Cornel West has called Myles Horton “an indescribably courageous and visionary white brother from Tennessee.” Horton (1905-1990) cofounded the Highlander Folk School (now known as the Highlander Resea
In the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Virginia–North Carolina border, an extraordinarily rich musical heritage survives and flourishes. Even before the legendary Bill Monroe coined the term “bluegrass
Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book??“John Shields's book is a provocative challenge to the venerable Adamic myth so exhaustively deployed in examinations of early American literature and in Ame
A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is the first comprehensive collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. Collec
A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is the first comprehensive collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. Col
Discussions of Tennessee women’s history during the Progressive Era tend to focus narrowly on the critical issue of suffrage and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. While the achievement of
Until relatively recently, conventional wisdom held that the Trans-Mississippi Theater was a backwater of the American Civil War. Scholarship in recent decades has corrected this oversight, and a grow
Writing under the pseudonym Charles Egbert Craddock, Mary Noailles Murfree published her first collection of stories, In the Tennessee Mountains, in 1884. It quickly won critical and popular acclaim a
"This is a thoughtful, deeply researched, and particularly well-written book. Dotson maintains control over a significant body of research, never letting himself get overwhelmed by the details. He str
Borrowing the concept of "invented traditions" from Eric Hobspawm and "cultural hegemony" from Antonio Gramsci, Pope (humanities, U. of Lincoln, UK) analyzes the role of American sport in the construc
The Saturated World: Aesthetic Meaning, Intimate Objects, Women’s Lives, 1890–1940 explores the way middle-class American women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries added meaning to th
For four decades, Knoxville, Tennessee, native David Madden has been writing compelling bestsellers, such as Bijou and The Suicide’s Wife, as well as highly respected literary novels, such as Sharpsho
Robert Franklin Bunting was a Princeton-educated chaplain who served in the Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, which saw combat at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chick
Appalachia holds a curious place in the American psyche. There is a pervasive perception of the region as a hinterland inhabited by a backward and developmentally stunted people. Economically, cultura
Building Environments: Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Volume X, edited by Kenneth A. Breisch and Alison K. Hoagland, is a collection of the best papers presented at recent annual meetings of
Historians find in Hargrove's (political science, Vanderbilt U.) account the story of the development, maturation, and aging of the New Deal public power agency; political scientists find a theory abo
The Best Short Hikes in the Great Smoky MountainsKenneth Wise and James AndrewsLocated astride the Tennessee–North Carolina border, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains more than one hundr
Edited by Robert J. Higgs, Ambrose N. Manning, and Jim Wayne MillerThese two volumes constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of appr
This guide provides keys for identifying the major groups, families, genera, species, and lesser taxa known to be native or naturalized within the state of Tennessee with supporting information for ta
In contemporary culture, the stereotypical trappings of ?redneckism” have been appropriated for everything from movies like Smokey and the Bandit to comedy acts like Larry the Cable Guy. Even a recent
Well known for the important role he played in the American Restoration Movement, Alexander Campbell was one of the most respected and influential religious figures of 19th-century America. Although C
A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is the first comprehensive collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. This t
“The Letters of General Richard S. Ewell provide a sweeping view of the nineteenth century. Such chronological breadth makes this volume truly exceptional and important. Through Ewell’s eyes we see th
Drawing on more than four decades of research, Tennessee Log Buildings examines one of the Volunteer State’s most precious—and fast-disappearing—traditions. From the pioneer era through the mid–twenti
A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is the first comprehensive collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. This t
Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800 is the first guide to the study of the manuscript sermon literature of the Southern colonies/states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and G
Since 1934 the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin has been a respected source on the wonderfully diverse history and traditions of the Volunteer State, but until now that publication’s wide-ranging a
The eleventh volume of the Correspondence of James K. Polk contains some of the most consequential and interesting material in the series. Failure to restore diplomatic relations with Mexico, the adve
Rivers under Siege is a wrenching firsthand account of how human interventions, often well intentioned, have wreaked havoc on West Tennessee's fragile wetlands. For more than a century, farmers and de
In the spring and summer of 2000, geologists working for the Tennessee Department of Transportation made an extraordinary find as they examined soil at a routine road construction project: the digging
Sanctified Trial is the riveting Civil War diary of a Confederate woman of strong religious faith and equally strong proslavery convictions. Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (b. 1816), who lived in Rogersvill
For two years, Tyree H. Bell (1814-1902) served as one of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s most trusted lieutenants in the Civil War. Forrest’s legendary exploits and charisma often eclipsed the contributions
Mayday! Mayday!Aircraft Crashes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1920–2000Jeff Wadley and Dwight McCarterSince the dawn of aviation, more than fifty aircraft have crashed in the Great Smoky
Presents an eyewitness account of the division between Virginia and West Virginia in 1863, by West Virginia's second secretary of state, an active participant in the statehood movement. Hall (1837-193
Tennessee gave the United States three presidents – Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson. To produce this illuminating account of their lives from their own points of view, Professor Will
This biography of 20th-century American writer James Rufus Agee highlights his roots in Tennessee, with special focus on the impact of his father’s death and the appearance of real people, places,
Drawing on industry trade journals like Railway Age, this book explores the impact of the early automobile on America's railroads from 1900 to 1940 and how railroad companies became aware of, react
Campbell-Reed shares the stories of five women, each a narrative around which a reinterpretation of wider Baptist events and culture could be constructed. Women's stories were right there in the Bapti
The author of nine volumes of poetry and numerous other writings, the editor of several literary journals, the recipient of copious awards, including the James Still Award from the Fellowship of South
Nestled amid the western slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, bisected by the Little River, and including the community of Townsend, Tuckaleechee Cove is known today as “the peaceful
