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Hardcover. As turbulent social and economic changes swept the South in the first half of the 20th century, education became the flashpoint. Ann Short Chirhart's study is the first to analyze such modernizing events in Georgia. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 585.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324463
- ISBN
- 9780820324463
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Condition: New
€ 74.60€ 68.19
€ 74.60
€ 68.19
Hardcover. Focusing on Alabama's textile industry, this study looks at the motivations behind the "whites-only" route taken by the Progressive reform movement in the South. In the early 1900s, northern mill owners seeking cheaper labour and fewer regulations found the South's doors wide open. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBJK; HBLW; JKSB1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324487
- ISBN
- 9780820324487
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Condition: New
€ 72.27€ 66.16
€ 72.27
€ 66.16
Hardcover. Using Richmond as a case study, the author looks at issues and trends related to two centuries of relief for the needy and dependent in the urban south, linking her findings to the larger narrative of welfare history in the United States. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 28 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 1KBBS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324517
- ISBN
- 9780820324517
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Condition: New
€ 76.93€ 70.22
€ 76.93
€ 70.22
Hardcover. These case studies explore how competing interests among the keepers of a community's heritage shape how the community both regards itself and reveals itself to others. Editor(s): Ray, Celeste; Lassiter, Luke Eric. Series: Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings. Num Pages: 138 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324715
- ISBN
- 9780820324715
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Condition: New
€ 60.61€ 55.99
€ 60.61
€ 55.99
Signifying Serpents and Mardi Gras Runners: Representing Identity in S...
Luke E. Lassiter R. Celeste Ray
Paperback. These case studies explore how competing interests among the keepers of a community's heritage shape how the community both regards itself and reveals itself to others. Editor(s): Ray, Celeste; Lassiter, Luke Eric. Series: Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings. Num Pages: 138 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 213.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324722
- ISBN
- 9780820324722
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Hardcover. This volume gathers personal recollections by 15 eminent historians of the American South. Coming from distinctive backgrounds, traveling diverse career paths, and practicing different kinds of history, the contributors exemplify the field's richness on many levels. Editor(s): Boles, John B. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324746
- ISBN
- 9780820324746
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Condition: New
€ 76.93€ 70.22
€ 76.93
€ 70.22
Hardcover. A collection of ten studies which examine New Deal and Great Society programmes from the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps to Social Security and Medicare. They also draw attention to private sector organizations, such as the Salvation Army. Editor(s): Green, Elna C. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324814
- ISBN
- 9780820324814
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Condition: New
€ 74.60€ 68.19
€ 74.60
€ 68.19
Paperback. A collection of ten studies which examine New Deal and Great Society programmes from the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps to Social Security and Medicare. They also draw attention to private sector organizations, such as the Salvation Army. Editor(s): Green, Elna C. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324821
- ISBN
- 9780820324821
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. This work offers an illuminating assembly of facts about biodiversity and a straightforward analysis of the legislative stalemate surrounding the Endangered Species Act. Burgess surveys the history of the conflict over the legislation and the heated issues regarding its enforcement. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324920
- ISBN
- 9780820324920
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. Cumberland Island can be reached only by boat, but more than forty thousand people make the trip each year. Naturalist and photographer Fred Whitehead captures the allure of the island's flora and fauna. Num Pages: 112 pages, 118 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1134.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324975
- ISBN
- 9780820324975
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.69
€ 46.99
€ 39.69
Hardcover. The 1954 Brown v Board of Education ruling is a watershed event in the fight against racial segregation in the US. Examining how our historical understanding of segregation has evolved since then, this book suggests that the Brown decree and the civil rights movement have accomplished more than the hard statistics of black progress can reveal. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- a
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324982
- ISBN
- 9780820324982
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325026
- ISBN
- 9780820325026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.23€ 102.72
€ 114.23
€ 102.72
Paperback. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325033
- ISBN
- 9780820325033
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Hardcover. Having encountered the Greensboro Guards through their Civil War diaries and letters, G. Ward Hubbs became interested in the connections between the Guards and the town for which they were named. In this account he argues that they became an important part of their community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 illustrations, 12 charts, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325057
- ISBN
- 9780820325057
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.62
€ 42.99
€ 35.62
Hardcover. Near Appomattox, during a cease-fire in the Civil War, Confederate general Martin R. Gary harangued his troops to stand fast and not lay down their arms. This text chronicles the rise of a post-Civil War southern culture of defiance that still remains. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325071
- ISBN
- 9780820325071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.60€ 68.19
€ 74.60
€ 68.19
Paperback. Billingsley shows how the analytic category of kinship can add new dimensions to our understanding of the American South. In this text she studies a southern family to show how the biological, legal and fictive kinship ties between him and some 7000 of his descendants helped shape the interior South. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 3 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325101
- ISBN
- 9780820325101
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. Woven into a single chronological narrative, this collection of writings from the diaries of eight members of the Greensboro Guards, presents a useful insight into not just the battles and campaigns but on many aspects of life and culture in the 19th-century South, including friendship and honour. Editor(s): Hubbs, G. Ward. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325149
- ISBN
- 9780820325149
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Hardcover. Beginning in 1920 and continuing through World War II, the city of Charleston, South Carolina, underwent an unprecedented cultural revival. This volume reveals the richness and complexity of the Charleston Renaissance and its place among wider trends and events of the day. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M.; Greene, Harlan; Hutchinson, James M. (Professor of English, The Citadel, South Carolina, USA). Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 2ABM; 3JJ; ACX; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325187
- ISBN
- 9780820325187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. This sweeping history of the civil rights movement in the South's largest state draws on interviews with 200 people - black and white - who worked for, or actively resisted, the freedom struggle. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325286
- ISBN
- 9780820325286
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi. This work is a full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325323
- ISBN
- 9780820325323
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Fun and learning come together here with a collection of 100 short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna and natural history of the place where land meets sea. Each page has a colour illustration and fact-filled commentary on coast wildlife of all shapes and forms. Illustrator(s): Ingram, Charlotte. Num Pages: 112 pages, 100 full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325330
- ISBN
- 9780820325330
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 b/w photos, 5 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325347
- ISBN
- 9780820325347
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Condition: New
€ 76.93€ 70.22
€ 76.93
€ 70.22
Hardcover. Agent of Empire is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325446
- ISBN
- 9780820325446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.06€ 46.80
€ 50.06
€ 46.80
Hardcover. This work looks at some of the historical forces actively at work in today's south, drawing pointed, provocative links between the "lost cause" mythology that emerged from the chaos of Confederate defeat, the region's reputation for intolerance and souther evangelical Protestantism. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325613
- ISBN
- 9780820325613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52