Overview :A Companion to the American South surveys and evaluates the most important and innovative writing on the entire sweep of the history of the ... Read More
Overview :This revealing interpretation of the black experience in the South emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich... Read More
Overview :Over the last three decades scholars have rediscovered the religious dimension of the Old South's history. Evangelical Christianity was a ce... Read More
Overview :From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Not since Merrill Peterson's T... Read More
Overview :Thomas Jefferson's ideas have been so important in shaping the character and aspirations of the United States that it has proven impossible ... Read More
Overview :Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformation... Read More
Overview :Rice University, one of America's preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man:... Read More
Overview :Seven Virginians, the culmination of a lifetime of erudition by one of America's leading historians, reveals the integral role played by sev... Read More
Overview :Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion in the Old South is challenged in this significant book. The eight essays included... Read More