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Masters of Small Worldsby Stephanie McCurry
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 24.95This social history describes the yeomanry (small farmers) in South Carolina before the US Civil War. It focuses on the relationship between these farmers and the planters, with whom they had strong ideological ties. The study also deals with issues of gender and class. more...
South Carolinaby Craig A. Doherty; Katherine M. Doherty
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Examines life in the early colony, including such details as the Yamasee War, pirate attacks, slavery, and the effect of such crops as indigo and rice. An entire chapter focuses on the numerous American Indian tribes - mainly the Cherokee and Catawba - who lived throughout the colony, from the coast and lowlands up into the Appalachian Mountains. more...
The Counterrevolution of Slaveryby Manisha Sinha
The University of North Carolina Press 2000; US$ 65.00An analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, offering a provocative look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Manisha Sinha argues that secession was a conservative, antidemocratic movement to protect and perpetuate racial slavery. more...
Staying Trueby Jenny Sanford
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 11.99BONUS: This edition contains a Staying True discussion guide. In this candid and compelling memoir, the first lady of South Carolina reveals the private ordeal behind her very public betrayal—and offers inspiration for anyone struggling to keep faith during life’s most trying times. She’s been a successful investment banker, a mother of four, and the campaign manager for one of American politics’ rising stars—her husband, Mark Sanford of South Carolina, once widely hailed as a possible candidate for president in 2012. Yet to most Americans, Jenny Sanford is best known for the one role she refused to play—that of conventional political spouse standing silently by while her husband went before the media... more...
Uruguay Society & Culture Complete Reportby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 28.50Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Uruguay will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Uruguay, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette. more...
Uruguay Travel Complete Profileby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 13.60Whether planning your own trip to Uruguay, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
Colombia Women in Culture, Business & Travelby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 7.45Women often occupy different roles in a foreign culture. Avoid offensive assumptions and behavior by understanding the position of women in Colombian society: their legal rights; access to education and health care; workforce participation; and their dating, marriage, and family life. more...
Blackness in the White Nationby George Reid Andrews
The University of North Carolina Press 2010; US$ 59.95Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues that candombe's evolution as a central part of the nation's culture has not fundamentally helped the cause of racial equality. Incorporating descriptions of his own experiences as a member of a candombe drumming and performance group, Andrews connects the struggles of Afro-Uruguayans to the broader issues of race, culture, gender, and politics throughout Latin America and the African diaspora. more...
The Bloody South Carolina Election of 1876by Jerry L. West
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 45.00For more than 10 years after the close of the Civil War, South Carolina experienced unrest, disenfranchisement and military occupation under Republican Party rule. This book examines the gubernatorial election of 1876, in which the state's most celebrated Civil War general created a united front in the Democratic Party and wrested control of politics from the Republicans. Of particular note are the ways in which the race, with its disqualified ballots, delays and wrangling, prefigured the 2000 election. For four months, the state endured two warring Houses of Representatives and teetered on the brink of civil war until Washington intervened. more...
Ahead of Her Time in Yesteryearby Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton; Hayward Farrar
University of Tennessee Press 2010; US$ 25.50Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semirural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville’s Fisk University, Zimmerman returned to Orangeburg to teach school, serve her community, and champion equal rights for African Americans and women. Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton offers a vivid portrayal of the kind of black family seldom recognized for its role in the development of the African American community after the Civil War. At a time when “separate but equal” usually meant suffering and injustice for the black community, South Carolina families such... more...