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Women Working
By Susan Page.
When Susan Harbage Page worked in the early seventies alongside the women in this photo essay in addition to…
friendships she also made a poignant record This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of Southern Cultures The Photography Issue Rough It is rough being a femaleRadium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910–1935
Par Claudia Clark. 1997
In the early twentieth century, a group of women workers hired to apply luminous paint to watch faces and instrument…
dials found themselves among the first victims of radium poisoning. Claudia Clark's book tells the compelling story of these women, who at first had no idea that the tedious task of dialpainting was any different from the other factory jobs available to them. But after repeated exposure to the radium-laced paint, they began to develop mysterious, often fatal illnesses that they traced to conditions in the workplace. Their fight to have their symptoms recognized as an industrial disease represents an important chapter in the history of modern health and labor policy. Clark's account emphasizes the social and political factors that influenced the responses of the workers, managers, government officials, medical specialists, and legal authorities involved in the case. She enriches the story by exploring contemporary disputes over workplace control, government intervention, and industry-backed medical research. Finally, in appraising the dialpainters' campaign to secure compensation and prevention of further incidents--efforts launched with the help of the reform-minded, middle-class women of the Consumers' League--Clark is able to evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of the industrial health movement as a whole.When the Yankees Came
Par Stephen Ash. 1999
Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal For…
most the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real for some it was the answer to a prayer But as Stephen Ash argues for all invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality When the Yankees Came is the first comprehensive study of the occupied South bringing to light a wealth of new information about the southern home front Among the intriguing topics Ash explores are guerrilla warfare and other forms of civilian resistance the evolution of Union occupation policy from leniency to repression the impact of occupation on families churches and local government and conflicts between southern aristocrats and poor whites In analyzing these topics Ash examines events from the perspective not only of southerners but also of the northern invaders and he shows how the experiences of southerners differed according to their distance from a garrisoned townVimala Cooks, Everybody Eats
By Shannon Harvey.
Vimala Rajendran s dinners created a space for people to meet over a common table or couch or…
picnic blanket make friends support the livelihoods of others in their region and imagine how on any given Wednesday morning while peeling garlic they could also positively impact global communities This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures The full issue is also available as an ebook Southern Cultures is published quarterly spring summer fall winter by the University of North Carolina Press The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill s Center for the Study of the American SouthThis study describes the courts of vice-admiralty as they existed in the American colonies at the beginning of the revolutionary…
struggles, analyzes the changes in the courts and their jurisdiction from 1763 to the outbreak of the war, and examines the American objections to the vice-admiralty system.Originally published in 1960.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.The Veiled Garvey
Par Ula Taylor. 2002
In this biography Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important if largely…
unsung Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century Amy Jacques Garvey 1895-1973 Born in Jamaica Amy Jacques moved in 1917 to Harlem where she became involved in the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA the largest Pan-African organization of its time She served as the private secretary of UNIA leader Marcus Garvey in 1922 they married Soon after she began to give speeches and to publish editorials urging black women to participate in the Pan-African movement and addressing issues that affected people of African descent across the globe After her husband s death in 1940 Jacques Garvey emerged as a gifted organizer for the Pan-African cause Although she faced considerable male chauvinism she persisted in creating a distinctive feminist voice within the movement In her final decades Jacques Garvey constructed a thriving network of Pan-African contacts including Nnamdi Azikiwe Kwame Nkrumah George Padmore and W E B Du Bois Taylor examines the many roles Jacques Garvey played throughout her life as feminist black nationalist journalist daughter mother and wife Tracing her political and intellectual evolution the book illuminates the leadership and enduring influence of this remarkable activistTurning Right in the Sixties
Par Mary Brennan. 1995
Ideologically divided and disorganized in 1960 the conservative wing of the Republican Party appeared to many to be virtually…
obsolete However over the course of that decade the Right reinvented itself and gained control of the party In Turning Right in the Sixties Mary Brennan describes how conservative Americans from a variety of backgrounds feeling disfranchised and ignored joined forces to make their voices heard and by 1968 had gained enough power within the party to play the decisive role in determining the presidential nominee Building on Barry Goldwater s short-lived bid for the presidential nomination in 1960 Republican conservatives forged new coalitions began to organize at the grassroots level and gained enough support to guarantee Goldwater the nomination in 1964 Brennan argues that Goldwater s loss to Lyndon Johnson in the general election has obscured the more significant fact that conservatives had wrested control of the Republican Party from the moderates who had dominated it for years The lessons conservatives learned in that campaign she says aided them in 1968 and laid the groundwork for Ronald Reagan s presidential victory in 1980I see the participatory nature of food in New Orleans as being in the dishes. My guess is that none…
of the fine chefs in town would accept the challenge of putting their gumbo against somebody's mother's gumbo." This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.This interpretative essay and extensive bibliography surveying the chronology and major characteristics of American technology before 1850 is the first…
available guide in this period to the rapidly developing field of the history of technology.Originally published in 1966.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.Stereo Propaganda
By Lynn Marshall.
Old photographs meet new color creating thoughtful new meanings This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of…
Southern Cultures The Photography Issue In this examination magic and myth-two of my favorite vehicles-act as buffers to the dominant power structure It brings together two bodies of collectibles one personal and one commercial with the intent of shifting stereotypes about race and southern cultureThe Spotsylvania Campaign
Par Gary Gallagher. 1998
The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S Grant and Robert E …
Lee in spring 1864 Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives the contributors to this volume explore questions regarding high command tactics and strategy the impact of continuous fighting on officers and soldiers in both armies and the ways in which some participants chose to remember and interpret the campaign They offer insight into the decisions and behavior of Lee and of Federal army leaders the fullest descriptions to date of the horrific fighting at the Bloody Angle on May 12 and a revealing look at how Grant used his memoirs to counter Lost Cause interpretations of his actions at Spotsylvania and elsewhere in the Overland Campaign The contributors are William A Blair Peter S Carmichael Gary W Gallagher Robert E L Krick Robert K Krick William D Matter Carol Reardon and Gordon C RheaSouthern Snow
By Nancy Woodward.
There s a silence in a snowy dawn that forces you to look anew at what has been transformed from…
the customary landscape of your day-to-day life Dogwoods glisten in their silver finery bowing fir limbs form a secret cathedral This article appears in the Spring 2012 issue of Southern Cultures The full issue is also available as an ebook Southern Cultures is published quarterly spring summer fall winter by the University of North Carolina Press The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill s Center for the Study of the American SouthSouthern Cultures: Special Roots Music Issue
By Harry L Watson, Jocelyn Neal.
The Special Roots Music Issue features:B.B. King on Bukka White's legacy;The Top Ten Folk Singers of All Time;Bob Dylan backstage…
in '63 and other rare photographic gems; Swamp bluesman Jimmy Anderson's first published interview in the U.S.; Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. the Allman Brothers; Pete, Peggy, & Mike--and all the rest that Charles Seeger gave to the world of music; Willie Lowery--musician, songwriting sensation, and humanitarian; Saxie Dowell, the great saxophonist and war hero; a sneak peek at NASHVILLE CHROME, the sizzling new novel from Rick Bass; and much more. The Roots Music Issue comes with a classic FREE CD full of great roots musicians, including BUKKA WHITE, ETTA BAKER, THE BYRDS' ROGER MCGUINN, WILLIE LOWERY, IDYLL SWORDS, ALABAMA SLIM & LITTLE FREDDIE KING, JIMMY ANDERSON & THE MOJO BLUES BAND, MICHAEL HURLEY, FILTHYBIRD, MEGAFAUN, PRESTON FULP, JOE BROWN, AND MORE OF THE SOUTH'S BEST ROOTS MUSICIANS--old and new. We'll mail the CD separately to our Roots Music e-book customers at no extra charge.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.Southern Cultures: Southern Lives Issue
By Harry L Watson, Jocelyn Neal.
In this special Southern Lives issue:* Billy Carter dresses for all occasions.* Virginia Foster Durr opens her home to recently…
released inmates.* Michael McFee tours the Billy Graham Library.* Septima Poinsette Clark celebrates fellow Civil Rights pioneers.* Albert Murray goes on the record about Ralph Ellison's style.* Margaret Walker Alexander reveals her takes on Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker.... and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.A Soldier's General
Par John Oeffinger. 2014
During his service in the Confederate army Major General Lafayette McLaws 1821-1897 served under and alongside such…
famous officers as Robert E Lee Joseph E Johnston James Longstreet and John B Hood He played a significant role in some of the most crucial battles of the Civil War including Harpers Ferry Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Despite this no biography of McLaws or history of his division has ever been published A Soldier s General gathers ninety-five letters written by McLaws to his family between 1858 and 1865 making these valuable resources available to a wide audience for the first time The letters painstakingly transcribed from McLaws s notoriously poor handwriting contain a wealth of opinion and information about life and morale in the Confederate army Civil War-era politics the Southern press and the impact of war on the Confederate home front Among the fascinating threads the letters trace is the story of McLaws s fractured relationship with childhood friend Longstreet who had McLaws relieved of command in 1863 John Oeffinger s extensive introduction sketches McLaws s life from his beginnings in Augusta Georgia through his early experiences in the U S Army his marriage his Civil War exploits and his postwar yearsA Short, Offhand, Killing Affair
Par Paul Foos. 2002
The Mexican-American War 1846-48 found Americans on new terrain A republic founded on the principle of armed…
defense of freedom was now going to war on behalf of Manifest Destiny seeking to conquer an unfamiliar nation and people Through an examination of rank-and-file soldiers Paul Foos sheds new light on the war and its effect on attitudes toward other races and nationalities that stood in the way of American expansionism Drawing on wartime diaries and letters not previously examined by scholars Foos shows that the experience of soldiers in the war differed radically from the positive patriotic image trumpeted by political and military leaders seeking recruits for a volunteer army Promised access to land economic opportunity and political equality the enlistees instead found themselves subjected to unusually harsh discipline and harrowing battle conditions As a result some soldiers adapted the rhetoric of Manifest Destiny to their own purposes taking for themselves what had been promised often by looting the Mexican countryside or committing racial and sexual atrocities Others deserted the army to fight for the enemy or seek employment in the West These acts Foos argues along with the government s tacit acceptance of them translated into a more violent damaging variety of Manifest DestinyA Shattered Nation
Par Anne Rubin. 2005
Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre-Civil War sectional conflict with the North reached its…
apex at the start of the war and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin to formulate a national identity until it became evident that the Confederacy was destined to fight a lengthy war against the Union She also demonstrates that an attachment to a symbolic or sentimental Confederacy existed independent of the political Confederacy and was therefore able to persist well after the collapse of the Confederate state White Southerners redefined symbols and figures of the failed state as emotional touchstones and political rallying points in the struggle to retain local and racial control even as former Confederates took the loyalty oath and applied for pardons in droves Exploring the creation maintenance and transformation of Confederate identity during the tumultuous years of the Civil War and Reconstruction Rubin sheds new light on the ways in which Confederates felt connected to their national creation and provides a provocative example of what happens when a nation disintegrates and leaves its people behind to forge a new identity Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre-Civil War sectional conflict with the North reached its apex at the start of the war and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin to formulate a national identity until it became evident that the Confederacy was destined to fight a lengthy war against the Union She also demonstrates that an attachment to a symbolic or sentimental Confederacy existed independent of the political Confederacy and was therefore able to persist well after the collapse of the Confederate state White Southerners redefined symbols and figures of the failed state as emotional touchstones and political rallying points in the struggle to retain local and racial control Rubin argues even as former Confederates took the loyalty oath and applied for pardons in droves --This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of…
the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems.Originally published in 1961.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.The Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1914
Par Nancy Cohen. 2002
Tracing the transformation of liberal political ideology from the end of the Civil War to the early twentieth century …
Nancy Cohen offers a new interpretation of the origins and character of modern liberalism She argues that the values and programs associated with modern liberalism were formulated not during the Progressive Era as most accounts maintain but earlier in the very different social context of the Gilded Age Integrating intellectual social cultural and economic history Cohen argues that the reconstruction of liberalism hinged on the reaction of postbellum liberals to social and labor unrest As new social movements of workers and farmers arose and phrased their protests in the rhetoric of democratic producerism liberals retreated from earlier commitments to an expansive vision of democracy Redefining liberal ideas about citizenship and the state says Cohen they played a critical role in legitimating emergent corporate capitalism and politically insulating it from democratic challenge As the social cost of economic globalization comes under international critical scrutiny this book revisits the bitter struggles over the relationship between capitalism and democracy in post-Civil War America The resolution of this problem offered by the new liberalism deeply influenced the progressives and has left an enduring legacy for twentieth-century American politics Cohen arguesA New York Times Bestseller and AHS Book Award winnerThe 18-acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness…
to history—kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have been signed, and presidents have landed and retreated. Throughout it all, the grounds have remained not only beautiful, but also a powerful reflection of American trends. In All the Presidents' Gardens bestselling author Marta McDowell tells the untold history of the White House Grounds with historical and contemporary photographs, vintage seeds catalogs, and rare glimpses into Presidential pastimes. History buffs will revel in the fascinating tidbits about Lincoln’s goats, Ike's putting green, Jackie's iconic roses, and Amy Carter's tree house. Gardeners will enjoy the information on the plants whose favor has come and gone over the years and the gardeners who have been responsible for it all.