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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,…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3921914/Creating-and-Contesting-Carolina
The essays in Creating and Contesting Carolina shed new light on how the various peoples of the Carolinas responded to the tumultuous changes shaping the geographic space that the British call…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3921937/Jewish-Sanctuary-in-the-Atlantic-World
A cultural and architectural history of Judaism as it expanded and took root in the Atlantic world

Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World is a unique blend of cultural and architectural…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3921944/The-Civil-War-as-Global-Conflict
A collection of essays highlighting the war not only as a North American conflict but as a global one

In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial com…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922021/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…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922186/Religion-Space-and-the-Atlantic-World
An interdisciplinary exploration of the influence of physical space in the study of religion

While the concept of an Atlantic world has been central to the work of historians for decade…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922206/The-Torrid-Zone
The first comparative treatment of settlers' trading, pirating, and colonizing activities in the Caribbean

Brimming with new perspectives and cutting-edge research, the essays collected…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922224/Masters-of-Violence
From trusted to tainted, an examination of the shifting perceived reputation of overseers of enslaved people

In the antebellum southern United States, major landowners typically hired o…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922448/Port-Cities-of-the-Atlantic-World
Traces the maritime routes and the historical networks that link port cities around the Atlantic world

Port Cities of the Atlantic World brings together a collection of essays that exam…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3922382/Fugitive-Movements
In 1822, White authorities in Charleston, South Carolina, learned of plans among the city's enslaved and free Black population to lead an armed antislavery rebellion. Among the leaders was a f…]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 07:19:39 -0700