A lively, hands-on introduction for teachers and scholars in the humanities and social sciences, this book-and-CD package will inspire even the faint-hearted to take the technological bull by the horn
Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the ma
Stunning in its breadth and conclusions, The Age of Lincoln is a fiercely original history of the five decades that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Abolishing slavery, the age’
Edited by Burton (history, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), this two-volume encyclopedia examines the affects of American slavery on the everyday lives of the slaves and the slaveholders, of cours
Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the Brown decision in the
Previous editions of this work, originally published in 1944, are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. . Simkins' (d.1966) history of the racist South Carolina governor describes his far-reac
Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney is a collection of original essays written by some of the nation’s most distinguished historians. Each of the contributors has a personal as well as a p
Mays (1894-1984), a dean at Howard University, president of Morehouse College, and president of the Atlanta School Board, explains, especially to younger Americans of any race, what Negro-white relati
Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the Brown decision in the
The decades that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln are examined in this history that shows how the president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined the conce
The wife of South Carolina secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens and known as the “Queen of the Confederacy,” Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832–1899) was during her lifetime one of the most famous women
Edited by southern historians Orville Vernon Burton and Eldred E. Prince, Jr., Becoming Southern Writers pays tribute to South Carolinian Charles Joyner's fifty year career as a southern historian, fo
Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and Afric
Rare among Civil War correspondence, the collection of Union Sergeant George F. Cram's letters reveals an educated young man's experiences as part of Sherman's army. Advancing through the Confederacy
This collection of nineteen essays on equality in the Civil War and Reconstruction periods showcases current scholarship in a variety of topics surrounding the causes of the war and the unfinished nat
