By J. William Harris (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) Deep Souths tells the stories of three southern regions from Reconstruction to World War II: the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, the eastern Piedmont of Georgia, and the Georgia Sea Islands and Atlantic coast. Though these regions initially shared the histories and populations we associate with the idea of a "Deep South"—all … Continued
Edited by Matthew Morse Booker (Vice President for Scholarly Programs; NHC Fellow, 2016–17) and Charles C. Ludington What we eat, where it is from, and how it is produced are vital questions in today’s America. We think seriously about food because it is freighted with the hopes, fears, and anxieties of modern life. Yet critiques … Continued
By Donald Crummey (NHC Fellow, 1992–93)
By Marta Petrusewicz (NHC Fellow, 1986–87)
By Michel-Rolph Trouillot (NHC Fellow, 1985–86)
By James C. McCann (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) For more than two thousand years, Ethiopia’s ox-plow agricultural system was the most efficient and innovative in Africa, but has been afflicted in the recent past by a series of crises: famine, declining productivity, and losses in biodiversity. James C. McCann analyzes the last two hundred years of … Continued
By Nell Irvin Painter (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Standing at Armageddon is a comprehensive and lively historical account of America's shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society. Nell Irvin Painter will be featured in the PBS multipart series The Progressive Era with Bill Moyers, which coincides with the release of the updated edition … Continued
By Richard Lyman Bushman (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) In the eighteenth century, three-quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America’s farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively … Continued
By Jack Goody (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) Jack Goody's new book takes as its theme the symbolic and transactional uses of flowers in secular life and religious ritual from ancient Egypt to modern times. He links the use of flowers to the rise of advanced systems of agriculture, the growth of social stratification, and the spread … Continued
By John Opie (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) This book provides fascinating insights into how present-day American land legislation has evolved. In doing so the author identifies the many problems that the family farmer has had to face over the past two centuries at the hands of the weather, unstable product prices, and politicians.