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Volume 13 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy as he becomes head of the Carolina Life Insurance Company of Memphis and attempts to gain a financial foothold for his newly reunited family. Having lost everything in the Civil War and spent two years immediately afterwards in federal prison, Davis faced a mounting array of financial woes, health problems, and family illnesses and tragedies in the 1870s. Despite setbacks during this decade, Davis also began a quest to rehabilitate his image and protect his historical legacy.

Presents a thorough account of the way in which Methodist preachers constructed their own concept of masculinity within - and at times in defiance of - the constraints of southern honour culture of the early nineteenth century.

Never in its long history has the South provided an entirely comfortable home for the intellectual. In this thought-provoking contribution to the field of southern studies, Tara Powell considers the evolving ways that major post-World War II southern writers have portrayed intellectuals.

Ryan Flaherty pays particular attention to linguistic slippages and etymologies as he examines the persistent difficulties of language and love in his latest collection, What's This, Bombardier? Alternating between self-deprecating humor and striking images, wry wordplay and a sense of awe at the beauties and absurdities of the world, these poems construct a postmodern play on the foundation of sadness, wonder, and longing. The combination is smart, fun, and ultimately heartbreaking--an exciting, extraordinary debut.

Louisiana's bayous and their watersheds teem with cypress trees, alligators, crawfish, and many other life forms. These sluggish streams meander through lowlands, marshes, and even uplands to dominate the state's landscape. In Bayou-Diversity, conservationist Kelby Ouchley reveals the bayou's intricate web of flora and fauna.

Examines an often-overlooked aspect of the history of publishing - relationships, of both a business and a personal nature. The book focuses on several intriguing duos of the nineteenth century and explores the economics of literary partnerships between author/publisher, student/mentor, husband/wife, and parent/child.

The Southern Middle Class in the Long Nineteenth Century provides a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in a region often seen as composed of just two classes -- planters and slaves. This study shows, however, that the active middle class, devoted to cultural and economic modernization of the region, worked in tandem with its northern counterpart, and independently, to bring reforms to the South.

Examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the southern economy. Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the prewar South.

William Kauffman Scarborough's absorbing biography, The Allstons of Chicora Wood, chronicles the history of a South Carolina planter family from the opulent antebellum years through the trauma of the Civil War and postwar period.

Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documents - many of which have never before been published - to explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them.

The children of Philip III of Spain (1578-1621) and Margarita de Austria (1584-1611) inherited great potential power. In Raised to Rule, Hoffman presents a deeply researched and stimulating study of the formative experiences of children in the royal households of early modern Spain.

Throughout the legal battle to end segregation and disfranchisement, Alexander Pierre Tureaud was one of the most influential figures in Louisiana's courts. This book presents both the powerful story of one man's lifelong battle for racial justice and the very personal biography of a black professional and his family in the Jim Crow-era Louisiana.

The years 1969 and 1979 bookend a volatile decade in American history. As an articulate witness to the era of the Vietnam War, Watergate, Jimmy Carter, and the national "malaise," Robert Penn Warren produced a phenomenal body of work, securing his place in the canon of American poetry.

Provides the most comprehensive treatment of autobiographies by women in the American South. This long-anticipated addition to Peggy Prenshaw's study of southern literature spans the twentieth century as she provides an in-depth look at the life-writing of eighteen women authors.

Any appreciation of Louisiana's beautiful outdoors must include the lush variety of the state's ferns and lycophytes. With illustrations and colour photographs accompanying a description of more than sixty varieties, this guide offers an engaging reference for all levels of interest and expertise.

A new era of political power has arrived, one in which social media plays a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition, contributors discuss technological changes in the context of studies and techniques that remain unchallenged, resulting in a truly comprehensive manual of the world of political communication.

Historians' attempts to understand legendary Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson have proved uneven at best and often contentious. Wallace Hettle offers an innovative and distinctive approach to interpreting Stonewall by examining the lives and agendas of those authors who shape our current understanding of General Jackson.

In this groundbreaking collection, contributors place developments in public-opinion polling into a broader historical context, examine how to construct accurate meanings from public-opinion surveys, and analyse the future of public-opinion polling.

Seventeen years after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, one final, dramatic confrontation occurred between the Lee family and the United States government. In The Last Battle of the Civil War, Anthony J. Gaughan recounts the fascinating saga of United States v. Lee, known to history as the "Arlington Case".

The formation of the Confederate States of America involved more than an attempt to create a new, sovereign nation - it inspired a flurry of creativity and entrepreneurialism in the South that matched Union ingenuity. This book brings to light the forgotten history of the Confederacy's industrious inventors and its active patent office.

The Populist movement of the late nineteenth century represents one of the largest third-party challenges in American history. Yet, in the largely rural state of Louisiana, this challenge proved far less successful. In this book the question of ineffectuality makes an intriguing political case study of the Pelican State and Populism.

Vermont-native James Twitchell sets out from his current home in Florida on the inauguration day of America's first black president to find the "real" South and to try to understand the truth about an illustrious ancestor.

Legendary Southern Baptist missionary Charlotte "Lottie" Moon played a pivotal role in revolutionising southern civil society. This book captures the influence and culminating effect of one woman's personal, spiritual, and civic calling.

Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809-1877), a principal architect of the South's "Lost Cause" mythology, remains one of the Civil War generation's most controversial intellectuals. In Albert Taylor Bledsoe: Defender of the Old South and Architect of the Lost Cause, Terry Barnhart sheds new light on this provocative figure.

Critics often trace the prevailing mood of despair and purported nihilism in the works of Cormac McCarthy to the striking absence of interior thought in his seemingly amoral characters. In No More Heroes, however, Lydia Cooper reveals that though McCarthy limits inner revelations, he never eliminates them entirely.

"Acadiana" summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress, cocoa-coloured bayous, subtropical wildlife, and spicy indigenous cuisine. In their historical and pictorial tour of the region, author Carl A. Brasseaux and photographer Philip Gould explore in depth this fascinating and complex world.

During the revolutionary age and in the early republic, when racial ideologies were evolving and slavery expanding, some northern blacks surprisingly came to identify very strongly with the American cause and to take pride in calling themselves American. In this intriguing study, Rita Roberts explores this phenomenon.

Offers colourful stories and insights about the lives and personalities of some of history's most celebrated war correspondents. With a foreword by John Maxwell Hamilton, this new edition opens a window into the fascinating world of foreign newsgathering at the turn of the twentieth century.

Provides a groundbreaking and up-to-date overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, including a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from the Native Americans of 13,000 years ago to the modern historical archaeology of New Orleans.