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James Henry Hammond and the Old South

A Design for Mastery

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

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James Henry Hammond and the Old South

A Design for Mastery

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1864 as Sherman’s troops marched in triumph toward South Carolina, James Henry Hammond witnessed the rise and fall of the cotton kingdom of the Old South. Planter, politician, and an ardent defender of slavery and white supremacy, Hammond built a career for himself that in its breadth and ambition provides a composite portrait of the civilization in which he flourished. A long-awaited biography, Drew Gilpin Faust’s James Henry Hammond and the Old South reveals the South Carolina planter who was at once characteristic of his age and unique among men of his time. Of humble origins, Hammond set out to conquer his society, to make himself a leader and a spokesman for the Old South. Through marriage he acquired a large plantation and many slaves, and then through their coerced labor, shrewd management practices, and progressive farming techniques, he soon became one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives and served as governor of his state. Evidence that he sexually abused four of his teenage nieces forced him to retreat for many years to his plantation, but eventually he returned to public view, winning a seat in the United States Senate that he resigned when South Carolina seceded from the Union. James Henry Hammond’s ambition was unquenchable. It consumed his life, directed almost his every move and ultimately, in its titanic calculation and rigidity, destroyed the man confined within it. Like Faulkner’s Thomas Sutpen, Faust suggests, Hammond had a “design,” a compulsion to direct every moment of his life toward self-aggrandizement and legitimation. Despite his sexual abuse of enslaved females and their children, like other plantation owners, Hammond envisioned himself as benevolent and paternal. He saw himself as the absolute master of his family and slaves, but neither his family, his slaves, nor even his own behavior was completely under his command. Hammond fervently wished to perfect and preserve what he envisioned as the southern way of life. But these goals were also beyond his control. At the time of his death it had become clear to him that his world, the world of the Old South, had ended.

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LSU Press

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0807112488

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9780807112489

Southern Stories

Slaveholders in Peace and War

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

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Southern Stories

Slaveholders in Peace and War

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

Stories were collective, as in the case of the antebellum proslavery argument or Confederate discourses about women. Sometimes they were personal, as in the private writings of figures such as Lizzie Neblett, Mary Chesnut, Thornton Stringfellow, or James Henry Hammond. These men and women regularly employed their pens to create coherence and order amid the tangled circumstances of their particular lives and within a context of social prescriptions and expectations.

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276

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University of Missouri Press

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0826208657

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9780826208651

Handbook of Research on Teaching

By: Drew Gitomer,Courtney Bell

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Handbook of Research on Teaching

By: Drew Gitomer,Courtney Bell

The Fifth Edition of the Handbook of Research on Teachingis an essential resource for students and scholars dedicated to the study of teaching and learning. This volume offers a vast array of topics ranging from the history of teaching to technological and literacy issues. In each authoritative chapter, the authors summarize the state of the field while providing conceptual overviews of critical topics related to research on teaching. Each of the volume's 23 chapters is a canonical piece that will serve as a reference tool for the field. The Handbook provides readers with an unaparalleled view of the current state of research on teaching across its multiple facets and related fields.

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0935302557

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9780935302554

Whatever it Takes

The Real Struggle for Political Power in America

By: Elizabeth Drew

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The Real Struggle for Political Power in America

By: Elizabeth Drew

Required reading on campaign reform" (The Boston Globe) and the real story behind the current campaign finance scandals from America's preeminent political reporterElizabeth Drew's book on campaign finance reform has been referred to throughout the Congressional committee investigation of campaign finance abuses. This "bible" of campaign reform not only has been instrumental in issuing subpoenas to people and groups at the hearings, but has single-handedly informed the electorate of the dark and hidden places in our political system.In this provocative account of the real political clash of 1996 -- the fight for the House of Representatives -- Drew introduces us to a set of characters who had a huge impact on our politics and on the outcome of the election. With her access to back rooms and secret meetings she reveals the strategies conservative groups were willing to take to ensure victory in the House, and demonstrates conclusively that the revelations of abuses of the finance laws bythe Clinton team cost the Democrats the House."A prime source for the Senate's probe into questionable fund-raising by Democrats and Republicans". -- Los Angeles Times"A valuable book on a political system moved by big money and clever manipulation". -- Chicago Tribune

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Penguin Group

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0140268588

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9780140268584

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Valpo's Sweet Dream

By: Shawn Malayter,Homer Drew,Rob Rains

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Valpo's Sweet Dream

By: Shawn Malayter,Homer Drew,Rob Rains

This book goes behind the scenes and the season to reveal a spirit and a philosophy that transcends victory, a star player, or a great coach. The Valpo story is about everything that is good in college athlectics. It is a story that should be required reaing for players, coaches, administrators, and fans of the collegiate game.

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1888698233

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9781888698237

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