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Modern American History

The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County

A History of Public Education in Rural Virginia

William B. Gibson and Abraham H. Gibson

The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County

A History of Public Education in Rural Virginia

William B. Gibson and Abraham H. Gibson

Reconcilable Differences

Reconcilable Differences

The Unlikely Political Alliance of John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt

Barbara A. Perry

Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel

Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel

The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett

Kathleen Waters Sander

Bale After Bale

Bale After Bale

How Cotton Defined the Twentieth-Century South

Edited by David A. Davis

Under the Guise of Protection

Under the Guise of Protection

Eugenics and Wayward Girls in Twentieth-Century Virginia

Erin N. Bush

Integration at Second Base

Integration at Second Base

Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship

Peter Eisenstadt

In Flaming Letters

In Flaming Letters

Lucia Pitts, Poet of the Six Triple Eight

Edited by Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis

Unleashing Black Power

Unleashing Black Power

Grassroots Organizing in Harlem and the Advent of the Long, Hot Summers

Peter D. Blackmer

Trusted Source

Trusted Source

How a Virginia Nonprofit Gained Bipartisan Support in an Era of Political Polarization

David M. Poole

The Elections of 2024

The Elections of 2024

Edited by Michael Nelson

Students to Soldiers

Students to Soldiers

Secret Military Education at Elite Schools, 1815–1945

John F. Morris

Those Who Stayed

Those Who Stayed

A Vietnam Diary

Claudia Krich

Diplomats at War

Diplomats at War

Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict

Charles Trueheart

Year Zero

Year Zero

The Five-Year Presidency

Christopher P. Liddell

Watchdogs

Watchdogs

Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

Glenn A. Fine

The Struggle for Change

The Struggle for Change

Race and the Politics of Reconciliation in Modern Richmond

Marvin T. Chiles

The New Dominion

The New Dominion

The Twentieth-Century Elections That Shaped Modern Virginia

Edited by John G. Milliken and Mark J. Rozell

Making #Charlottesville

Making #Charlottesville

Media from Civil Rights to Unite the Right

Aniko Bodroghkozy

Skimpy Coverage

Skimpy Coverage

Sports Illustrated and the Shaping of the Female Athlete

Bonnie M. Hagerman

Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause

Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause

Confessions of a Southern Church

Christopher Alan Graham. Foreword by the Reverend Melanie Mullen

Drawing Liberalism

Drawing Liberalism

Herblock’s Political Cartoons in Postwar America

Simon Appleford

Mourning the Presidents

Mourning the Presidents

Loss and Legacy in American Culture 

Edited by Lindsay M. Chervinsky and Matthew R. Costello

The Peaceful Transfer of Power

The Peaceful Transfer of Power

An Oral History of America’s Presidential Transitions

David Marchick and Alexander Tippett with A. J. Wilson

Averting Doomsday

Averting Doomsday

Arms Control during the Nixon Presidency

Patrick J. Garrity and Erin R. Mahan

The Presidency

The Presidency

Facing Constitutional Crossroads

Edited by Michael Nelson and Barbara A. Perry

Against the Hounds of Hell

Against the Hounds of Hell

A Life of Howard Thurman

Peter Eisenstadt

Republican Populist

Republican Populist

Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump’s America

Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte, and Jerald Podair

Gerrymanders

Gerrymanders

How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia

Brent Tarter

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

A Documentary Account of the Struggle for School Desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Edited by Brian J. Daugherity and Brian Grogan

Trump

Trump

The First Two Years

Michael Nelson

Segregation's Science

Segregation's Science

Eugenics and Society in Virginia

Gregory Michael Dorr

Trump's First Year

Trump's First Year

Michael Nelson

The Making of a Racist

The Making of a Racist

A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade

Charles B. Dew

The Papers of Woodrow Wilson : Digital Edition

The Papers of Woodrow Wilson : Digital Edition

Woodrow Wilson. Edited by Arthur S. Link

The Uplift Generation

The Uplift Generation

Cooperation across the Color Line in Early Twentieth-Century Virginia

Clayton McClure Brooks

Fatal Politics

Fatal Politics

The Nixon Tapes, the Vietnam War, and the Casualties of Reelection

Ken Hughes

Keep On Keeping On

Keep On Keeping On

The NAACP and the Implementation of Brown v. Board of Education in Virginia

Brian J. Daugherity

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate

Ken Hughes

The War Bells Have Rung

The War Bells Have Rung

The LBJ Tapes and the Americanization of the Vietnam War

George Herring

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War

Reconsidering America's Neutrality, 1914–1917

Robert W. Tucker

Scalawag

Scalawag

A White Southerner's Journey through Segregation to Human Rights Activism

Edward H. Peeples, with Nancy MacLean. Afterword by James H. Hershman Jr.

Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country

Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country

The World War I Memoir of Margaret Hall

Margaret Hall. Edited by Margaret R. Higonnet

Presidential Recordings Digital Edition

Presidential Recordings Digital Edition

John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan. Edited by Marc J. Selverstone

The Republican Party in the Age of Roosevelt

The Republican Party in the Age of Roosevelt

Sources of Anti-Government Conservatism in the United States

Elliot A. Rosen

A Deed So Accursed

A Deed So Accursed

Lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881–1940

Terence Finnegan

Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery

Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery

Elliot A. Rosen

Elusive Equality

Elusive Equality

Desegregation and Resegregation in Norfolk's Public Schools

Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers

Volume 2

The Human Rights Years, 1949–1952

Eleanor Roosevelt. Edited by Allida Black. Foreword by Boutros Boutros-Ghali

The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson

The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson

From College to Nation

Edited by James Axtell

On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper

On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper

Fear and the Media

Jack R. Censer. with the assistance of William Miller

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers

Volume 1

The Human Rights Years, 1945-1948

Eleanor Roosevelt. Edited by Allida Black

Opportunity Time

Opportunity Time

Linwood Holton

Indian Captivity in Spanish America

Indian Captivity in Spanish America

Frontier Narratives

Fernando Operé. Translated by Gustavo Pellón

The President and His Biographer

The President and His Biographer

Woodrow Wilson and Ray Stannard Baker

Merrill D. Peterson

Revolution in Virginia, with a new Foreword

John E. Selby

Revolution in Virginia, with a new Foreword

John E. Selby

Brushing Back Jim Crow

Brushing Back Jim Crow

The Integration of Minor-League Baseball in the American South

Bruce Adelson

Black, White, and Olive Drab

Black, White, and Olive Drab

Racial Integration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and the Civil Rights Movement

Andrew H. Myers

The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, 1905-2005

The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, 1905-2005

Preparing Men and Women for Leadership in Scientific Educational Work

Eleanor Vernon Wilson

Faces of Community

Faces of Community

Immigrant Massachusetts 1860-2000

Conrad E. Wright and Reed Ueda

"Starving Armenians"

"Starving Armenians"

America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915–1930 and After

Merrill D. Peterson

At the Picture Show

At the Picture Show

Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture

Kathryn H. Fuller

The Southern Agrarians and the New Deal

The Southern Agrarians and the New Deal

Essays after I'll Take My Stand

Emily S. Bingham and Thomas A. Underwood, eds.

The Moral Architecture of World Peace

The Moral Architecture of World Peace

Nobel Laureates Discuss Our Global Future

Helena Cobban

Encounters

Encounters

Philosophy of History after Postmodernism

Ewa Domanska. Introduction by Allan Megill, Afterword by Lynn Hunt

Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South

Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South

The Story of Koinonia Farm

Tracy Elaine K'meyer

William Edward Dodd

William Edward Dodd

The South's Yeoman Scholar

Fred Arthur Bailey

Dignity

Dignity

Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Translated by Carrol F. Coates. Afterword by Carrol F. Coates. Introduction by Christophe Wargny

Harry Byrd of Virginia

Harry Byrd of Virginia

Ronald L. Heinemann

Guidebooks to Sin

The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans

Pamela D. Arceneaux

Guidebooks to Sin

The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans

Pamela D. Arceneaux