History of television > Gender Matters: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Making of the New South

Gender Matters: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Making of the New South

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What role did gender play in the secession crisis? How did it affect the loyalties of the civilian population during the Civil War? In what ways did it influence the formation of the Ku Klux Klan? How did it affect labor conflict in the postwar textile industry? Why was the first woman U.S. senator from the South? What role did sexuality "and" gender play in the explosion of racial violence in the late nineteenth century? These questions and many others concerning the critical role that gender played in the major events of the nineteenth-century South and the nation more generally are addressed in this fascinating collection of essays by renowned historian LeeAnn Whites. Together these pieces argue that gender matters not only in the lives of individuals, but also along racial and class lines across the social order. This provocative collection is ideal for classroom use, as it covers a broad chronological scope and range of events in Southern history.

The Queen's Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum, ISBN 0306810085

This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic. In a learned, moving, and sparklingly witty melange of criticism, subversion, and homage, Wayne Koestenbaum illuminates mysteries of fandom and obsession, and has created an exuberant work of personal meditation and cultural history. The Queen's Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum, ISBN 0306810085
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Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet by David C. Holly, ISBN 0870334557

In eight engaging chapters, this book portrays the steamboat era (1813-1963) on the Chesapeake, which matched in glamour and excitement the steamboats' history on the Mississippi. The book begins with the building of the first steamboat on the Bay in the shadow of the bitter struggle between Stevens, Livingston, Fulton, and Latrobe, among others, over monopoly on the Delaware and Chesapeake. Some of the accepted history on the origin of the first Bay steamboat is called into question. The chapters continue with stories of the genius of early engine builders, the legends arising from dramatic steamboat disasters, spirited adventures of the Civil War (including the mystery of the "French lady spy"), the romance of steamboat excursions and resorts, the personalities of many steamboats and their masters, the Pennsylvania Railroad's near achievement of monopoly on the Bay, and the denouement when trucks and automobiles eclipsed the role of the steamboat. An appendix details the workings of early... Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet by David C. Holly, ISBN 0870334557
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Reading Rhetorical Theory by Barry Brummett, ISBN 015508304X

An anthology of original readings, Reading Rhetorical Theory uses selections from primary sources to track the history of thinking. Two features of this book enable it to stand apart from other texts on rhetorical theory. First, its unique mix of readings blends traditional authors such as Aristotle, Plato, and Kenneth Burke with popular modern authors such as Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Second, the editorial introductions develop a consistent and unified perspective that allows for differing interpretations of rhetorical theory at the same time that it ties together the history of the subject. Reading Rhetorical Theory is appropriate in graduate or undergraduate courses that cover the history of rhetorical theory by using primary sources to track the history of thinking about human symbolic influence. Reading Rhetorical Theory by Barry Brummett, ISBN 015508304X
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Assassins: The Story of Medieval Islam's Secret Sect

This dramatic and sinister story of some of the most sinister characters in medieval history is expertly written with pace and skill. There is no other general history of the Assassins in print, and this new book shows that the real Assassins were every bit as interesting as the 'Assassins' of legend. Bartlett's study reveals how the Assassin myths have developed over time, and how these myths continue to have an impact on the popular imagination. Assassins: The Story of Medieval Islam's Secret Sect
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Backroads of Southern California: Your Guide to Southern California's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures

The perfect guide for day-trippers looking for unusual destinations, "Backroads of Southern California" also pays tribute to the area for those exploring these backroads from their armchairs. Covering nearly all of California's superlative natural locations, a local expert leads readers on 30 drives to the most scenic natural areas and sites that capture the region's colorful history. 140 photos, 120 in full color. Backroads of Southern California: Your Guide to Southern California's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures
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Secrets of the Stone Age: A Prehistoric Journey by Richard Rudgley, ISBN 0712669655

The popular view that Stone Age Man was primitive and ignorant is shattered as the author reveals the remarkable accomplishments made before the dawn of history. The journey begins in ancient Egypt, where excavations at Abydos have unearthed hieroglyphs belonging to an age before the pharaohs; to stone circles and burial chambers in Ireland which carbon dating proves pre-date Stonehenge by two millennia; to the world's first town, 9,000-year-old Catal Huyuk in Turkey; to startling new research on the Ice Man, the 5,000-year-old mummy found in an Alpine glacier; to 11,000-year-old writing unearthed on the banks of the Euphrates; to the awe-inspiring cave paintings of Ice Age France; and finally to Indonesia where the discovery of stone tools proves that pre-Neanderthal man undertook sea voyages 700,000 years before the Kon Tiki. Secrets of the Stone Age: A Prehistoric Journey by Richard Rudgley, ISBN 0712669655
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Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody, ISBN 0385337817

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till's lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was...the fear of being killed just because I was black." In that moment was born the passion for freedom and justice that would change her life.
An all-A student whose dream of going to college is realized when she wins a basketball scholarship, she finally dares to join the NAACP in her junior year. Through the NAACP and later through CORE and SNCC she has first-hand experience of the demonstrations and sit-ins that were the mainstay of the civil rights movement, and the arrests and jailings, the shotguns, fire hoses, police dogs, billy clubs and deadly force that were used to destroy it.
A deeply personal story but also a portrait of a turning... Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody, ISBN 0385337817
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