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The first part of this fascinating account of a biographer's problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world - accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence. The second part deals more generally with problems faced by all biographers.

The 121 letters published here for the first time comprise the existing prenuptial correspondence of Vance and his first wife. Primarily love letters, they reveal the salient traits of two high-minded beings and also offer fascinating glimpses into the society of antebellum North Carolina.

American Idea: The Literary Response to American Optimism

In this thoroughly researched documentation of a historically controversial issue, the author considers the background, passage, and constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law. The author's relation of public opinion and the executive policy regarding the much disputed law will help the reader reach a decision as to whether the law was actually a success or failure, legally and socially.

After presenting the theoretical background of her study, Burgess discusses the geography and ecology of region and city and examines the class and institutional structure of the sub-community. She employs a variety of methods to identify the black leaders and the roles they play in the community.

Botsch samples current attitudes of southern blue-collar workers, both black and white, toward work and race and questions whether these workers can overcome racial barriers to form a populist-style coalition aimed at improving their shared economic condition.

In this history of the Southern Renaissance, Bradbury is concerned with the whole range of fiction, poetry, and drama in the fertile period since the twenties. He has evaluated the works, outlined the patterns, and related both to the traditions of the region and to new forces at work in the twentieth-century South.

Since Princeton College and Princeton Seminary were major radii of Realist influence, the conservative Presbyterianism headquartered there is an ideal choice for a case study in the American impact of Baconianism. Presbyterian thinkers were afforded additional means of elaborating a doxological version of natural science and of defending it against naturalism and other enemies of Christian faith.

Reveals the ways in which many Protestants worked to maintain preferential treatment for Christians in common law, state constitutions, and federal practices, even attempting through amendment to alter the meaning of the US Constitution. Even though religious freedom was guaranteed, it took the sustained efforts of vigilant Jews to fulfil the constitution's promise of religious equality.

In this prodigiously researched study, the author concentrates on the reaction to the trials by various segments of the American public largely in terms of the legality of the tribunal, the composition of the court, the justice of the verdicts, and the implications for the future.

This brilliant, dramatic reconstruction of the Puritan mind in action, informed with psychological and sociological insights, provides a fresh understanding of Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and gives her controversy with the Puritan Saints a new dimension in American colonial history.

This is the first scholarly appraisal of relations between France and Mexico from the time Mexico achieved independence until Emperor Napoleon III decided to intervene and place Maximilian on the Mexican throne. Barker shows that economic, political, demographic, and behavioral factors led to chronic friction between the two countries and contributed to the buildup of an ideology of intervention.

Bonwick brings together related elements that have been treated separately on previous occasions - English radicals as personalities, their relations with one another, their connections with Americans; the imperial controversy between England and the colonies; the movement for parliamentary reform in England; and the campaign for civil rights for Dissenters.

In this book one can trace the determined growth of the Mexican labor movement from the time of an uneasy imperialist government to a system of firmer self-sufficiency. Behind the struggles of the period looms the powerful figure of Cardenas, ever ready to support the efforts of labour and to suppress excesses.

This book is more than a case study of the Farm Security Administration. It not only deals with the history of farm politics but also provides a fresh perspective and gives depth of understanding to issues such as the role of farm organisations, the behavior of many prominent people of the time, and problems of antipoverty programs generally.

This study is the first to examine systematically the economic foundations of Soviet shipping policy. It describes the increase in the merchant fleet of the USSR since the early 1950s and assesses the extent to which the heavy commitment of resources to this program has been worthwhile from the standpoint of economic efficiency.

Almond places Otto's theory of religion within the context of his life (1869-1937), looking closely at the significant influences on Otto's thought, among them thinkers as different as Kant and the German Pietists. Elements of Otto's theories are shown to be closely related to the social and intellectual milieu of Germany both before and after World War I.

Presents a concise account of Liberia's dramatic and often stormy history as an independent Negro republic founded on American idealism; a vivid picture of Liberia today; and a shrewd analysis of the opportunities that Liberia offers for enlightened collaboration by American business and government.

Adas explores the relationship between millenarianism and violent protest by focusing on five case studies representing a wide range of social, political, and economic systems. Arranged topically to emphasize comparative patterns, the study analyzes causes, leaders, organisation, failure, and the impact on the individual society.

In this unique philosophical critique of modern Western civilization, Adams argues that contemporary culture is deranged by false assumptions about the human mind. He sees a growing gap between the subjectivistic culture and the structure of reality which has not only produced

Jonathan Worth, lawyer, businessman, public financier, and finally governor of North Carolina, typified the Union advocate of the antebellum South. This skillful biography explores in detail Worth's efforts to avoid secession in 1861, his lack of enthusiasm for the Civil War, and his rejection of the reconstruction proposals.

Old letters, newspapers, library and state records, and personal interviews have contributed to this history. Beginning with the first recorded public care of the sick in the colony, the author discusses the progress of nursing to the time of this book's writing.

This is the first-person account of Proudfoot, who participated in the 1960 sit-in in Knoxville, Tennessee. This diary comments with modesty, directness, and a deep sense of Christian responsibility on the individuals, the organizations, and the races involved and upon social justice in general. It is a book of great authority, in the New Testament sense of that word.

This is a revealing study of the crucial period in the educational development of the South as it involved the "separate but equal" doctrine. It is based on extensive research in newspapers, public documents, official reports, and manuscripts, and provides detailed evidence that the states studied ignored their obligations to black schools under this doctrine.

UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

This volume is of great practical value for it is a series of case studies of communities that have made the change-over from biracial public schools to integrated systems. The experience of these communities offers the best available guide to the solution of problems that will face southern communities.

UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

This first scholarly biography of Lowndes establishes his place in history, and provides valuable insights into our understanding of the development and decline of republicanism. Lowndes served in Congress during a time when the rising spirit of democracy challenged the elitist character of republicanism and advanced majority rule, thus raising questions concerning the nature of the Union.