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Inaugural Issue ‘93

Front Porch
by Harry L. Watson and John Shelton Reed

Landmarks of Power: Building a Southern Past, 1855-1915
by Catherine W. Bishir

The Southern Accent--Alive and Well
by Michael Montgomery

The Anxiety of History: The Southern Confrontation with Modernity
by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

The Narrative of John Henry Martin
by Sherman A. James

South Polls
by John Shelton Reed

Pioneer Commercial Photography: The Burgert Brothers of Tampa, Florida
by Robert E. Snyder and Jack B. Moore
reviewed by Jim Carnes

Equal before the Lens: Jno. Trlica's Photographs of Granger, Texas

by Barbara McCandless
reviewed by Jim Carnes

Southern Stories: Slaveholders in Peace and War
by Drew Gilpin Faust
reviewed by William L. Barney

Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South
by Victoria E. Bynum
reviewed by Suzanne Lebsock

Home Ground: Southern Autobiography
By J. Bill Berry, editor
reviewed by Dolan Hubbard

The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction
by Edward L. Ayers
reviewed by Robert C. McMath Jr.

Morgan Sexton: Bull Creek Banjo Player
Film by Anne Johnson
reviewed by Wayne Martin

Homeplaces: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina
by Michael Ann Williams
reviewed by Chris Wilson

The Emergence of David Duke and the Politics of Race
by Douglas Rose, editor
reviewed by Richard A. Pride

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980
by Bruce J, Schulman
reviewed by Carl Abbott

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