Williamson, Joel

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WILLIAMSON, Joel

WILLIAMSON, Joel. American, b. 1929. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Race relations. Career: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, instructor in history, 1960-64, asst professor, 1964-66, assoc professor, 1966-69, professor, 1969-85, Lineberger Professor in the Humanities, 1985-. Publications: After Slavery: The Negro in South Carolina during Reconstruction 1861-1877, 1965; The Origins of Segregation, 1968; New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States, 1980; The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South since Emancipation, 1984; A Rage for Order, 1986; William Faulkner and Southern History, 1993. Address: Dept of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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