University Of South Carolina Press imprint: 384 books
Palmetto Profiles
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the South Carolina Hall of Fame
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Palmetto Profiles documents the lives and accomplishments of the inductees of the South Carolina Hall of Fame during its first forty years. As Governor John C. West predicted in his dedication speech, the Hall of Fame has indeed become a "vital and integral part of the history and culture of...
New Deal, New Landscape
The Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's State Parks
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Tara Mitchell Mielnik fills a significant gap in the history of the New Deal South by examining the lives of the men of South Carolina's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who from 1933 to 1942 built sixteen state parks, all of which still exist today. Enhanced with revealing interviews with former...
South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras
Essays from the Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras is an anthology of the most enduring and important scholarly articles about the Civil War and Reconstruction era published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association. Past officers of the South Carolina...
From Revolution to Reunion
The Reintegration of the South Carolina Loyalists
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The American Revolution was a vicious civil war fought between families and neighbors. Nowhere was this truer than in South Carolina. Yet, after the Revolution, South Carolina’s victorious Patriots offered vanquished Loyalists a prompt and generous legal and social reintegration. From Revolution...
Madam Chief Justice
Jean Hoefer Toal of South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
In Madam Chief Justice, editors W. Lewis Burke Jr. and Joan P. Assey chronicle the remarkable career of Jean Hoefer Toal, South Carolina's first female Supreme Court Chief Justice. As a lawyer, legislator, and judge, Toal is one of the most accomplished womenin South Carolina history. In this volume,...
I Belong to South Carolina
South Carolina Slave Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Out of the hundreds of published slave narratives,only a handful exist specific to South Carolina, and most of these are not readily available to modern readers. Edited by Susanna Ashton, this collection restores to print seven slave narratives documenting the lived realities of slavery as it existed...
Found Anew
Poetry and Prose Inspired by the South Caroliniana Library Digital Collections
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Found Anew is an anthology of new poetry and prose from writers with strong ties to the Palmetto State that creatively engages with historical photographs found in the digital collections of the University of South Carolina's South Caroliniana Library. In their eclectic approach to ekphrasis—textual...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Counties documents the defining aspects of the forty-six counties that make up the state, from mountains to coast. Updated to include data from the 2010 census, these entries detail the historical, economic, political, and cultural character...
The Spirit of an Activist
The Life and Work of I. DeQuincey Newman
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The Spirit of an Activist chronicles the life and distinguished career of Isaiah DeQuincey Newman (1911–1985), a Protestant pastor, civil rights leader, and South Carolina statesman. Known as a tenacious advocate for racial equality, Newman was also renowned for his diplomatic skills when working...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Governors documents the lives an dcareers of the 111 white men and one Indian American woman who have held the Palmetto State's highest office from 1669 to the present. This digital edition expands the listings from the print encyclopedia to...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina details the people, places, and struggles that defined the region's prominent role in the path to American liberty from British authority. Nearly 140 battles of the American Revolution were fought in South Carolina,...
At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe
Life in the University of South Carolina President's House
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
The University of South Carolina was founded in 1801 on a modest parcel of land now called the Horseshoe. While the campus has grown well beyond its original borders, the oak-lined and gated historic Horseshoe remains the heart of campus life. At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe pays tribute to...
by Benjamin Franklin V
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
In An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians, Benjamin Franklin V documents the careers of South Carolina jazz and blues musicians from the nineteenth century to the present. The musicians range from the renowned (James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie), to the notable (Freddie Green, Josh...
South Carolina Fire-Eater
The Life of Laurence Massillion Keitt, 1824-1864
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina’s most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A politician who wanted to be a statesman, a Hotspur who wanted to be a distinguished military leader,...