The Journal of Southern History articles from February 2001

The Journal of Southern History archives from February 2001

The Civil War Soldier and the Art of Dying.
February 1, 2001... MORTALITY DEFINES THE HUMAN CONDITION. "WE ALL HAVE OUR Dead--we all have our Graves," Stephen Elliott, a Confederate Episcopal bishop, observed in an 1862 sermon. Every age, he explained, must confront "like miseries"; every age must search...

The Conqueror Meets the Unconquered: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries on the Post-Revolutionary Southern Frontier.
February 1, 2001... ON DECEMBER 26, 1785, A GROUP OF 127 BEDRAGGLED CHOCTAW INDIANS arrived at Hopewell, Andrew Pickens's home on the Keowee River in South Carolina. They had trekked for over two months and traveled hundreds of miles from their central Mississippi...

"Notorious in the Neighborhood": An Interracial Family in Early National and Antebellum Virginia.
February 1, 2001... ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1796, THOMAS WEST, AWARE OF THE ILLNESS THAT would kill him just a few months later, wrote his last will and testament. West, a white blacksmith, owned land in both Amherst and Albemarle Counties, including ten half-acre lots in...

Labor Militancy and Black Grassroots Political Mobilization in the Louisiana Sugar Region, 1865-1868.
February 1, 2001... IN EARLY AUGUST 1868 THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU AGENT FOR IBERVILLE Parish, Louisiana, Charles E. Merrill, was called upon to mediate one of the countless labor disputes that occupied much of his and other bureau agents' time. In this instance,...

Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585-1685.
February 1, 2001... Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585-1685. By Michael Leroy Oberg. (Ithaca, N.Y., and London: Cornell University Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 239. $42.50, ISBN 0-8014-3564-1.) In 1677 Robert Roule recounted his...

The Pilgrims and Pocahontas: Rival Myths of American Origin.
February 1, 2001... The Pilgrims and Pocahontas: Rival Myths of American Origin. By Ann Uhry Abrams. (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 378. $28.00, ISBN 0-8133-3497-7.) Art historian Ann Abrams has written a very thorough reconstruction of...

Black Society in Spanish Florida.
February 1, 2001... Black Society in Spanish Florida. By Jane Landers. Foreword by Peter H. Wood. Blacks in the New World. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 390. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-252-06753-3; cloth, $50.00, ISBN...

The Bringing of Wonder: Trade and the Indians of the Southeast, 1700-1783.
February 1, 2001... The Bringing of Wonder: Trade and the Indians of the Southeast, 1700-1783. By Michael P. Morris. Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies, No. 36. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 1999. Pp. [x], 160. $55.00, ISBN...

Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789.
February 1, 2001... Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789. Volumes 17-26: March 1, 1781-July 25, 1789, With Supplement, 1774-87. Edited by Paul H. Smith, Ronald M. Gephart, and others. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1990-2000. Pagination varies,...

Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789.
February 1, 2001... Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789. 25 vols. Edited by Paul H. Smith, Ronald Gephart, and others. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1976-2000.) CD-ROM version, PC, Windows 3.1 or higher. (Summerfield, Florida: Historical...

In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860.
February 1, 2001... In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. By Maurie D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack. With essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbins. (Columbia: Published by the University of South...

Ploughshares into Swords: Race, Rebellion, and Identity in Gabriel's Virginia, 1730-1810.
February 1, 2001... Ploughshares into Swords: Race, Rebellion, and Identity in Gabriel's Virginia, 1730-1810. By James Sidbury. (New York, Cambridge, Eng., and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. x, 292. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-521-59860-5; cloth,...

Revolutionary Anglicanism: The Colonial Church of England Clergy during the American Revolution.
February 1, 2001... Revolutionary Anglicanism: The Colonial Church of England Clergy during the American Revolution. By Nancy L. Rhoden. (Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 205. $40.00, ISBN 0-8147-7519-5.) Frederick V. Mills...

Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America.
February 1, 2001... Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America. By John H. Wigger. Religion in America Series. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, c. 1998. Pp. xix, 269. $55.00, ISBN 0-19-510452-8.) There is...

Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress.
February 1, 2001... Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress. Edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon. (Athens, Ohio: Published by Ohio State University Press for the United States Capitol Historical Society, c. 1999....

A Republic for the Ages: The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic.
February 1, 2001... A Republic for the Ages: The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic. Edited by Donald R. Kennon. Perspectives on the American Revolution. (Charlottesville and London: Published by the University Press of Virginia...

Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global Metropolis.
February 1, 2001... Political Terrain: Washington, D.C., from Tidewater Town to Global Metropolis. By Carl Abbott. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 252. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-4805-0; cloth, $39.95, ISBN...

America and the War of 1812.
February 1, 2001... America and the War of 1812. By Eugene M. Wait. (Commack, N.Y.: Kroshka Books, c. 1999. Pp. [ii], 290. $34.00, ISBN 1-56072-644-X.) The early years of the new millennium will be a fruitful time for historians of the early American republic....

The Battle of New Orleans.
February 1, 2001... The Battle of New Orleans. By Robert V. Remini. (New York: Viking Press, 1999. Pp. xiv, 226. $24.95, ISBN 0-670-88551-7.) Robert V. Remini has written the most detailed, best documented, and most interesting account that I have read of the...

Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15.
February 1, 2001... Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15. By Arsene Lacarriere Latour. (Gainesville and other cities: Historic New Orleans Collection and the University Press of Florida, c. 1999. Pp. xlii, 358. $49.95, ISBN...

The Structure of Time: Pike County, Mississippi, 1815-1912.
February 1, 2001... The Structure of Time: Pike County, Mississippi, 1815-1912. By Martin J. Hardeman. Modern American History: The United States since 1865, Vol. 2. (New York and other cities: Peter Lang, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 168. $43.95, ISBN 0-8204-3885-5.) ...

The Conquest of the Karankawas and Tonkawas, 1821-1859.
February 1, 2001... The Conquest of the Karankawas and Tonkawas, 1821-1859. By Kelly F. Himmel. Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest, No. 20. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 192. $32.95, ISBN 0-89096-867-5.) ...

The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917.
February 1, 2001... The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Edited by Walter W. Manley II, E. Canter Brown Jr., and Eric W. Rise. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 1997. Pp. xviii, 454. $49.95, ISBN...

Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning.
February 1, 2001... Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning. By Keith E. Whittington. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 303. $49.95, ISBN 0-674-16541-1.) Although Keith Whittington writes in...

The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War.
February 1, 2001... The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War. By Michael F. Holt. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xx, 1248. $55.00, ISBN 0-19-505544-6.) Michael Holt's...

The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston.
February 1, 2001... The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston. Volume III: 1848-1852. Edited by Madge Thornall Roberts. (Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, c. 1999. Pp. viii, 508. $32.50, ISBN 1-57441-063-6.) Sam Houston usually appears in...

Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation.
February 1, 2001... Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation. By John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xx, 455. $35.00, ISBN 0-19-508449-7.) John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger's ambitious goal...

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America.
February 1, 2001... Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America. By Saidiya V. Hartman. Race and American Culture. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. x, 281. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-19-508984-7; cloth,...

Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868.
February 1, 2001... Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868. Edited by Farah Jasmine Griffin. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Pp. xiv, 303. $26.00, ISBN...

Requiem for a Lost City: A Memoir of Civil War Atlanta and the Old South.
February 1, 2001... Requiem for a Lost City: A Memoir of Civil War Atlanta and the Old South. By Sarah "Sallie" Conley Clayton. Edited by Robert Scott Davis Jr. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, c. 1999. Pp. x, 213. $32.95, ISBN 0-86554-622-3.) Sarah...

Freedpeople in the Tobacco South: Virginia, 1860-1900.
February 1, 2001... Freedpeople in the Tobacco South: Virginia, 1860-1900. By Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 345. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8078-4763-1; cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2460-7.) ...

Secessionists and Other Scoundrels: Selections from Parson Brownlow's Book.
February 1, 2001... Secessionists and Other Scoundrels: Selections from Parson Brownlow's Book. Edited and with an Introduction by Stephen V. Ash. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [x], 157. Paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-8071-2354-4; cloth,...

Lincoln and His Contemporaries.
February 1, 2001... Lincoln and His Contemporaries. Edited by Charles M. Hubbard. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [viii], 167. $27.95, ISBN 0-86554-627-4.) Part of the delight of Lincoln and His Contemporaries is that the eight thoughtful...

Civil War Stories.
February 1, 2001... Civil War Stories. By Catherine Clinton. Georgia Southern University, Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series, No. 7. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1998. Pp. xii, 130. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-8203-2074-9; cloth,...

The Antietam Campaign.
February 1, 2001... The Antietam Campaign. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Military Campaigns of the Civil War. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 335. $32.50, ISBN 0-8078-2481-X.) The Antietam Campaign makes a strong...

Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership.
February 1, 2001... Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 373. $35.00, ISBN 0-87338-629-9.) Gettysburg stands as the most...

A Light and Uncertain Hold: A History of the Sixty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
February 1, 2001... A Light and Uncertain Hold: A History of the Sixty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. By David T. Thackery. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 321. $35.00, ISBN 0-87338-609-4.) The Sixty-sixth Ohio...

Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865.
February 1, 2001... Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Edited by Brooks D. Simpson and Jean V. Berlin. Civil War America. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c.1999. Pp. xxii, 948. $45.00, ISBN...

Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West.
February 1, 2001... Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West. By Sam Davis Elliott. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 339. $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2340-4.) Alexander P. Stewart--the professor...

The Tarnished Cavalier: Major General Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A.
February 1, 2001... The Tarnished Cavalier: Major General Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A. By Arthur B. Carter. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 247. $42.00, ISBN 1-57233-047-3.) Earl Van Dorn has never been considered one of the...

Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier; The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston.
February 1, 2001... Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston. By Mark H. Dunkelman. (Westport, Conn., and London: Praeger, 1999. Pp. xiv, 272. $45.00, ISBN 0-275-96294-6.) Amos Humiston learned a trade. He married,...

A Yankee at Arms: The Diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers.
February 1, 2001... A Yankee at Arms: The Diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers. Edited by Charles F. Herberger. Voices of the Civil War. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 301. $36.00, ISBN 1-57233-034-1.)...

"In the Country of the Enemy": The Civil War Reports of a Massachusetts Corporal.
February 1, 2001... "In the Country of the Enemy": The Civil War Reports of a Massachusetts Corporal. Edited by William C. Harris. Foreword by John David Smith. New Perspectives on the History of the South. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of...

"Him on the One Side and Me on the Other": The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment and James Campbell, 1st South Carolina Battalion.
February 1, 2001... "Him on the One Side and Me on the Other": The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment and James Campbell, 1st South Carolina Battalion. By Terry A. Johnston Jr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c....

"Jottings from Dixie ": The Civil War Dispatches of Sergeant Major Stephen F. Fleharty, U.S.A.
February 1, 2001... "Jottings from Dixie ": The Civil War Dispatches of Sergeant Major Stephen F. Fleharty, U.S.A.. Edited by Philip J. Reyburn and Terry L. Wilson. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 262. $29.95, ISBN 0-8071-2347-1.)...

A Texas Cavalry Officer's Civil War: The Diary and Letters of James C. Bates.
February 1, 2001... A Texas Cavalry Officer's Civil War: The Diary and Letters of James C. Bates. Edited by Richard Lowe. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxvi, 366. $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2372-2.) James C. Bates was born in Tennessee,...

"A Gentleman and an Officer": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War.
February 1, 2001... "A Gentleman and an Officer": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War. By Judith N. McArthur and Orville Vernon Burton. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xviii, 362. Paper, $15.95, ISBN...

Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley.
February 1, 2001... Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. By David Williams. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1998. Pp. xvi, 288. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2033-1.) During the 1990s studies...

Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth.
February 1, 2001... Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth. By Pamela Brandwein. (Durham, N.C., and London: Duke University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 272. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-8223-2316-8; cloth, $49.95, ISBN...

Southern Hospitality: Tourism and the Growth of Atlanta.
February 1, 2001... Southern Hospitality: Tourism and the Growth of Atlanta. By Harvey K. Newman. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 372. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8173-0972-1; cloth, $44.95, ISBN 0-8173-0961-6.) Harvey K....

Fortune and Misery: Sallie Rhett Roman of New Orleans: A Biographical Portrait and Selected Fiction, 1891-1920.
February 1, 2001... Fortune and Misery: Sallie Rhett Roman of New Orleans: A Biographical Portrait and Selected Fiction, 1891-1920. By Nancy Dixon. Southern Literary Studies. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 217. $26.95, ISBN...

Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930.
February 1, 2001... Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930. By Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss Jr. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 245. $34.95, ISBN 0-8262-1226-3.) Dangerous...

Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920.
February 1, 2001... Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920. By Jim Bissett. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 249. $33.95, ISBN 0-8061-3148-9.) In the first two decades of the...

Prohibition and Politics: The Life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr.
February 1, 2001... Prohibition and Politics: The Life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr. By Robert A. Hohner. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 454. $45.00, ISBN 1-57003-281-5.) James Cannon (1864-1944), a Methodist bishop and a leader...

Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta.
February 1, 2001... Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta. By Clyde Woods. The Haymarket Series. (London and New York: Verso, 1998. Pp. x, 342. $22.00, ISBN 1-85984-811-7.) In this sweeping political, cultural, and...

The New Deal's Black Congressman: A Life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell.
February 1, 2001... The New Deal's Black Congressman: A Life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell. By Dennis S. Nordin. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, c. 1997. Pp. xvi, 320. $39.95, ISBN 0-8262-1102-X.) Dennis Nordin relied on a multitude of sources, including...

The African-American Experience in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
February 1, 2001... The African-American Experience in the Civilian Conservation Corps. By Olen Cole Jr. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 114. $49.95, ISBN 0-8130-1660-6.) The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was...

Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression.
February 1, 2001... Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression. By Errol Lincoln Uys. (New York: TV Books, c. 1999. Pp.302. $24.95, ISBN 1-57500-037-7.) Errol Lincoln Uys relied upon oral history interviews collected by his son...

Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry.
February 1, 2001... Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry. By Randall L. Patton with David B. Parker. Economy and Society in the Modern South. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 341. $35.00, ISBN 0-8203-2110-9.)...

Louisiana During World War II: Politics and Society, 1939-1945.
February 1, 2001... Louisiana During World War II: Politics and Society, 1939-1945. By Jerry Purvis Sanson. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 323. $60.00, ISBN 0-8071-2308-0.) Jerry Purvis Sanson draws on a diverse array of...

Truman and Pendergast.
February 1, 2001... Truman and Pendergast. By Robert H. Ferrell. (Columbia, Mo., and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 162. $24.95, ISBN 0-8262-1225-5.) The ghost of Tom Pendergast, who dominated Kansas City politics in the 1920s and...

The Kansas City Investigation: Pendergast's Downfall, 1938-1939.
February 1, 2001... The Kansas City Investigation: Pendergast's Downfall, 1938-1939. By Rudolph H. Hartmann. Edited with an introduction by Robert H. Ferrell. (Columbia, Mo., and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 191. $24.95, ISBN...

The South in Black and White: Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s.
February 1, 2001... The South in Black and White: Race, Sex, and Literature in the 1940s. By McKay Jenkins. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 215. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-8078-4777-1; cloth, $34.95, ISBN 0-8078-2491-7.)...

A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.
February 1, 2001... A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. By Andrew M. Manis. Religion and American Culture. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxxiv, 541. $29.95, ISBN...

The Pain and the Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee, Florida.
February 1, 2001... The Pain and the Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee, Florida. By Glenda Alice Rabby. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 330. $40.00, ISBN 0-8203-2051-X.) Glenda Alice Rabby's...

Local Baptists, Local Politics: Churches and Communities in the Middle and Uplands South.
February 1, 2001... Local Baptists, Local Politics: Churches and Communities in the Middle and Uplands South. By Clifford A. Grammich Jr. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 244. $30.00, ISBN 1-57233-045-7.) This volume grew out of a...

In the Name of the Father: The Rhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention.
February 1, 2001... In the Name of the Father: The Rhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention. By Carl L. Kell and L. Raymond Camp. With a Foreword by Kenneth Chafin. (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 176....

The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965.
February 1, 2001... The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965. By Russell L. Riley. Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the Twenty-First Century. (New York: Columbia University Press, c. 1999. Pp....

The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White.
February 1, 2001... The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White. By Henry Wiencek. (New York: St. Martin's Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 361. $24.95, ISBN 0-312-19277-0.) Henry Wiencek's The Hairstons is a remarkable book about a remarkable group of...

The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present.
February 1, 2001... The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present. By Mary Frances Berry. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Pp. [viii], 295. $24.00, ISBN 0-679-43611-1.) In...

Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture.
February 1, 2001... Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. By Charles Joyner. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 361. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-252-06772-X; cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-252-01521-5.) Over the years many...

Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun.
February 1, 2001... Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun. By Tim Hollis. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 193. Paper, $25.00, ISBN 1-57806-118-0; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 1-57806-117-2). Tim Hollis, a resident of Birmingham,...

Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums.
February 1, 2001... Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums. By Patricia West. (Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 241. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-56098-836-3; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 1-56098-811-8.) ...

From Slavery to Emancipation in Atlantic World.
February 1, 2001... From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic WorM. Edited by Sylvia R. Frey and Betty Wood. Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures. (London and Portland, Ore.: Frank Cass, c. 1999. Pp. [vi], 178. Paper, $24.50, ISBN...

Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History.
February 1, 2001... Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History. Edited by Martha Hodes. (New York and London: New York University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 542. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8147-3557-6; cloth, $75.00, ISBN 0-8147-3556-8.) In...

THE ASSOCIATION.
February 1, 2001... The sixty-seventh meeting of the Southern Historical Association will be held on November 16-19, 2001, at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. Instead of the usual Wednesday to Saturday pattern of meeting days, the New Orleans meeting will run...

PERSONNEL.
February 1, 2001... Asbury College: Burnam W. Reynolds replaced Edward H. McKinley as department head. Auburn University: Kenneth Noe appointed Draughon Professor of Southern History. Augusta State University: Hubert P. van Tuyll promoted to professor....

OBITUARY.
February 1, 2001... Richard Lyness Watson Jr., professor emeritus of history at Duke University, died on September 22, 2000, at Duke University Medical Center. Born on December 25, 1914, in Gill, Massachusetts, he attended Mount Herman School before earning the...

LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES.
February 1, 2001... The Southern Labor Archives of the Special Collections Department, William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University, is pleased to announce that the Uprising of '34 Collection is processed and open for research. This collection consists...