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For over three decades John Shelton Reed has been "minding" the South. He is the author or editor of thirteen books about the region. Despite his disclaime ...

 "A riveting and important work of grassroots LGBT history that reveals the connections and fissures between homophobia and anti-Latino prejudices in U. ...

In the Summer 2013 issue of Southern Cultures: Dixie Bohemians and Inner Hillbillies. Poutin’ Houses and Moon Pies. The economics of slavery and the inte ...

First published in 1972, The Enduring South challenges the conventional wisdom that economic development, urbanization, and the end of racial segregation s ...

Major change came to Argentina during the first decades of the twentieth century. Following the mass influx of European immigrants to the country during th ...

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Excerpt from Dark Laughter Being out to make a night of it they gathered wood to start a fire as soon as they had got to their favorite fishing place. Then ...

The antiDVietnam War movement marked the first time in American history that record numbers marched and protested to an antiwar tune_on college campuses, i ...

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North Carolina is home to the longest continuous barbecue tradition on the North American mainland. Now available for the first time in paperback, Holy Smo ...

Nearly nine decades after the event, the sinking of the Titanic continues to command more attention than any other twentieth-century catatrophe. Yet most o ...

"America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post) Wolfe's style has never been ...

A stirring new portrait of one of the most important black leaders of the twentieth century introduces readers to the fiery woman who inspired generations ...

For fantasy fans bored with the same old cookie-cutter plots and themes, Francis Marion Crawford's The Witch of Prague is a welcome reprieve. This truly or ...

Lee Surrenders! "President Murdered!" "Booth Killed!" screamed the headlines of American newspapers in April 1865, leaving little room for mention of a mar ...

Sociology has tackled some of the most formidable problems that confront contemporary society: inequality, homelessness, violence, gender, and many more. S ...

Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American literature, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History ...

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In this Second Edition of this radical social history of America from Columbus to the present, Howard Zinn includes substantial coverage of the Carter, Rea ...

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works. ...

Mahoney examines how the middle class from across the great West were transformed by years of recession and civil war. ...

Although few recognize the name of Bras-Coupé today, Bryan Wagner’s riveting history The Life and Legend of Bras-Coupé illustrates why the saga of this ...

"A thorough study of Louisiana's early Creole and Acadian furniture (1735-1835) featuring a full-color catalogue of furniture forms made in the upper and l ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was repro ...

Revised andupdated through 1993, it describes how the end of the Cold War affected the United States's global role as well as suggesting what possibilities ...

"As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America's path to music and prosperity that was already past history. It's 1963 ...

Uncovers a world of forgotten triumphs of musical theatre that shine a light on major social topics. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridg ...

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Have records, compact discs, and other sound reproduction equipment merely provided American listeners with pleasant diversions, or have more important his ...

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The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented period of vitality in the American Arts. Defined as the years between 1910 and 1927, it was the time when Harle ...

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The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Ca ...