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Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son
ISBN: 9780807100721 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (1885--1942) was brought face to face with the convulsions of a changing world. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life -- although his life was exciting and... Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his li... |
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107,15 zł |
The Barber of Natchez
ISBN: 9780807102121 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diary, letters, and business records of an ex-slave reveal his personal thoughts concerning the social, political, and economic conditions of the antebellum South.
The diary, letters, and business records of an ex-slave reveal his personal thoughts concerning the social, political, and economic conditions of the ...
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107,95 zł |
Ideology of Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Antebellum South, 1830--1860
ISBN: 9780807108925 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In one volume, these essentially unabridged selections from the works of the proslavery apologists are now conveniently accessible to scholars and students of the antebellum South. The Ideology of Slavery includes excerpts by Thomas R. Dew, founder of a new phase of proslavery militancy; William Harper and James Henry Hammond, representatives of the proslavery mainstream; Thornton Stringfellow, the most prominent biblical defender of the peculiar institution; Henry Hughes and Josiah Nott, who brought would-be scientism to the argument; and George Fitzhugh, the most extreme of proslavery... In one volume, these essentially unabridged selections from the works of the proslavery apologists are now conveniently accessible to scholars and ... |
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156,30 zł |
When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, 1865--1867
ISBN: 9780807112045 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the months after Appomattox, the South was plunged into a chaos that surpassed even the disorder of the last hard months of the war itself. Peace brought, if anything, an increased level of violence to the region as local authorities of the former Confederacy were stripped of their power and the returning foot soldiers of the defeated army, hungry and without hope, raided the already impoverished countryside for food and clothing. In the wake of the devastation that followed surrender, even some of the most virulent Yankee-haters found themselves relieved as the Union army began to... In the months after Appomattox, the South was plunged into a chaos that surpassed even the disorder of the last hard months of the war itself. Peac... |
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129,59 zł |
The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi: A Series of Sketches by Joseph G. Baldwin
ISBN: 9780807114117 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,59 zł |
The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin
ISBN: 9780807116913 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thirty years after the publication of John Hope Franklin's influential interpretative essay Reconstruction: After the Civil War, ten distinguished scholars have contributed to a new appraisal of Reconstruction scholarship. Recognizing Professor Franklin's major contributions to the study of the Reconstruction era, their work analysis and review has been dedicated to him.
Thirty years after the publication of John Hope Franklin's influential interpretative essay Reconstruction: After the Civil War, ten distinguished sch...
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113,36 zł |
Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 (Revised)
ISBN: 9780807117231 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Texas emerged from the Western frontier relatively late in the formation of the USA, it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally Western in its political and social orientation. In fact, most of the settlers of this area were emigrants from the South, and many brought with them their slaves and all aspects of slavery as it had matured in their native states. As Texas emerged from the Western frontier relatively late in the formation of the USA, it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally... |
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118,78 zł |
Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938--1988
ISBN: 9780807117644 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Race and History, John Hope Franklin, one of the nation's foremost historians, collects twenty-seven of his most influential shorter writings. The essays are presented thematically and include pieces on southern history; significant but neglected historical figures; historiography; the connection between historical problems and contemporary issues; and the public role of the historian. Collectively these essays reveal Franklin as a man who has exhibited immense courage and intellectual independence in the face of cultural and social bias, a scholar who has set the tone and direction for...
In Race and History, John Hope Franklin, one of the nation's foremost historians, collects twenty-seven of his most influential shorter writings. The ...
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156,30 zł |
Earl K. Long: The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics
ISBN: 9780807117651 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a region famous for its flamboyant politicians, Earl K. Long was one of the most flamboyant of them all. This first full-scale biography of the former Louisiana governor explores his controversial life-style and his strong family ties, his raw humor and his political savvy, his abuse of power and his accomplishments in the areas of civil rights and public services. Michael L. Kurtz and Morgan D. Peoples provide new information from recently declassified FBI files concerning Earl's ties with organized crime figures, give the first comprehensive account of his stays in mental institutions... In a region famous for its flamboyant politicians, Earl K. Long was one of the most flamboyant of them all. This first full-scale biography of the ... |
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129,59 zł |
From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American Slave Revolts in the Making of the Modern World (Revised)
ISBN: 9780807117682 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In perhaps his most provocative book Eugene Genovese examines the slave revolts of the New World and places them in the context of modern world history. By studying the conditions that favored these revolts and the history of slave guerrilla warfare throughout the western hemisphere, he connects the ideology of the revolts to that of the great revolutionary movements of the late eighteenth century. Genovese argues compellingly that the slave revolts of the New World shaped the democratic character of contemporary European struggles just as forcefully as European struggles influenced New... In perhaps his most provocative book Eugene Genovese examines the slave revolts of the New World and places them in the context of modern world his... |
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102,54 zł |
The Fleming Lectures, 1937--1990: A Historiographical Essay
ISBN: 9780807117804 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a quintessentially southern campus, Louisiana State University has logically spawned some of the most important regional scholarly studies of the twentieth century. During the campus' golden age in the 1930s, such eminent scholars as Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, and Eric Voeglin made LSU one of the leading academic institutions in the country. It was during this period that a series called the Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History, named in honor of a noted scholar and researcher at LSU in the early 1900s, was created to add to the body of knowledge in the... As a quintessentially southern campus, Louisiana State University has logically spawned some of the most important regional scholarly studies of th... |
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135,01 zł |
Antebellum Natchez
ISBN: 9780807118603 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. D. Clayton James's history of Natchez from its settlement in 1716 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 traces the development of the town from the time of the Natchez Indians through the succeeding periods of French, Spanish, British, and American domination. Drawing generously on diaries, journals, and other records, Antebellum Natchez is an important account of the role of Natchez and some of its most distinguished citizens in the colonial affairs of the lower Mississippi Valley and the growth of the Old Southwest.
D. Clayton James's history of Natchez from its settlement in 1716 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 traces the development of the town from the...
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129,59 zł |
Louisana, Yesterday and Today: A Historical Guide to the State
ISBN: 9780807118931 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Louisiana, Yesterday and Today, three veteran newspapermen examine the history and character of one of America's most remarkable states. This comprehensive, entertaining work will inform natives of their rich heritage and familiarize others with the many sources of Louisiana's special charm. In concise, thematic chapters, the authors discuss practically every aspect of Louisiana's history. They explore in depth many specific events and eras, including the Louisiana Purchase, the Battle of New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the rise of Huey P. Long. Illuminating... In Louisiana, Yesterday and Today, three veteran newspapermen examine the history and character of one of America's most remarkable states. This co... |
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98,56 zł |
Old South, New South: Revolutions in the Southern Economy Since the Civil War
ISBN: 9780807120989 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this analysis of the post-Civil War southern economy, the author examines why the region failed to progress economically for so long. He explains that the South continued to be a low-wage regional market embedded in a high-wage national economy.
In this analysis of the post-Civil War southern economy, the author examines why the region failed to progress economically for so long. He explains t...
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156,30 zł |
The New South, 1945-1980: The Story of the South's Modernization
ISBN: 9780807121221 / Angielski / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost three decades after publication of the tenth volume of A History of the South -- George Tindall's The Emergence of the New South, 1913--1945 -- Numan V. Bartley now presents Volume XI: a masterly synthesis of the region's most complex years to date. From the close of World War II to the end of the seventies, the South underwent changes of such a radical nature and such tumultuous process -- from rural orientation to urban; from segregated society to racially commingled; from poverty-saturated economy to positively booming Sunbelt -- that the contrast between 1945 and 1980 almost... Almost three decades after publication of the tenth volume of A History of the South -- George Tindall's The Emergence of the New South, 1913--1945... |
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135,01 zł |
Indians' New South: Cultural Change in the Colonial Southeast
ISBN: 9780807121726 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this concise but sweeping study, James Axtell depicts the complete range of transformations in southeastern Indian cultures as a result of contact, and often conflict, with European explorers and settlers in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Stressing the dynamism and constant change in native cultures while showing no loss of Indian identity, Axtell effectively argues that the colonial Southeast cannot be fully understood without paying particular attention to its native inhabitants before their large-scale removal in the 1830s. Axtell begins by treating the... In this concise but sweeping study, James Axtell depicts the complete range of transformations in southeastern Indian cultures as a result of conta... |
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107,95 zł |
Region, Race and Cities: Interpreting the Urban South
ISBN: 9780807122440 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents 11 of Goldfield's articles - seven published previously, four unseen - providing an overview of the evolution of southern urban history into a vibrant and legitimate branch of southern history.
This volume presents 11 of Goldfield's articles - seven published previously, four unseen - providing an overview of the evolution of southern urban h...
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94,27 zł |
Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society: White Liberty and Black Slavery in Augusta's Hinterlands
ISBN: 9780807122655 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this exciting study, J. William Harris explores two great ironies of American history-the South's commitment to a liberty supported by slavery and its attempt to maintain the status quo with a war that undermined southern society. He examines why white southerners-most of whom did not own slaves-united in a long, bloody war to preserve the institution, arguing that slaveowners relied on an ideology of liberty, a potential for social mobility, and a web of personal relationships between classes to contain white class divisions and ensure control over the black population. The strains of...
In this exciting study, J. William Harris explores two great ironies of American history-the South's commitment to a liberty supported by slavery and ...
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118,78 zł |
A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
ISBN: 9780807124314 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On March 17, 1699, a group of French explorers under Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, were making their way up the Mississippi River from New Orleans when they spotted a red pole on a high bluff overlooking the river. The pole marked the boundary between the hunting grounds of the Houma and the Bayagoula Indians, and the Frenchmen christened it le baton rouge. The name Baton Rouge has survived, despite several attempts to change it, and today it designates the capital of a state whose people, by 1812, had lived under four flags -- French, English, Spanish, and American. Despite its... On March 17, 1699, a group of French explorers under Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, were making their way up the Mississippi River from New Or... |
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113,36 zł |
Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo and the New Deal
ISBN: 9780807124321 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,36 zł |