Recently added articles from The Journal of Southern History:
Slavery, slaves, and cash in a Georgia village, 1825-1865.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; Paterson, David E. ... BY 1859, PHIL, A FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD GEORGIA BONDMAN, WAS AS familiar with the village stables, shops, and houses of Thomaston, Upson County, as he was with many cotton fields and slave quarters in the surrounding countryside. He had been bought and sold at least four times by planters and ...
"A chicken-stealer shall lose his vote": disfranchisement for larceny in the South, 1874-1890.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; Holloway, Pippa ... IN 1880 IN OCALA, FLORIDA, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN NAMED Cuffie Washington tried to vote in the congressional election. When he entered the polling station, Democrats challenged his fight to vote because, they said, he had stolen three oranges. Washington conceded that he had been ...
Weak state, stronger schools: northern philanthropy and organizational change in the Jim Crow South.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; Malczewski, Joan ... AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE UNITED STATES, the South lagged behind the North in the provision of public education and had a limited infrastructure for delivering it, especially in rural areas. In spite of the complicated southern social and political structure, a group ...
Historians and the many Lyndon Johnsons: a review essay.(LBJ: Architect of American Ambition)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Germany, Kent B. ... LBJ: Architect of American Ambition. By Randall B. Woods. (New York and other cities: Free Press, c. 2006. Pp. [xii], 1007. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-68483458-0.) LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON DIED ALONE IN HIS ROOM ON A MONDAY. He was sixty-four. He called for help, and then his bad heart ...
Historic Native Peoples of Texas.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Wade, Mariah ... Historic Native Peoples of Texas. By William C. Foster. Foreword by Alston V. Thorns. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Pp. [xx], 346. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 978-0-292-71793-0; cloth, $60.00, ISBN 978-0-292-71792-3.) William C. Foster's Historic Native Peoples of Texas ...
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Martin, Cheryl E. ... A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century. By Andres Resendez. (New York: Basic Books, c. 2007. Pp. xiv, 314. $26.95, ISBN 978-0-465-06840-1.) This book recounts ...
No Settlement, No Conquest: A History of the Coronado Entrada.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Smith, F. Todd ... No Settlement, No Conquest: A History of the Coronado Entrada. By Richard Flint. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. Pp. xviii, 358. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-8263-4362-8.) Misconceptions abound concerning the various Spanish expeditions to the Western Hemisphere in the ...
Coastal Encounters: The Transformation of the Gulf South in the Eighteenth Century.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Frank, Andrew K. ... Coastal Encounters: The Transformation of the Gulf South in the Eighteenth Century. Edited by Richmond E Brown. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2007. Pp. [xiv], 313. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 978-8032-6267-6.) At the outset of the eighteenth century, this volume ...
Pre-removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Hudson, Angela Pulley ... Pre-removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths. Edited by Greg O'Brien. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c. 2008. Pp. xiv, 265. $39.95, ISBN 978-0-8061-3916-6.) This collection of ten essays on pre-removal Choctaw history, ...
The Early American Table: Food and Society in the New World.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Krawczynski, Keith ... The Early American Table: Food and Society in the New World. By Trudy Eden. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, c. 2008. Pp. x, 193. $37.00, ISBN 978-0-87580-383-8.) Trudy Eden's little book The Early American Table: Food and Society in the New World is a delectable ...
American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Buhs, Joshua B. ... American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT. By James E. McWilliams. (New York: Columbia University Press, c. 2008. Pp. [xii], 296. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-231-13942-7.) James E. McWilliams has written an engaging book about American attempts to control ...
Evangelizing the South: A Social History of Church and State in Early America.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Spangler, Jewel L. ... Evangelizing the South: A Social History of Church and State in Early America. By Monica Najar. Religion in America Series. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. [xii], 252. $60.00, ISBN 978-0-19-530900-3.) The conventional wisdom on early southern ...
The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Burstein, Andrew ... The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson. By Kevin J. Hayes. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. [x], 738. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-19-530758-0.) Kevin J. Hayes knows books. He especially knows the books that Thomas Jefferson owned. And ...
The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Royster, Charles ... The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series. Edited by Philander D. Chase, Theodore J. Crackel, and others. Volume 13: December 1777-February 1778, edited by Edward G. Lengel; Volume 14: March-April 1778, edited by David R. Hoth; Volume 15: May-June 1778, edited by Edward G ....
If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy--From the American Revolution to the War of 1812.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Symonds, Craig L. ... If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy--From the American Revolution to the War of 1812. By George C. Daughan. (New York: Basic Books, c. 2008. Pp. [xxii], 536. $30.00, ISBN 978-0-465-01607-5.) If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy--From the American Revolution to the ...
The Liberal Republicanism of John Taylor of Caroline.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Gutzman, Kevin R.C. ... The Liberal Republicanism of John Taylor of Caroline. By Garrett Ward Sheldon and C. William Hill Jr. (Madison and Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c. 2008. Pp. 263. $54.50, ISBN 978-0-8386-4136-1.) John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824) was the chief ...
Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Abruzzo, Margaret ... Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic. By John R. Dichtl. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2008. Pp. [x], 240. $50.00, ISBN 978-0-8131-2486-5.) This engagingly written book examines the growth of American Catholicism in the ...
Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Maizlish, Stephen E. ... Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West. By John Craig Hammond. Jeffersonian America. (Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2007. Pp. [xiv], 245. $39.50, ISBN 978-0-8139-2669-8.) John Craig Hammond offers an excellent, detailed study of ...
Aggressive Nationalism: McCulloch v. Maryland and the Foundation of Federal Authority in the Young Republic.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Majewski, John ... Aggressive Nationalism: McCulloch v. Maryland and the Foundation of Federal Authority in the Young Republic. By Richard E. Ellis. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. [x], 265. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-19-532356-6.) McCulloch v. Maryland--the 1819 Supreme ...
Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism: From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Warshauer, Matthew ... Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism: From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson. Edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon. Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877. (Athens: Published by Ohio University Press for the United States Capitol Historical Society, ...
