Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War

The Health of the Black Enlisted It is hard to imagine that any scholar today could research a topic on the Civil War that others have not addressed previously. Margaret Humphreys, Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine at Duke University, however, has done just that....

Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War

The Relationship Between Women and the Civil War The eleven essays in this collection examine an under-explored but fascinating aspect of the American Civil War: military occupation and its impact on women on the home front. LeeAnn Whites, a professor of history at the University of Mi...

Reconstruction Relationship: Collection Reveals Postwar Attitudes

Reconstruction relationship Collection reveals postwar attitudes This collection of Reconstruction-era letters is a welcome addition to the Southern Texts Society series and to a period of southern history that to date has yielded few personal primary sources, especially ...

Anna: The Letters of a St. Simons Island Plantation Mistress, 1817-1859

Single head of household Poignant letters reveal hardships Anna: The Letters of a St. Simons Island Plantation Mistress, 1817-1859, a collection of more than 150 letters of Anna Page King, her husband, and children, is an important addition to the growing number of publis...

Grander in Her Daughters: Florida\u27s Women During the Civil War

An Untold Story The Civil War and the Women of Florida Florida was grand in her sons, but grander in her daughters observed a Madison, Florida woman. Tracy Revels, an associate professor of History at Wofford College in South Carolina, makes good use of this quote to explore F...

The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century

New Social History Shines New Light Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green, two scholars who have done much to expand our understanding of the South’s middle class, have edited this collection of essays on that very topic. The coverage is broad, ranging temporally from the last two ...

Lucretia Mott Speaks: The Essential Speeches And Sermons

Full Range of Lucretia Mott\u27s Life Brought Together in New Collection How refreshing and inspiring are the words of Lucretia Mott (1793 -- 1880). Reading the thoughts of this passionate, pious, dedicated Quaker -- abolitionist, minister, and woman\u27s rights and peace advocate -- causes one to refle...

Southern Women:Black and White in The Old South

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