uscpress.com - Business & Economics https://uscpress.com/ The Carolina Backcountry Venture https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409793/The-Carolina-Backcountry-Venture
A study of the transformative economic and social processes that changed a backcountry Southern outpost into a vital crossroads

The Carolina Backcountry Venture is a historical, geograp…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410042/The-NCAA-and-the-Exploitation-of-College-Profit-Athletes
A well-constructed and reasoned debunking of the mythology of amateurism in for-profit NCAA athletics

For the last 60-plus-years, as the revenue-generating capacity of Power Five footba…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, Volume 2 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410012/Rebellion-Reconstruction-and-Redemption-1861-1893-Volume-2
The continued history of Beaufort County, South Carolina, during and following the Civil War

In Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, the second of three volumes on the…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Market Affect and the Rhetoric of Political Economic Debates https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410003/Market-Affect-and-the-Rhetoric-of-Political-Economic-Debates
What explains the "triumph of capitalism"? Why do people so often respond positively to discussions favoring it while shutting down arguments against it? Overwhelmingly theories regarding capi…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Working on the Dock of the Bay https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409991/Working-on-the-Dock-of-the-Bay
An examination of the role and struggles of dockworkers—enslaved and free—in Charleston between the American Revolution and the Civil War

Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the his…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Trade, Politics, and Revolution https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409930/Trade-Politics-and-Revolution
A study of early transatlantic trade in South Carolina that exposes the divisive complexity that led to war

London's "Carolina traders," a little-known group of transatlantic merchants,…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Working on the Dock of the Bay https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409549/Working-on-the-Dock-of-the-Bay
An examination of the role and struggles of dockworkers—enslaved and free—in Charleston between the American Revolution and the Civil War

Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the his…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Lowcountry Time and Tide https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409422/Lowcountry-Time-and-Tide
A thorough account of rice culture's final decades and of its modern legacy.

In mapping the slow decline of the rice kingdom across the half-century following the Civil War, James H. Tu…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Altered Environments https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409428/Altered-Environments
An illustrated history of how natural and human forces have shaped the development of a coastal community

The constant assault of natural forces make fragile barrier islands some of the…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 Stage Money, revised and updated edition https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410085/Stage-Money-revised-and-updated-edition
For decades roughly 80 percent of commercial Broadway productions have failed to recoup their original investments. In light of this shocking and harsh reality, how does the show go on? Tim Do…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800