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A Talent for Living: Josephine Pinckney and the Charleston Literary Tradition (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Josephine Pinckney (1895-1957) was an award-winning, best-selling author whose work critics frequently compared to that of... Læs mere
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A Black Patriot and a White Priest: Andre Cailloux and Claude Paschal Maistre in Civil War New Orleans (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Chronicles the intersecting lives of the first black military Civil War hero, Captain André Cailloux of the 1st Louisiana Native Guards, and the lone Catholic clerical voice of abolition in New Orleans, the Reverend Claude Paschal Maistre.
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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The word Creole evokes a richness rivaled only by the term's widespread misunderstanding. Now both aspects of this unique people and culture are given thorough, illuminating scrutiny in Creole, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary history of Louisiana's Creole population.
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The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Continues Gordon Rhea's peerless treatment of the Civil War's clash of titans: Grant's Army of the Potomac versus... Læs mere
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William Johnson's Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Covering Politics in the Age of Trump (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Like politics, journalism has been turned topsy-turvy by the presidency of Donald Trump. In concise, illuminating, and often personal essays, the contributors to... Læs mere
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Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Three days of savage and bloody fighting between Confederate and Union troops at Stones River in Middle Tennessee ended with nearly 25,000 casualties but no clear victor. Using previously neglected sources, Larry Daniel rescues this important campaign from obscurity.
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Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South: African Americans and Law Enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
reveals previously unrecognized efforts by African Americans to use,... Læs mere
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Martin Luther King Jr's “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. This volume offers a comprehensive history of King's “Letter” and examines its literary appeal.
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Wild Juice: Poems (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Poet and novelist Ashley Mace Havird confronts global and personal change. Her subjects range from the extinction of a prehuman species to the present-day reduction in sea life due to the climate crisis. Closer to home, she confronts the death of her father and her own aging.
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Instruments of Empire: Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803-1815 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines the challenges that resulted from US territorial expansion through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.... Læs mere
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Constructing the Spanish Empire in Havana: State Slavery in Defense and Development, 1762-1835 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines the political economy surrounding the use of enslaved labourers in Spanish imperial Cuba from 1762... Læs mere
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