uscpress.com - Open Access Ebook https://uscpress.com/ Unvarnishing Reality https://uscpress.com/book-post/3602503/Unvarnishing-Reality
Unvarnishing Reality draws original insight to the literature, politics, history, and culture of the cold war by closely examining the themes and goals of American and Russian satirical fictio…]]>
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Understanding Don DeLillo https://uscpress.com/book-post/3602690/Understanding-Don-DeLillo
Henry Veggian introduces readers to one of the most influential American writers of the last half-century. Winner of the National Book Award, American Book Award, and the first Library of Cong…]]>
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Textual Curation https://uscpress.com/book-post/3602832/Textual-Curation
A study of the roles community, financial support, texts, information structures, interfaces, and technology play in collaborative works

Wikipedia is arguably the most famous collaborat…]]>
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Claiming Freedom https://uscpress.com/book-post/3602899/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/3602934/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/3602961/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/3602978/Queering-Romantic-Engagement-in-the-Postal-Age
2020 Winifred Bryan Horner Book Award Honorable Mention from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition

Romantic letters are central to understanding…]]>
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Carolina Currents, Studies in South Carolina Culture, Volume 1 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603045/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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In the Service of God and Humanity https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603051/In-the-Service-of-God-and-Humanity
An analysis of Black activist Martin R. Delany's humanist vision for a world where everyone feels validated and empowered

Martin R. Delany (1812-1885) was one of the leading and most in…]]>
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Honorable and Brilliant Labors https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603069/Honorable-and-Brilliant-Labors
A primary source collection that offers a window into the mind of nineteenth-century author and public intellectual, William Gilmore Simms.

William Gilmore Simms was in his lifetime co…]]>
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