University of South Carolina Press

Examines the economic and cultural development of England's most British colonyReflecting the burgeoning interest of colonial historians in South Carolina and its role as the economic and cultural...

More Than a Likeness: The Enduring Art of Mary Whyte is the first comprehensive book on the life and work of one of today's most renowned watercolorists. From Whyte's earliest paintings in rural Ohio...

Mosaic of Fire examines the personal and artistic interactions of four innovative American modernist women writers-Lola Ridge, Evelyn Scott, Charlotte Wilder, and Kay Boyle-all active in the...

A sophisticated study of how bodies and language move and are moved by each otherKenneth Burke may be best known for his theories of dramatism and of language as symbolic action, but few know him as...

One of the most influential cooking primers of the Old SouthOriginally published in 1867 as Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book this encyclopedic treasury of recipes, cooking advice, and household hints brims...

A timely exploration of balancing Islamic heritage with contemporary medical and health concernsMuslim Medical Ethics draws on the work of historians, health-care professionals, theologians, and...

A memoir of the Jazz Age and a life profoundly influenced by itMy Life in E-flat is the remarkable memoir of a woman who witnessed some of the most important movements in the history of jazz. Through...

A reading of Stevenson as a historian at odds with traditionBeloved for generations as one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most thrilling adventure novels, Kidnapped tells the story of David Balfour, a...

A balanced assessment of the acclaimed writer's poetry and fictionBrevity and intensity characterized the life and literary creations of Raymond Carver, but too often his prose and poetry have been...

O Beulah Land, the second volume of The Beulah Quintet--Mary Lee Settle's unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, and identity and the meaning of freedom--is a...

A Civil War sampler showcasing North and South, black and white, male and femaleThe American Civil War has produced a flood of storytelling that runs nearly as deep and strong today as it did a...

Chronicles a legendary career and a momentous era in literary historyIn 1924 F. Scott Fitzgerald told his editor Maxwell Perkins about a young American expatriate in Paris, an unknown writer with a...

In Ota Benga under My Mother's Roof, Carrie Allen McCray (1913-2008) uses poignant and personal verse to trace the ill-fated life of the Congolese pygmy who was famously exhibited in the Bronx Zoo...

A concise approach to the major themes and events that define contemporary South CarolinaThe captivating, colorful, and controversial history of South Carolina continues to warrant fresh explorations...

An eye-opening investigation into local evasions of school integrationIn this provocative appraisal of desegregation in South Carolina, R. Scott Baker contends that half a century after the Brown...

For serious historians and casual tourists alike, Pathways to the Presidency is an ideal travel guide to touring presidential homes and museums. Gerald and Patricia Gutek invite American history...

Eight stories about extraordinary action carried out by ordinary people When you want to effect positive change against structural and systemic problems, where do you begin? In Peace by Peace Lisa...

An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they workIt is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will...

An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they workIt is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will...

The definitive biography of a controversial South Carolina leaderUpon its initial publication in 1944, Pitchfork Ben Tillman was a signal event in the writing of modern South Carolina history. In a...

Wiley's most critical examination of the effects of the Civil War on the lives of its participationWidely hailed for his realistic portrayals of the common soldier of the Civil War, Bell Irvin Wiley...

An insightful prelude to the well-known wartime diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut and Emma HolmesThe diary Keziah Brevard documents one plantation mistress's reflections on the momentous events that...

Historic getaways in the land of cottonSeasoned travel writers Gerald and Patricia Gutek believe the American South is for history enthusiasts what Ghiradelli's is for chocolate connoisseurs, and...

An exploration into the provocative politics of futuristic fictionPolitical Science Fiction examines the close relationship between politics and science fiction and shows how much of the former is...

A call to view polities through a lens wider than that of the Westphalian stateFrustrated by the growing gap between international relations theory and the world it purports to explain, Yale H...

The history, legends, and cookery of America's favorite snack foodWhether in movie theaters or sports arenas, at fairs or theme parks, around campfires or family hearths, Americans consume more...

A critical exploration of the ways public participation has transformed commemoration and civic engagement in the United StatesIn the last three decades ordinary Americans launched numerous...

The story of one of America's first historic preservationists and the city she fought to saveOne of the most remarkable women born in the Reconstruction South, Susan Pringle Frost was an outspoken...

Prisoners of Conscience continues the work begun by Gerard A. Hauser in Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres, winner of the National Communication Association's Hochmuth...

An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedomPrisons, the first volume of The Beulah Quintet--Mary Lee Settle's unforgettable...