The Journal of Southern History articles from February 2002

The Journal of Southern History archives from February 2002

Tom Watson revisited.(Critical Essay)
February 1, 2002... SAD TO SAY, THE ERA OF C. VANN WOODWARD HAS COME TO A CLOSE. No more revised editions of Strange Career of Jim Crow will materialize, no more essays in the New York Review of Books, no more platform appearances at conferences with his friend...

Suffrage restriction in post-Reconstruction Texas: urban politics and the specter of the Commune.
February 1, 2002... STUDIES OF THE DISFRANCHISEMENT LAWS PASSED BY SOUTHERN STATES IN the post-Reconstruction decades have quite properly emphasized that, while the measures were formally color-blind, they were aimed chiefly at African American voters. Even the...

The campaign for racial purity and the erosion of paternalism in Virginia, 1922-1930: "nominally white, biologically mixed, and legally Negro".(Critical Essay)
February 1, 2002... IN SEPTEMBER 1922 JOHN POWELL, A RICHMOND NATIVE AND WORLD-renowned pianist and composer, and Earnest Sevier Cox, a self-proclaimed explorer and ethnographer, organized Post No. 1 of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America. By the following June the...

The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and beach integration, 1959-1963: a cotton-patch Gestapo?
February 1, 2002... ON APRIL 24, 1960, THE SEGREGATED BEACHES OF HARRISON COUNTY became the first battleground for integration in Mississippi when nearly 125 black men, women, and children walked upon the sand with the intention of holding a peaceful "wade-in"...

The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities. Edited by Isidore Okpewho, Carole Boyce Davies, and Ali A. Mazrui. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxviii, 566. Paper, $22.95, ISBN...

Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Jacqueline McLeod. Blacks in the Diaspora. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xxvi], 491. Paper, $22.95,...

A Historian's Coast: Adventures into the Tidewater Past. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A Historian's Coast: Adventures into the Tidewater Past. By David Cecelski. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, Publisher, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 184. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-89587-189-0.) Consisting of twenty-two essays that previously appeared...

Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast. By Lindley S. Butler. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xvi, 275. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-8078-4863-8; cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-8078-2553-0.) ...

Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans. By Joyce Appleby. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 322. $26.00, ISBN 0-674-00236-9.) What justifies treating these...

Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776. By Jon Butler. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 324. $27.95, ISBN 0-674-00091-9.) What justifies treating these two volumes in a single review is the...

Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making off the American Revolution in Virginia. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making off the American Revolution in Virginia. By Woody Holton. (Chapel Hill and London: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North...

Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. By John Ferling. (New York and other cities: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. xxx, 392. $30.00, ISBN 0-19-513409-5.) John Ferling's latest book serves as...

A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court. By David Robarge. Contributions in American History, No. 185. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxvi, 364. $65.00, ISBN...

The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series. Volume IV: 5 November 1811-9 July 1812. With a Supplement, 5 March 1809-19 October 1811. Edited by J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Jewel L. Spangler,...

Women and the Unstable State in Nineteenth-Century America. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Women and the Unstable State in Nineteenth-Century America. Edited by Alison M. Parker and Stephanie Cole. Introduction by Sarah Barringer Gordon. The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, No. 33. (College Station: Published by the Texas A&M...

Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri. By Dick Steward. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xii], 286. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1284-0.) In Duels and the Roots of Violence in Missouri Dick Steward explores...

David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. Edited with an Introduction and Annotations by Peter P. Hinks. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. [lii], 137. $9.95, ISBN 0-271-01994-8.) In 1829...

The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925. By Mia Bay. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. viii, 288. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-19-5132279-3; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-19-510045-X.) ...

Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South. By Marie Jenkins Schwartz. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. 272. $35.00, ISBN 0-674-00162-1.) Enslaved children lived lives that, from birth,...

The Elite of Our People: Joseph Willson's Sketches of Black Upper-Class Life in Antebellum Philadelphia. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Elite of Our People: Joseph Willson's Sketches of Black Upper-Class Life in Antebellum Philadelphia. Edited by Julie Winch. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 196. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-271-02021-0;...

From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College. By Ethel Morgan Smith. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 147. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1260-3.) In From Whence Cometh My Help...

Sisters of Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858). (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sisters of Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858). Edited by Allen Paul Speer and Janet Barton Speer. (Johnson City, Tenn.: The Overmountain Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xiv], 290. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-57072-158-0.) This...

William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888. By John Anthony Moretta. Foreword by Don E. Carleton. Barker Texas History Center Series, No. 7. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 331. $29.95,...

North Over South: Northern Nationalism and American Identity in the Antebellum Era. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... North Over South: Northern Nationalism and American Identity in the Antebellum Era. By Susan-Mary Grant. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 250. $35.00, ISBN 0-7006-1025-1.) Susan-Mary Grant' s North Over South is a...

The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession. By Matthew Moten. Texas A&M University Military History Series, No. 67. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xviii], 270. $47.95, ISBN 0-89096-925-6.) In...

Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government. By Lucas E. Morel. Applications of Political Theory. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Lexington Books, c. 2000. Pp. [x], 251. Paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-7391-0106-4;...

A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920. By G. Terry Sharrer. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxiv, 256. $49.95, ISBN 0-8138-2569-5.) Virginia was the main battlefield of the American Civil War. The...

Slavery, Secession, and Southern History. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Slavery, Secession, and Southern History. Edited by Robert Louis Paquette and Louis A. Ferleger. (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 2000. Pp. [xx], 229. Paper, $18.50, ISBN 0-8139-1952-5; cloth, $49.50, ISBN...

General John Pope: A Life for the Nation. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... General John Pope: A Life for the Nation. By Peter Cozzens. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 412. $39.95, ISBN 0-252-02363-3.) Outspoken, boastful, and always ready to blame others, John Pope--who was...

Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee. (Books Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee. Edited by William R. Snell. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2000. Pp. xxviii, 395. $35.00, ISBN 0-86554-590-1.) Myra Inman's diary records the Civil War experiences of a teenage...

Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. By Christopher Phillips. Missouri Biography Series. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. xviii, 342. $29.95,...

A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter. Edited by John David Smith and William Cooper Jr. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2000. Pp. [xxxiv], 222. $22.50, ISBN 0-8131-2144-2.) Frances Dallam Peter's...

Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All. By Chester G. Hearn. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Pp. [xviii], 289. $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2559-8.) Author Hearn could well have expanded his title, for he treats not only...

The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864. By Anne J. Bailey. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xx, 225. $32.00, ISBN 0-8032-1273-9.) Many Civil...

Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River. By Earl J. Hess. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 252. $32.00, ISBN 0-8032-2380-3.) Many Civil...

Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864. By Ernest B. Furgurson. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Pp. xiv, 328. $28.50, ISBN 0-679-45517-5.) Arguing that historians have reduced Cold Harbor to a brief, one-dimensional, frontal attack, Ernest...

Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy. By Richard M. McMurry. Great Campaigns of the Civil War. (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 2000. Pp. xviii, 229. $35.00, ISBN 0-8032-3212-8.) The Great Campaigns of the...

Pensacola during the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Pensacola during the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy. By George F. Pearce. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2000. Pp. xii, 286. $29.95, ISBN 0-8130-1770-X.)...

Sounding the Shallows: A Confederate Companion for the Maryland Campaign of 1862. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sounding the Shallows: A Confederate Companion for the Maryland Campaign of 1862. By Joseph L. Harsh. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 280. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-87338-641-8; cloth, $39.00, 0-87338-640-X.)...

The Fredericksburg Campaign: October 1862-January 1863. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Fredericksburg Campaign: October 1862-January 1863. By Victor Brooks. Great Campaign Series. (Conshohocken, Pa.: Combined Publishing, c. 2000. Pp. 252. $27.95, ISBN 1-58097-033-8.) The motivating force behind this work seems to have...

A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. By Russell F. Weigley. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxx, 612. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33738-0.) Using his own family's connection to the...

Cultures in Conflict: The American Civil War. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cultures in Conflict: The American Civil War. By Steven E. Woodworth. The Greenwood Press Cultures in Conflict Series. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 2000. Pp. xx, 220. $45.00, ISBN 0-313-30651-6.) In Cultures in...

Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1862-1865. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1862-1865. By E. Lawrence Abel. Foreword by Bobby Horton. (Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2000. Pp. xviii, 398. $29.95, ISBN 0-8117-0228-6.) The American Civil War was a time...

Rethinking Southern Violence: Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Rethinking Southern Violence: Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884. By Gilles Vandal. The History of Crime and Criminal Justice Series. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, c. 2000. Pp. x, 321. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8142-5041-6;...

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. Volume XXI: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871; Volume XXII: June 1, 1871-January 31, 1872; Volume XXIII: February 1-December 31, 1872; Volume XXIV: 1873. Edited by John Y. Simon and others. (Carbondale and...

The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island. By Michael C. Wolfe (Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, c. 2000. Pp. viii, 184. $24.95, ISBN 0-918954-73-8.) While most recent Sea Island scholarship emphasizes...

From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. By David T. Beito. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 320. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8078-4841-7; cloth, $55.00,...

The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995. By Thomas M. Spencer. (Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xviii], 204. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1267-0.) This book is a study of "the social and...

Authorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Authorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. By Sandra Lee Barney. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 222. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-8078-4834-4; cloth,...

Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930. By Roberto R. Calderon. Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Tradition, No. 2. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xx], 294. $39.95, ISBN 0-89096-884-5.)...

Black Cowboys of Texas. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Black Cowboys of Texas. Edited by Sara R. Massey. Introduction by Alwyn Barr. Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, No. 86. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xx], 361. $29.95, ISBN...

Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy. By Desmond King. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. [xii], 388. $45.00, ISBN 0-674-00088-9.) In Making Americans political...

Roots and Ever Green: The Selected Letters of Ina Dillard Russell. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Roots and Ever Green: The Selected Letters of Ina Dillard Russell. Edited by Sally Russell. Southern Voices from the Past. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 357. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2138-9.) ...

Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community. Edited by John J. Guthrie Jr., Phillip Charles Lucas, and Gary Monroe. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2000. Pp. xxii,...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World: Essays and Selected Documents. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World: Essays and Selected Documents. Edited by Audrey Thomas McCluskey and Elaine M. Smith. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xviii], 317. $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33626-0.)...

DuBose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DuBose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess. By James M. Hutchisson. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. Pp. [xxii], 225. $28.00, ISBN 1-57806-250-0.) In his beautifully written biography of DuBose...

William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South. By Randal L. Hall. Religion in the South. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. Pp. [x], 262. $39.95, ISBN 0-8131-2155-8.) The combination of a major public figure and...

Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000. By Christopher J. Castaneda. Twayne's Evolution of Modern Business Series. (New York: Twayne Publishers, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 250. $33.00, ISBN 0-8057-9830-7.) In the late...

Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry. By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Luther Hartwell Hodges Series on Business, Society, and the State. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina...

The Legacy of Tamar: Courage and Faith in an African American Family. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Legacy of Tamar: Courage and Faith in an African American Family. By Raye Springfield. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000. Pp. xviii, 260. Paper, $17.50, ISBN 1-57233-078-3; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 1-57233-077-5.) The Legacy...

Seeds of Racism in the Soul of America. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Seeds of Racism in the Soul of America. By Paul R. Griffin. Foreword by Gayraud S. Wilmore. (Cleveland, Ohio: The Pilgrim Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 148. $20.95, ISBN 0-8298-1313-6.) In this brief but provocative book, Paul Griffin attempts...

Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. An exhibition of the Allen-Littlefield Collection at the New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, N.Y., March 14, 2000-October 1, 2000. Sponsored by the New-York Historical...

The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966. By Christopher Robert Reed. Blacks in the Diaspora. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c. 1997. Pp. xiv, 257. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33313-X.) ...

Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles. By Chad Berry. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 236. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-252-06841-6; cloth, $44.95, ISBN 0-252-02429-X.) In Central Texas one often sees shiny new...

The LSU College of Engineering. Volume II: Growth and Maturity, 1909-1970. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The LSU College of Engineering. Volume II: Growth and Maturity, 1909-1970. By Dan R. Frost. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University College of Engineering, 2000. Pp. [xiv], 241. $30.00, ISBN 0-8071-1997-0.) In the view of many southerners...

Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool: Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool: Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice. By Kathryn L. Nasstrom. With a foreword by Julian Bond. (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2000. Pp. [xiv], 221. $26.00, ISBN...

Dirt and Desire: Reconstructing Southern Women's Writing, 1930-1990. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dirt and Desire: Reconstructing Southern Women's Writing, 1930-1990. By Patricia Yaeger. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, c. 2000. Pp. [xviii], 324. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-226-94491-3; cloth, $49.00, ISBN 0-226-94490-5.) ...

Fugitive Theory: Political Theory, the Southern Agrarians, and America. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Fugitive Theory: Political Theory, the Southern Agrarians, and America. By Christopher M. Duncan. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Lexington Books, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 243. $63.00, ISBN 0-7391-0088-2.) The Southern Agrarians were a group of...

The WPA Guides: Mapping America. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The WPA Guides: Mapping America. By Christine Bold. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 246. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 1-57806-195-4; cloth, $48.00, ISBN 1-57806-194-6.) For historians seeking to understand the...

The Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... The Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. By George McJimsey. American Presidency Series. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 355. $34.95, ISBN 0-7006-1012-X.) In the eyes of many members of "the greatest...

Honest John Williams: U.S. Senator from Delaware. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Honest John Williams: U.S. Senator from Delaware. By Carol E. Hoffecker. Cultural Studies of Delaware and the Eastern Shore. (Newark: University of Delaware Press and London: Associated University Presses, c. 2000. Pp. 277. $45.00, ISBN...

The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South. By Gail Williams O'Brien. The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c....

Viva Kennedy: Mexican Americans in Search of Camelot. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Viva Kennedy: Mexican Americans in Search of Camelot. By Ignacio M. Garcia. Texas A&M Southwestern Studies, No. 12. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. Pp. [xii], 227. $29.95, ISBN 0-89096-917-5.) Despite scores of books on...

The Illusion of Inclusion: The Untold Political Story of San Antonio. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Illusion of Inclusion: The Untold Political Story of San Antonio. By Rodolfo Rosales. History, Culture, and Society Series. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Pp. [xii], 236. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-292-77103-7; cloth, $30.00, ISBN...

The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith. By Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, Publisher, c. 2000. Pp. [xviii], 356. $19.95, ISBN 0-89587-191-2.) Fred Brown, a journalist, and Jeanne McDonald,...

Historic Preservation for a Living City: Historic Charleston Foundation, 1947-1997. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Historic Preservation for a Living City: Historic Charleston Foundation, 1947-1997. By Robert R. Weyeneth. Historic Charleston Foundation Studies in History and Culture. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 2000. Pp. xxiv, 256....

Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir. By Peter Jan Honigsberg. (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 177. $24.95, ISBN 0-520-22147-8.) Peter Jan Honigsberg, a native of New York City,...

Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South. Edited by J. Michael Martinez, William D. Richardson, and Ron McNinch-Su. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 2000. Pp. xvi, 351. $49.95, ISBN 0-8130-1758-0.) As...

Southern Aberrations: Writers of the American South and the Problems of Regionalism. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Southern Aberrations: Writers of the American South and the Problems of Regionalism. By Richard Gray. Southern Literary Studies. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Pp. xvi, 535. Paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-8071-2602-0; cloth,...

Early Texas Architecture. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Early Texas Architecture. By Gordon Echols. (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, c. 2000. Pp. x, 238. $34.95, ISBN 0-87565-223-9.) Gordon Echols, professor emeritus of planning and architecture at Texas A&M University, has...

Taking the Waters in Texas: Springs, Spas, and Fountains of Youth. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Taking the Waters in Texas: Springs, Spas, and Fountains of Youth. By Janet Mace Valenza. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 265. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-292-78734-0; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 0-292-78733-2.) Works of cultural...

The History of the Presbyterian Church in America: The Silver Anniversary Edition. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The History of the Presbyterian Church in America: The Silver Anniversary Edition. By Frank Joseph Smith. (Lawrenceville, Ga.: Presbyterian Scholars Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 607. $29.95, ISBN 0-9676991-0-X.) For readers of southern...

Gender and the Southern Body Politic. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... Gender and the Southern Body Politic. Edited by Nancy Bercaw. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2000. Pp. xxii, 259. $35.00, ISBN 1-57806-257-8.) Scholars and students are well served by this collection of essays, which...

In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History. (Book Reviews).
February 1, 2002... In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History. By Katharine T. Corbett. (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xvi], 304. $22.50, ISBN 1-883982-26-X.) This book attempts to survey the history of women in the...