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Vital Negotiations
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 37.94Hauptbeschreibung Thema dieses Buches ist die Organisation und Regulierung von Seuchenbekämpfung und Gesundheitsfürsorge in der britischen Kolonie South Carolina und der französischen Kolonie Louisiana zwischen 1720 und 1763. Welche Akteure waren an der Implementierung und Durchsetzung von Maßnahmen im Gesundheitsbereich beteiligt?... more...
Masters of Small Worlds
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 21.99This 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...
Staying True
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00BONUS: 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... more...
Uruguay Society & Culture Complete Report
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...
Colombia Women in Culture, Business & Travel
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...
Ahead of Her Time in Yesteryear
University of Tennessee Press 2010; US$ 31.95Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her life-long home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semi-rural 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... more...
The Accidental Candidate
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 17.99In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography changes, spent a significant portion of his life's savings on the filing fee to run for U.S. Senate in the Democratic primary... more...
Michelin Must Sees Charleston, Savannah and the South Carolina Coast
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle 2012; US$ 6.99This eBook version of Must Sees Charleston, Savannah and the South Carolina Coast by Michelin hits the highlights of the South Carolina and Georgia coast for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. Stroll through time in Charleston?s beautifully preserved Historic District and Savannah?s charmingly landscaped squares. Head north for fun and games on... more...
My Father's People
LSU Press 2002; US$ 22.95Louis Rubin?s people on his father?s side were odd, inscrutable, and remarkable. In contrast to his mother?s family, who were ?normal, good people devoid of mystery,? the ways of the Rubins both puzzled and attracted him. In My Father?s People, Rubin tells ?as best I can about them all ? my father, his three brothers, and his three sisters.? It is... more...
A Golden Haze of Memory
The University of North Carolina Press 2005; US$ 77.95Charleston, South Carolina, today enjoys a reputation as a destination city for cultural and heritage tourism. In A Golden Haze of Memory , Stephanie E. Yuhl looks back to the crucial period between 1920 and 1940, when local leaders developed Charleston's trademark image as "America's Most Historic City." Eager to assert the national value of their... more...









