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Historic Preservation for a Living City

Historic Charleston Foundation, 1947-1997

By: Robert R. Weyeneth

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Historic Preservation for a Living City

Historic Charleston Foundation, 1947-1997

By: Robert R. Weyeneth

This text charts the changing philosophy of the American preservation movement since the 1950s. It traces the Historic Charleston Foundation's approach to preservation, from the organization's establishment to its concerns with the conservation of rural spaces and building craft traditions.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570033536

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9781570033537

Yuletide in Dixie

Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

By: Robert E. May

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Yuletide in Dixie

Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

By: Robert E. May

How did enslaved African Americans in the Old South really experience Christmas? Did Christmastime provide slaves with a lengthy and jubilant respite from labor and the whip, as is generally assumed, or is the story far more complex and troubling? In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about the holiday, and overlooking evidence not only that countless southern whites passed Christmases fearful that their slaves would revolt but also that slavery’s most punitive features persisted at holiday time. In Yuletide in Dixie, May uncovers a dark reality that not only alters our understanding of that history but also sheds new light on the breakdown of slavery in the Civil War and how false assumptions about slave Christmases afterward became harnessed to myths undergirding white supremacy in the United States. By exposing the underside of slave Christmases, May helps us better understand the problematic stereotypes of modern southern historical tourism and why disputes over Confederate memory retain such staying power today. A major reinterpretation of human bondage, Yuletide in Dixie challenges disturbing myths embedded deeply in our culture.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813942152

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9780813942155

Relief, Recreation, Racism

Civilian Conservation Corps Creates South Carolina State Parks, 1933–1942

By: Robert A. Waller

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Relief, Recreation, Racism

Civilian Conservation Corps Creates South Carolina State Parks, 1933–1942

By: Robert A. Waller

In the literature dealing with the Civilian Conservation Corps, South Carolina does not figure prominently in most histories of the Great Depression story. That neglect should be corrected! It is important to recognize the ways in which racism has permeated our society, sometimes blatant and sometimes subtle. While the focus is South Carolina, the particulars are representative of what happened in CCC camps across the nation. As one of the most popular facets of President Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal, the activities and antics of the CCC boys deserve attention. My primary purpose in writing this book is to assist teachers and librarians and their upper level elementary and high school students in understanding this crucial but understudied era in South Carolinas history. These readers and a more general South Carolina audience could identify with a nearby place or make a family connection.

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198

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543462375

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9781543462371

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Historic Preservation for a Living City

Historic Preservation for a Living City

Yuletide in Dixie

Yuletide in Dixie

Relief, Recreation, Racism

Relief, Recreation, Racism

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