The library of the University of South Carolina contains a collection of historical photographs of South Carolina in digital format. The editors of this book recruited poets and fiction writers, some
Ruymbeke (American civilization, U. of Paris VIII-Vencennes-Saint-Denis) describes the gradual marginalization of the Calvinist Huguenots in France from the 1660s to the revocation of the Edict of Nan
First published in 1995 by the South Carolina Historical Society, Broken Fortunes was the first of two landmark Civil War research projects carried out by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr. Highly prized by co
Understanding Suzan-Lori Parks is a critical study of a playwright and screenwriter who was the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Suzan-Lori Parks is also the recip
With 2007/2008 marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the formal abolition of the international slave trade by Britain and the United States, Gleeson (history, Northumbria U., England) and Lewis (wo
James De Veaux (1812-1844) was a promising young South Carolina-born artist who began his career painting portraits up and down the East Coast and throughout his native state. First published by Rober
Etheridge Knight was a Korean war veteran who struggled with a lifelong opiate addiction and who began his writing career while serving prison time for a drug-related crime. With the publication of hi
Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Tim Dona
Veteran school administrator Truitt describes how the controversy surrounding the need to replace an aging, predominantly black elementary school in Florence, South Carolina divided the community alon
A History of Kershaw County is a much anticipated comprehensive narrative describing a South Carolina community rooted in strong local traditions. From prehistoric to present times, the history stretc
A rare classic in American social science, Edgar Thompson's 1932 University of Chicago dissertation, "The Plantation," broke new analytic ground in the study of the southern plantation system. Thompso
Argues that the 1945-1946 planned invasion of Japan would have been less costly than it is usually supposed, and that Japan might have surrendered if the terms of peace were less than unconditional
