Cooking & Culinary History

Taste the State

A celebration of South Carolina food history featuring 82 food profiles of the state's most distinctive ingredients, historic and modern recipes, and the contributions of Native Americans, the Gullah Geechee, and European settlers to Carolina cooking.

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Gullah Spirit

Artist Jonathan Green celebrates the daily rituals and traditions of the Gullah people in South Carolina’s Lowcountry in 180 new vibrant paintings.

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Brookgreen Gardens

A celebration of Brookgreen Gardens’ 90^th anniversary, this volume features sculptures, historic sites, botanical gardens, and zoo animals in 100 color photographs.

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South Carolina

Taste the State

Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields

The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All

Mary Martha Greene

Live at Jackson Station

Daniel M. Harrison

Monumental Harm

Roger C. Hartley

Stories of Struggle

Claudia Smith Brinson

The Southern Wildlife Watcher

Rob Simbeck
foreword by Jim Casada

The Shell Builders

Colin Brooker
foreword by Lawrence S. Rowland

The Butler's Child

Lewis M. Steel
with Beau Friedlander

Lowcountry at High Tide

Christina Rae Butler

Like Wildfire

edited by Sean Patrick O'Rourke and Lesli K. Pace

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We the People

Mary Whyte

Civil War Ghost Stories and Legends

Nancy Roberts

Blessed Experiences

James E. Clyburn
foreword by Alfre Woodard

Working South

Mary Whyte
foreword by Martha Severns

Greek Revival

Patricia Moore-Pastides
foreword by Dimitrios Trichopoulos
photographs by Keith McGraw

Reflections of South Carolina, Volume 1

photographs by Robert C. Clark
Tom Poland
foreword by Walter Edgar

South Carolina

Walter Edgar

Gullah Images

illustrated by Jonathan Green
foreword by Pat Conroy

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Gullah Spirit

Jonathan Green

Invisible No More

edited by Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry
foreword by Valinda W. Littlefield
afterword by Henrie Monteith Treadwell

Hosea Williams

Rolundus R. Rice
foreword by Andrew Young

Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens
introduction by Page Hayhurst Kiniry
foreword by Dick Rosen
with contributions by Robin R. Salmon

Fugitive Movements

edited by James O'Neil Spady
foreword by Manisha Sinha

Empowering Communities

Lacy K. Ford and Jared Bailey
foreword by James E. Clyburn

Struggling to Learn

June Manning Thomas

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Struggling to Learn

June Manning Thomas

Empowering Communities

Lacy K. Ford and Jared Bailey
foreword by James E. Clyburn

Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens
introduction by Page Hayhurst Kiniry
foreword by Dick Rosen
with contributions by Robin R. Salmon

Invisible No More

edited by Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry
foreword by Valinda W. Littlefield
afterword by Henrie Monteith Treadwell

Taste the State

Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields

101 People and Places That Shaped the American Revolution in South Carolina

edited by Walter Edgar

Sherman and the Burning of Columbia

Marion B. Lucas
foreword by Anne Sarah Rubin

Gullah Spirituals

Eric Sean Crawford

The Child in the Electric Chair

Eli Faber
foreword by Carol Berkin

Sharks in the Shallows

W. Clay Creswell
foreword by Marie Levine

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Rob Simbeck's The Southern Wildlife Watcher is awarded the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers' 2021 Best Book Award

Posted: September 20, 2021

The AGLOW Awards in Craft Competition has awarded Rob Simbeck’s The Southern Wildlife Watcher: Notes of a Naturalist the 2021 Best of Book Award. The Association of Great Lakes Outdoor…
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The University of South Carolina Press is hosting Ask UP

Posted: September 8, 2021

What should I include in my proposal? How and when should I approach an editor? How do I write a response to peer reviews? When can I expect a contract? Many authors have these questions, but…
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Q&A with Eric Crawford, author of Gullah Spirituals

Posted: August 20, 2021

In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the twentieth…
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Oct. 12 - Dec. 9.

Taste the State Tour

Join us on the Taste the State book tour! Meet authors Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields and learn about South Carolina's rich food history featured in their new book, Taste the State: South…
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Dec.
1

Gullah Spirit Book Release with Jonathan Green (Charleston)

Join us for the release of Gullah Spirit: The Art of Jonathan Green at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC. Enjoy cocktails, meet artist Jonathan Green and get a signed copy of his book…
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Dec.
2

Gullah Spirit Book Launch with Jonathan Green (Augusta)

Join us for a party honoring artist Jonathan Green and the launch of his latest book, Gullah Spirit: The Art of Jonathan Green, at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, GA. Meet the artist and…
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Cooking & Culinary History

Taste the State

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Gullah Spirit

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Brookgreen Gardens

News

Rob Simbeck's The Southern Wildlife Watcher is awarded the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers' 2021 Best Book Award

The University of South Carolina Press is hosting Ask UP

Q&A with Eric Crawford, author of Gullah Spirituals

Events

Taste the State Tour

Gullah Spirit Book Release with Jonathan Green (Charleston)

Gullah Spirit Book Launch with Jonathan Green (Augusta)

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