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      Religion In Antebellum Kentucky

      John B. Boles

      A frank and refreshing evaluation of several Chief Executives, their Directors of Central Intelligence, and even some lower in the hierarchy, Executive Secrets shines light on the development and execution…

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      The Great Revival: Beginnings of the Bible Belt

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      Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the South’s First Great Awakening were not simply instances of…

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      The Irony of Southern Religion

      John B. Boles

      Over the last three decades scholars have rediscovered the religious dimension of the Old South’s history. Evangelical Christianity was a central component of the culture of both antebellum whites and…

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      Shapers of Southern History: Autobiographical Reflections

      This volume gathers personal recollections by 15 eminent historians of the American South. Coming from distinctive backgrounds, traveling diverse career paths, and practicing different kinds of history, the contributors exemplify…

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      University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute

      John B. Boles

      Rice University, one of America’s preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871–1957). University Builder is the fascinating…

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      University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute

      John B. Boles

      Rice University, one of America’s preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871- 1957). University Builder is the…

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      Black Southerners, 1619-1869

      John B. Boles

      On such diverse issues as black population growth, the strength of the slave family, the efficiency and profitability of slavery, the diet and health care of bondsmen, the maturation of…

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      Autobiographical Reflections on Southern Religious History

      A collection of essays in which young scholars discuss their work and interests as they recall how the circumstances of their upbringing and education steered them toward religious history. They…

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      Seven Virginians

      John B. Boles

      The culmination of a lifetime of erudition by one of America's leading historians, this book reveals the integral role played by seven major Virginians before, during, and after the American…

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      Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty

      John B. Boles

      From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

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      A Companion to the American South

      Surveys and evaluates the most important writing on American Southern history, including analyses of the various interpretive schools and a range of subjects and interpretations for every important era. Topics…

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      A Companion to the American South

      Surveys writing on the history of the southern United States. This work covers topics including slavery, politics, the Civil War, race relations, religion and women’s history.

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      Seeing Jefferson Anew: In His Time and Ours

      O'Shaughnessy, Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies * Adam Rothman, Georgetown University * Eva Sheppard Wolf, San Francisco State University

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      Origins of the New South Fifty Years Later: The Continuing Influence of a Historical Classic

      Over 50 years after its publication, this book pieces together the intricate story of historian C. Vann Woodward’s 1951 masterpiece, Origins of the New South, 1877-1913 . In 13 reviews…

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      Rice University: One Hundred Years in Pictures

      Karen Hess Rogers,Lee Pecht,Alan Harris Bath

      From its founding, Rice University has been an institution devoted to making a strong impact on the world, according to current president David Leebron. Nestled near Houston’s cultural heart, Rice…

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      Improving Community Response to Crime Victims: An Eight-Step Model for Developing Protocol

      Anita B. Boles,John C. Patterson

      Interdisciplinary teams, lauded as the most effective way to investigate and prosecute physical and sexual abuse cases, are often difficult to create and maintain. This book assists in demystifying the…

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      Masters and Slaves in the House of the Lord: Race and Religion in the American South, 1740-1870

      John B. Boles

      The eight essays included here show that throughout the antebellum period, southern whites and blacks worshipped together, heard the same sermons, took communion and were baptized together, were subject to…

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      Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People to 1900

      David Edwin, Jr. Harrell,Edwin S. Gaustad,John B. Boles,Sally Foreman Griffith,Randall M. Miller

      Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion Seriously

      Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people – from the first contacts between Europeans…

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      Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People from 1865

      David Edwin, Jr. Harrell,Edwin S. Gaustad,John B. Boles,Sally Foreman Griffith,Randall M. Miller

      Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion Seriously

      Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people – from the first contacts between Europeans…

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