Lost Revolutions(1st Edition) The South in the 1950s by PeteDaniel Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2000 by The University Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-2537-2, ISBN: 0-8078-2537-9
"This sweeping work of cultural history explores a time of startling turbulence and change in the South, years that have often been dismissed as placid and dull. In the wake of World War II, southerners anticipated a peaceful and prosperous future, but as Pete Daniel demonstrates, the road into the 1950s took some unexpected turns.Daniel chronicles the myriad forces that turned the world southerners had known upside down in the postwar p ..."
Dispossession(1st Edition) Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights by Professor PeteDaniel Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by The University Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-2207-1, ISBN: 1-4696-2207-6
"Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He exposes the shameful fact that at the very moment civil rights laws promised to end discriminati ..."
"In the spring and summer of 1927, the Mississippi River and its tributaries flooded from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, tearing through seven states, sometimes spreading out to nearly one hundred miles across. Pete Daniel's Deep'n as It Come, available again in a new format, chronicles the worst flood in the history of the South and re-creates, with extraordinary immediacy, the Mississippi River's dev ..."
"This engagingly-written survey examines the changes and constants of Southern culture. Always with a keen eye and sharp wit, Daniel stresses the diversity of Southern life, which includes not only regional variations but also divisions between black and white, male and female, rural and urban. From "separate but equal" to the civil rights revolution of the 1960s and its legacy, Standing at the Crossroads explores the extraordinary chang ..."
Shadow of Slavery(5th Edition) Peonage in the South, 1901-69 (Galaxy Books) by PeteDaniel Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1973 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-519742-6, ISBN: 0-19-519742-9
Deep'n as it Come(1st Edition) The 1927 Mississippi River Flood by PeteDaniel Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 1977 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-502123-3, ISBN: 0-19-502123-1
Deep'n as it come(1st Edition) The 1927 Mississippi River flood by PeteDaniel Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 1977 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-502122-6, ISBN: 0-19-502122-3
Toxic Drift Pesticides and Health in the Post--World War II South (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History) by Professor PeteDaniel, Toxic Drift Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-3245-6, ISBN: 0-8071-3245-4
"Following World War II, chemical companies and agricultural experts promoted the use of synthetic chemicals as pesticides on weeds and insects. It was, Pete Daniel points out, a convenient way for companies to apply their wartime research to the domestic market. In Toxic Drift, Daniel documents the particularly disastrous effects this campaign had on the South's public health and environment, exposing the careless mentality that allowed ..."
The shadow of slavery(1st Edition) peonage in the South, 1901-1969 by PeteDaniel Hardcover, 209 Pages, Published 1972 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-00206-9, ISBN: 0-252-00206-7
"Whether peonage in the South grew out of slavery, a natural and perhaps unavoidable interlude between bondage and freedom, or whether employers distorted laws and customs to create debt servitude, most Southerners quietly accepted peonage. To the employer it was a way to control laborers; to the peon it was a bewildering system that could not be escaped without risk of imprisonment, beating, or death. Pete Daniel's book is about this la ..."
Toxic Drift Pesticides And Health in the Post-world War II South (WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING LECTURES IN SOUTHERN HISTORY) by PeteDaniel Hardcover, 209 Pages, Published 2005 by Louisiana State Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-3098-8, ISBN: 0-8071-3098-2
"Following World War II, chemical companies and agricultural experts promoted the use of synthetic chemicals such as DDT, which had been developed to help the military fight typhoid and malaria abroad, as pesticides on weeds and insects. It was, Pete Daniel points out, a convenient way for companies to apply their wartime research to the domestic market. In Toxic Drift, Daniel documents the particularly disastrous effects this campaign h ..."
"This volume gathers personal recollections by fifteen eminent historians of the American South. Coming from distinctive backgrounds, traveling diverse career paths, and practicing different kinds of history, the contributors exemplify the field's richness on many levels. As they reflect on why they joined the profession and chose their particular research specialties, these historians write eloquently of family and upbringing, teachers ..."
Dispossession Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights by PeteDaniel 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Unc Press Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-0202-8, ISBN: 1-4696-0202-4
"“I should tell them about how my father had the title 'Negro County Agent,' was
paid a fraction of the salary of his white counterpart, and ... and endured as a
formidable segregated fortress that fiercely resisted implementing civil rights laws
or serving its black clientele. ... Black 4-H agents did not learn of crucial meetings,
announcements, or projects. ... on black members.16 Georgia director of
extension Linton W. Eberhardt ..."
Lost Revolutions The South in The 1950s by PeteDaniel 392 Pages, Published 2000 by Univ Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-9891-8, ISBN: 0-8078-9891-0
"The inspiration for the North Carolina Patriots may well have sprouted from
Wesley Critz George's letter to the editor of the ... In his letter, George employed
conventional racist thought, genetics, and his interpretation of history. ... course of
time will result in the destruction of the white and colored races and the
substitution of a mulatto race,” he predicted. ... Blacks had less “intellectual ability
and creativeness” than ..."
"Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of "classical" and "humanities." His Attic Nights contains information on many aspects of antiquity, and preserve much early Latin literature that would otherwise be lost; they also offer personal reminiscences and vignettes of life in the second century AD. This comprehensive study examines his life and writings. It has been fully revised in the light of recent work.A UNC Press Enduring Edition - ..."
"The Historian behind the History brings together a collection of valuable interviews with prominent southern historians conducted over the course of a decade by graduate students in the University of Alabama’s history program for the journal Southern History. In the interviews, ten notable southern historians and mentors illuminate the state of historiography, their experiences in the profession, and their thoughts about graduate educat ..."
"The fifth volume in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance spans the food cultures of the South Cornbread Nation 5 lovingly edited by accomplished food writer Fred W Sauceman celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places In this collection of more than seventy essays and poems we read about the food that provides nourishment as well as a sense of community and shared ..."