uscpress.com - Open Access Ebook https://uscpress.com/ Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 1 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410510/Carolina-Currents-Studies-in-South-Carolina-Culture-Volume-1
Introducing an annual collection of essays devoted to South Carolina history and culture.

From the Piedmont to the Lowcountry, South Carolina is the site of countless engaging stories.…]]>
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Free Black Charlestonians in Debate https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410328/Free-Black-Charlestonians-in-Debate
The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men

From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionia…]]>
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Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 2 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410338/Carolina-Currents-Studies-in-South-Carolina-Culture-Volume-2
From the Piedmont to the Lowcountry, South Carolina is the site of countless engaging stories. The contributors to Carolina Currents share those stories, broadening our understanding of the st…]]>
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Claiming Freedom https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410364/Claiming-Freedom
An exploration of the political and social experiences of African Americans in transition from enslaved to citizen

Claiming Freedom is a noteworthy and dynamic analysis of the transitio…]]>
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Trade, Politics, and Revolution https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410399/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,…]]>
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Jesting in Earnest https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410426/Jesting-in-Earnest
A critical analysis of Percival Everett's oeuvre through the lens of Menippean satire

Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California, is…]]>
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Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410443/Queering-Romantic-Engagement-in-the-Postal-Age
Romantic letters are central to understanding same-sex romantic relationships from the past, with debates about so-called romantic friendship turning on conflicting interpretations of letters.…]]>
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Rebirth https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410582/Rebirth
Reimagining both the House Museum and Reconstruction memory for the twenty-first century

In Rebirth, public historian Jennifer Whitmer Taylor provides a compelling account of how to re…]]>
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Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 2 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410627/Carolina-Currents-Studies-in-South-Carolina-Culture-Volume-2
From the Piedmont to the Lowcountry, South Carolina is the site of countless engaging stories. The contributors to Carolina Currents share those stories, broadening our understanding of the st…]]>
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800
Free Black Charlestonians in Debate https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410621/Free-Black-Charlestonians-in-Debate
The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men

From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionia…]]>
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800