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Dennis, Michael, “Virginia Is for Business,” Labor Studies Journal, 32 (Sept. 2007), 319–40.

 

Mooney, Alfonso John, IV, “Shadows of Dominion: White Men and Power in Slavery, War, and the New South” (University of Virginia, 2007). Order No. DA3239973.

Reonas, James Matthew, “Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana’s Northeast Delta, from the First World War through the Great Depression” (Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 2006). Order No. DA3244985.

Taylor, Gregory Stanton, “‘Horatios at the bridge’: A History of the North Carolina Communist Party” (University of Mississippi, 2005). Order No. DA3246052.

 

Ayers, Edward L., The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstruction. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xii, 579 pp. Cloth, $74.95, isbn 978-0-19-532687-1. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-19-532688-8.) Originally published in 1992.

Badger, Anthony J., New Deal/New South: An Anthony J. Badger Reader. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2007. xxx, 270 pp. Cloth, $59.95, isbn 978-1-55728-843-1. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-1-55728-844-8.)

Deans, Bob, The River Where America Began: A Journey along the James. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. xvi, 319 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-7425-5172-5.)

Edge, John T., ed., The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, vol. 7: Foodways. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xxii, 310 pp. Cloth, $39.95, isbn 978-0-8078-3146-5. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-8078-5840-0.)

Holland, Jesse J., Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C. (Guilford: Globe Pequot, 2007. xvi, 192 pp. Paper, $14.95, isbn 978-0-7627-4536-4.)

Melosi, Martin, ed., The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, vol. 8: Environment. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xx, 293 pp. Cloth, $39.95, isbn 978-0-8078-3170-0. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-8078-5856-1.)

Thomas, Nancy Smith, Moravian Christmas in the South. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: Old Salem Museums & Gardens, 2007. xvi, 167 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8078-3181-6.) Heavily illustrated.

Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xlii, 597 pp. Cloth, $74.95, isbn 978-0-19-532516-4. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-19-532517-1.) Originally published in 1982.

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