5.) One day while wandering around a neglected country cemetery, Scott ...
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South. By Robert B. Outland III. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 352. $47.95, ISBN 0-8071-2981-X.) Like the smell of tobacco drying or magnolia in bloom, the turpene of longleaf pine ...
Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and the Western Steamboat World.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and the Western Steamboat World. By Thomas C. Buchanan. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 256. $32.50, ISBN 0-8078-2909-9.) Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and ...
Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous: A History and Directory.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous: A History and Directory. By Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 277. $54.95, ISBN 0-8071-2975-5.) Trails of water washing into land make up much of southwest Louisiana. When ...
Germans of Louisiana.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Germans of Louisiana. By Ellen C. Merrill. Foreword by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. (Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, 2005. Pp. 380. $25.00, ISBN 1-58980-244-6.) Ellen C. Merrill's Germans of Louisiana is a welcome addition to the literature of ethnic studies in Louisiana. In ...
New Orleans and the Texas Revolution.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... New Orleans and the Texas Revolution. By Edward L. Miller. Foreword by Archie P. McDonald. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 275. $29.95, ISBN 1-58544-358-1.) In this important book Edward Miller broadens the focus of the Texas Revolution to include ...
Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, An Archeological Investigation.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, An Archeological Investigation. By Gregg J. Dimmick. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, c. 2004. Pp. xviii, 362. $34.95, ISBN 0-87611-198-3.) The stated purpose of Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican ...
Slavery and the Making of America.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Slavery and the Making of America. By James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, c. 2005. Pp. 254. Paper, $10.99, ISBN 0-19-530451-9; cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-19-517903-X.) In a companion book to the Public Broadcasting Service ...
The Mulatta and the Politics of Race.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Mulatta and the Politics of Race. By Teresa C. Zackodnik. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2004. Pp. xxxii, 235. $45.00, ISBN 1-57806-676-X.) Zackodnik examines legal, social, and literary examples of mulattas in nineteenth-and early-twentieth-century American ...
Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South. By Diane Miller Sommerville. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 411. Paper, 24.95, ISBN 0-8078-5560-X; cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-8078-2891-2.) Diane Miller Sommerville argues forcefully that ...
Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South. Edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2002. Pp. xii, 324. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-5410-7; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2735-5.) This volume of ...
The Taney Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Taney Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy. By Timothy S. Huebner. ABC-CLIO Supreme Court Handbooks. (Santa Barbara, Calif., Denver, Colo., and Oxford, Eng.: ABC-CLIO, c. 2003. Pp. xiv, 288. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 1-57607-368-8; e-book, $70.00, ISBN 1-57607-369-6.) Timothy S ....
The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century. By Richard Franklin Bensel. (New York and other cities: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. xviii, 302. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-521-53786-X; cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-521-83101-6.) Proponents of the ethnocultural interpretation ...
The Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850s.(The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850s. By Eric H. Walther. The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. (Wilmington, Del.: SR Books, 2004. Pp. xxvi, 210. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8420-2799-8; cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8420-2798-X.) The Fate of Their Country: ...
Gendered Freedoms: Race, Rights, and the Politics of Household in the Delta, 1861-1875.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Gendered Freedoms: Race, Rights, and the Politics of Household in the Delta, 1861-1875. By Nancy Bercaw. Southern Dissent. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2003. Pp. xviii, 279. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8130-2788-8; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8130-2591-5.) ...
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861-1865.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861-1865. By Robert R. Mackey. Campaigns and Commanders. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 288. $19.95, ISBN 0-8061-3624-3.) Although various forms of irregular warfare have been much studied of late by ...
Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the Civil War Era.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the Civil War Era. Edited by Bruce C. Kelley and Mark A. Snell. Shades of Blue and Gray. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2004. Pp. xii, 260. $44.95, ISBN 0-8262-1538-6.) Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the ...
Sanctified Trial: The Diary of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, a Confederate Woman in East Tennessee.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Sanctified Trial: The Diary of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, a Confederate Woman in East Tennessee. Edited by John N. Fain. Voices of the Civil War. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. lxvi, 410. $42.00, ISBN 1-57233-313-8.) At the beginning of the Civil War, Eliza ...
Soldiers of Southwestern Virginia: The Civil War Letters of Captain John Preston Sheffey.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Soldiers of Southwestern Virginia: The Civil War Letters of Captain John Preston Sheffey. Edited by James I. Robertson Jr. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press in cooperation with Civil War Studies, c. 2004. Pp. x, 239. $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-3013-3.) The Civil War ...
Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae. By Edward T. Cotham Jr. The Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 274. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-292-70594-8; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-292-70603-0.) In Sabine Pass: The ...
Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble. By James Lee McDonough. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. xvi, 358. $39.95, ISBN 1-57233-322-7.) In his long and distinguished career as a Civil War historian, James Lee McDonough has examined the battles of ...
Chimborazo: The Confederacy's Largest Hospital.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Chimborazo: The Confederacy's Largest Hospital. By Carol C. Green. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 200. $29.95, ISBN 1-57233-316-2.) One of the principal contributions of the Civil War to medicine was its impact on the evolution of the hospital ....
For a Great and Grand Purpose: The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... For a Great and Grand Purpose: The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905. By Canter Brown Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers. Foreword by Stephen W. Angell and Anthony B. Pinn. The History of African-American Religions. Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, ...
Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South. By William A. Blair. Civil War America. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2004.) Pp. xiv, 250. $34.95, ISBN 0-8078-2896-3.) This book "examin[ing] the political implications of ...
After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans. By Donald R. Shaffer. Modern War Studies. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c. 2004. Pp. [x], 281. $34.95, ISBN 0-7006-1328-5.) This book will be the definitive study of African American Civil War veterans for some ...
The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History. By Alexander Tsesis. (New York and London: New York University Press, c. 2004. Pp. x, 228. $45.00, ISBN 0-8147-8276-0.) This is an imaginative work of constitutional theory that uses historical information about the ...
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. Volume 25: 1874; Volume 26: 1875. Edited by John Y. Simon and others. (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, c. 2003. Pp. xxvi, 505; xxvi, 618. $90.00, ISBN 0-8093-2498-9; $90.00, ISBN 0-8093-2499-7.) Slowly reaching its ...
Come to Texas: Attracting Immigrants, 1865-1915.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Come to Texas: Attracting Immigrants, 1865-1915. By Barbara J. Rozek. Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 250. $39.95, ISBN 1-58544-267-4.) Travel literature has been increasingly used by ...
Legislating Racism: The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Legislating Racism: The Billion Dollar Congress and the Birth of Jim Crow. By Thomas Adams Upchurch. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2004. Pp. xiv, 302. $40.00, ISBN 0-8131-2311-9.) After the 1888 elections brought Benjamin Harrison to the White House and gave his ...
Appalachian Folkways.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Appalachian Folkways. By John B. Rehder. Creating the North American Landscape. (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, c. 2004. Pp. xii, 353. $39.95, ISBN 0-8018-7879-9.) John B. Rehder begins his study, Appalachian Folkways, with an ambitious goal: to depict ...
Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland. Edited by Michael E. Birdwell and W. Calvin Dickinson. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2004. Pp. xii, 369. $45.00, ISBN 0-8131-2309-7.) Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland is an anthology on the region ...
Blessed with Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Blessed with Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio. By Thomas S. Bremer. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2004. Pp. xiv, 207. Paper, $19.95, 0-8078-5580-4; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2912-9.) In Blessed with Tourists: The ...
Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America. By Marcia Gaudet. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 221. $28.00, ISBN 1-57806-693-X.) Leprosy. The word alone conjures up fear, disbelief, ostracism, condemnation--an emotional firestorm of biblical ...
Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930. By Joan Marie Johnson. New Perspectives on the History of the South. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 282. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8130-2955-4; cloth, $59.95, ...
Stories from the Barrio: A History of Mexican Fort Worth.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Stories from the Barrio: A History of Mexican Fort Worth. By Carlos E. Cuellar. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, c. 2003. Pp. [xvi], 240. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-87565-290-5; cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-87565-275-1.) Stories from the Barrio: A History of Mexican Fort Worth ...
No Peace Without Freedom: Race and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1975.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... No Peace Without Freedom: Race and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1975. By Joyce Blackwell. (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, c. 2004. Pp. [xxii], 241. $55.00, ISBN 0-8093-2564-0.) Of the numerous studies of women and peace published ...
The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America. By Joshua Blu Buhs. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, c. 2004. Pp. x, 216. Paper, $22.50, ISBN 0-226-07982-1; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-226-07981-3.) Joshua Blu Buhs recounts the ...
The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the Politics of Black Celebrity.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the Politics of Black Celebrity. By Andrew M. Kaye. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2004. Pp. [xii], 208. $26.95, ISBN 0-8203-2590-2.) I found very intriguing Andrew M. Kaye's book, The Pussycat of ...
Imagery of Lynching: Black Men, White Women, and the Mob.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Imagery of Lynching: Black Men, White Women, and the Mob. By Dora Apel. (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c. 2004. Pp. xii, 259. Paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-8135-3459-3; cloth, $70.00, ISBN 0-8135-3458-5.) In Imagery of Lynching: Black Men, White Women, and the Mob Dora ...
Witnessing Lynching: American Writers Respond.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Witnessing Lynching: American Writers Respond. Edited by Anne P. Rice. Foreword by Michele Wallace. (New Brunswick, N.J., and London: Rutgers University Press, c. 2003. Pp. xx, 324. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-8135-3330-9; cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8135-3329-5.) In Witnessing Lynching: ...
A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music.(More than Precious Memories: The Rhetoric of Southern Gospel Music)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music. Edited by Kristine M. McCusker and Diane Pecknold. American Made Music Series. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2004. Pp. xxiv, 232. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 1-57806-678-6; cloth, $50.00, ISBN 1-57806-677-8.) More than Precious ...
Head, Heart, and Hand: John Brown University and Modern Evangelical Higher Education.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Head, Heart, and Hand: John Brown University and Modern Evangelical Higher Education. By Rick Ostrander. With a foreword by George Marsden. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 277. $29.95, ISBN 1-55728-761-9.) Rick Ostrander is a talented historian who is ...
The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund. By William H. Tucker. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2002. Pp. [xii], 286. $34.95, ISBN 0-252-02762-0.) William H. Tucker's thorough and careful book is broader than its subtitle ...
Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival. By Patricia Barker Lerch. Contemporary American Indian Studies. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 168. Paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-8173-5124-8; cloth, $57.50, ISBN 0-8173-1417-2.) During the last fifty ...