Browse by Subject: History

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Onramps and Overpasses: A Cultural History of Interstate Travel

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The Southern Mind Under Union Rule: The Diary of James Rumley, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1862-1865

A look at life under Union occupation in the Confederate South.

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Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908–1929

Americanization in the States offers a comparative history of social welfare policies developed in four distinct regions with diverse immigrant populations: New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

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Theology of Hate: A History of the World Church of the Creator

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American Coastal Rescue Craft: A Design History of Coastal Rescue Craft Used by the USLSS and USCG

A detailed history and technical design information on every type of small rescue craft ever used by the United States Life-Saving Service and United States Coast Guard, from the early 1800s to current day.

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Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882–1923

In the late nineteenth century, many Central American governments and countries sought to fill low-paying jobs and develop their economies by recruiting black American and West Indian laborers. Frederick Douglass Opie offers a revisionist interpretation of the lives of these workers, who were often depicted as simple victims with little, if any, enduring legacy. 

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The Spanish Convoy of 1750: Heaven's Hammer and International Diplomacy

The story of several vessels in a Spanish convoy wrecked by a hurricane along the Virginia/North Carolina coastline, the discovery of the wreckage of the convoy's flagship two and a half centuries later, and the legal battle over salvage rights.

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Sir Samuel Hood and the Battle of the Chesapeake

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Black Manhood and Community Building in North Carolina, 1900–1930

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Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South

Reveals how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture