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The appearance in 1920 of H.L. Mencken's scathing essay about the intellectual and cultural impoverishment of the South, "The Sahara of the Bozart", set off a firestorm of reaction in the region that continued unabated for much of the next decade. In Serpent in Eden, Mencken scholar Fred Hobson examines Mencken's love-hate relationship with the South.

The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, "outline" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, the rise of American middlebrow culture, and the values encompassed by it.

UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Search for a New Order: Intellectuals and Fascism in Prewar Japan

Although British leaders made the principal contribution to the drafting of the League of Nations Covenant, Egerton shows that the British political elite opposed the type of league that emerged. These sceptics objected to the system of "collective security" and preferred to build upon the traditions of the British Empire to institute a system that would integrate "functional" cooperation.

Describes the development of theatre, amateur and professional, in the US South during the forty-five-year period preceding the Civil War. Dormon establishes the nature of southern theatrical activity as reflected in programing, production, and audience composition and behaviour.

This is a timely examination of both the concept of the responsibilities of citizenship in England, France, and the United States today and of the methods of education for those responsibilities.

Provides a comprehensive historical, economic, social, and scenic description covering the seacoast, the tobacco and cotton country, and the famous recreational areas of the Great Smokies. The greater part of the book is devoted to motor tours from points on the state line and within the state which point out landmarks, locate historic spots, and acquaint the traveller with the country.

Cecil Wooten has produced the first translation into any modern langauage of a key treatise of the ancient world. He provides a faithful English translation of Hermogenes' analysis based on a reliable Greek text established by Rabe at the beginning of this century and includes a substantial scholarly introduction and notes that will help the reader better understand Hermogenes.

The varied career of Walter Hines Page affected many facets of the American political and social milieu from the end of Reconstruction to World War I. Throughly researching both American and British government documents and private papers, and using interviews with Page's contemporaries, Cooper reinterprets and establishes the significance of Page's career.

UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Examines the intricate financial history of the American Revolution and the Confederation and connects it to political and constitutional developments in the period. Whether states or Congress should pay the debts of the Revolution and collect the taxes was a pivotal question whose solution would largely determine the country's progress toward national union.

This is one of the few works in any language to concentrate on the Bundesrat, the upper house of the German Federal Republic. By studying a series of legislative case histories of bills presented between 1949 and 1960, Pinney assesses the role of party politics in maintaining three persistent characteristics of the Bundesrat. Originally published in 1966.

The Cuban Revolution was a catalyst in shaping American foreign policy over the past generation. Welch's study is the first detailed evaluation of US policy toward Cuba in the early years of the Castro regime and the first effort to analyse public sentiment during that crucial period.

Opening with a summary of the political and social role of the literate in traditional China, this study includes detailed biographical information on many of those whose careers affected the process by which China assimilated Western thought. It deals specifically with study in Western nations and Japan.

This is a work vast in scale, soaring in its scholarly ambition, and magnificent... in its achievement. The author's command of the primary sources is staggering in breadth and depth, deftly orchestrated and rich with insight.... Rahe shows how alien the modern project, in all its diverse versions, was to the classics as well as the Bible." - Thomas L. Pangle, Political Theory

Contains the story of the long-time planning for a system of manpower procurement for the armed services; the account of the manner in which officials attacked the problem; and an evaluation of the Selective Service system in the state, with suggestions for the future. Originally published in 1949.

Provides a cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the United States and Cuba and of the ways that this encounter helped shape Cubans' identity, nationality, and sense of modernity from the early 1850s until the revolution of 1959.

Traces the development of the music known as ""southern gospel"" from its antebellum origins to its 20th-century emergence as a vibrant musical industry driven by radio, television, recording and concert promotion. The book is filled with stories of groups and artists, and is illustrated throughout.

For much of the 19th century and all of the 20th, the per capita rate of suicide in Cuba was the highest in Latin America and among the highest in the world - a condition made all the more extraordinary in light of Cuba's historic ties to the Catholic church. This title presents an illustrated social and cultural history of suicide in Cuba.

Henry King Burgwyn Jr, one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of 21 while leading the 26th North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. This biography provides a portrait of his character as a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty.

Blending cultural, religious and media history, Tona Hangen offers a detailed look into the world of religious radio. She uses recordings, sermons, fan mail and other sources to tell the stories of the determined broadcasters and devoted listeners.

With readings of more than twenty novels, this book examines the trend among African American novelists of the late twentieth century to write about black history, rather than about their own present. Employing cultural criticism and trauma theory, it frames these works as survivor narratives.

The massive inflation and oil crisis of the 1970s damaged Jimmy Carter's presidency. In Jimmy Carter's Economy, Carl Biven traces how the Carter administration developed and implemented economic policy amid multiple crises and explores how a combination of factors beyond the administration's control came to dictate a new paradigm of Democratic Party politics.

Centering his study on what the courts have said about religious liberty, Torpey tells the story of the struggle in the courtrooms toward the present situation in America in which church and state are almost completely separated politically, but where the church furthers the morality of the state and the state protects the integrity of any and all churches.

This provocative book reviews the ethical principles upon which the individual today founds his claims on the resources of his society. Smith emphasises the need to preserve and develop the significance of the individual in society by making him the focal point in a system of legal relationships; individual rights should be firmly embedded in organic law and social philosophy.

This book deals with the determination of the portion of net income attributable to a state in which a business firm engaging in interstate commerce is located. It studies this problem as it relates to mercantile and manufacturing corporations and refers particularly to North Carolina, which recently revised its method of apportionment.

Mexican Marxist--Vicente Lombardo Toledano

This discussion of education examines the deficiencies disclosed by new demands made upon educational institutions during World War II. Careful attention is given to the crisis resulting in schools from war service or war industries and to the disappearance in higher education of traditional studies not necessary for winning the war.

University Chancellor Emeritus House has been involved with the university and Chapel Hill for over half a century. The focus of this series of reminiscent articles is on his college generation, with a few backward and forward glances. These sketches celebrate those great men who served the university community with vision, affection, and enthusiasm.