Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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More Than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa

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The Archaeology of Collective Action

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The Everglades Agricultural Area: Water, Soil, Crop, and Environmental Management

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Ancestors of Worthy Life: Plantation Slavery and Black Heritage at Mount Clare

This book presents a rich and contextualized study of the inextricably entangled lives of the enslaved, free Black people, and white landowners at the historic site of Mount Clare.

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The Door of Hope: Republican Presidents and the First Southern Strategy, 18771933

How did the political party of Lincoln--of emancipation--become the party of the South and of white resentment? How did Jefferson Davis’s old party become the preferred choice for most southern blacks?

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Between Washington and Du Bois: The Racial Politics of James Edward Shepard

<p><em>Between Washington and Du Bois </em>describes the life and work of James Edward Shepard, the founder and president of the first state-supported black liberal arts college in the South&mdash;what is today known as North Carolina Central University.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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A Desolate Place for a Defiant People: The Archaeology of Maroons, Indigenous Americans, and Enslaved Laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp

Daniel Sayers exposes and unravels the complex social and economic systems developed by defiant communities that thrived on the periphery.

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Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, Third Edition

The definitive guide to more than 4,000 plants found in the Sunshine State

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By Avon River

H.D. called <em>By Avon River</em> "the first book that really made me happy." In this annotated edition, Lara Vetter argues that the volume represented a turning point in H.D.&rsquo;s career, a major shift from lyric poetry to the experimental forms of writing that would dominate her later works.

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The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact