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This comprehensive history of Alabama provides a thorough look at the state's founding and growth, as well as important people and events throughout its history. Pickett's earlier work is supplemented by additional research and insights from Brown. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history of the American South.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This official guide to Harvard University offers a comprehensive look at the history, culture, and academic offerings of one of the world's most prestigious higher education institutions. It includes detailed information on admissions, degree programs, campus life, and more. This is a must-read for anyone considering attending Harvard or interested in learning more about this iconic university.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

In 1904 William Garrott Brown traveled the American South, investigating the region's political, economic, and social conditions. Using the pen name "e;Stanton,"e; Brown published twenty epistles in the Boston Evening Transcript detailing his observations. The South at Work is a compilation of these newspaper articles, providing a valuable snapshot of the South as it was simultaneously emerging from post-Civil War economic depression and imposing on African Americans the panoply of Jim Crow laws and customs that sought to exclude them from all but the lowest rungs of southern society. A Harvard-educated historian and journalist originally from Alabama, Brown had been commissioned by the Evening Transcript to visit a wide range of locations and to chronicle the region with a greater depth than that of typical travelers' accounts. Some articles featured familiar topics such as a tobacco warehouse in Durham, North Carolina; a textile mill in Columbia, South Carolina; and the vast steel mills at Birmingham. However, Brown also covered atypical enterprises such as citrus farming in Florida, the King Ranch in Texas, and the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. To add perspective, he talked to businessmen and politicians, as well as everyday workers. In addition to describing the importance of diversifying the South's agricultural economy beyond cotton, Brown addressed race relations and the role of politicians such as James K. Vardaman of Mississippi, the growth of African American communities such as Hayti in Durham, and the role universities played in changing the intellectual climate of the South. The editor, Bruce E. Baker, has written an introduction and provided thorough annotations for each of Brown's letters. Baker demonstrates the value of the collection as it touches on racism, moderate progressivism, and accommodation with the political status quo in the South. Baker and Brown's combined work makes The South at Work one of the most detailed and interesting portraits of the region at the beginning of the twentieth century. Publication in book form makes The South at Work conveniently available to students and scholars of modern southern and American history.

Strategy Six Pack 3 presents a classic sextet of tactical texts: Sea Power by Cyprian Bridge Xerxes by Jacob Abbott Joan of Arc by Edward Shepherd Creasy Elements of Military Art and Science by H. W. Halleck Andrew Jackson by William Garrott Brown Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot Halleck's Elements of Military Art and Science is a timeless manual that is required reading in military schools. There is also Sea Power by Cyprian Bridge and Willis J. Abbot's Aircraft and Submarines, the definitive work on early pre-World War I flying machines, an aviation buff's delight. Plus a look at Joan of Arc's defeat of the English at Orleans, a biography of Old Hickory, President Andrew Jackson and a study of Xerxes, the infamous Persian potentate who invaded Greece in 480 BC with an army of five million.