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"Opened in 1907 in Shreveport, Louisiana, by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins's grandfather, Black dairy farmer Angus Bates, Lakeside Dairy was a rarity in the post-Reconstruction South. The dairy thrived despite the time's challenging, racially oppressive, and hostile social and political climate. While Lakeside Dairy closed in 1943, Angus's life and work legacy echoed through the Bates family for generations. Author LeFalle-Collins structures her narrative around familial creative storytelling heard as a child, supported by family ephemera about the dairy and the family's social and community engagement. These documents directed her historical research as Seasons at Lakeside Dairy tracks life on the farm through the year, showing how the family worked, lived, and cooked and how they made a sustainable living in a climate of pervasive racism. Survival in the farming community was mainly due to the influence of George Washington Carver, who disseminated innovative recommendations for farmers, and Booker T. Washington, who advocated for Black entrepreneurs to remain and rebuild the South to make it their own. Angus Bates passed in 1935, and his spouse Carrie D. Bates, who had always been the dairy's partner and financial manager, rebranded the dairy in her name with her sons until closing. Realizing Shreveport held few opportunities for her children, she encouraged them to move west, a migratory route followed by many Black Louisianans. Family members' voices are interwoven into each chapter with direct quotations, creative storytelling, historical contexts, ephemera, and healthier recipes based on family favorites. Seasons at Lakeside Dairy offers unique insight into their persistence, sustainability, self-sufficiency, and joy. Migration tales also open a window into the complex history of race and identity, continuing as they became homeowners in the West"--

This is a historical catalog of the Spelman Baptist Seminary, providing insight into the education of African American women in the nineteenth century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides a comprehensive record of the soldiers from Catawba County, North Carolina who fought in the Civil War. The author has included photographs and biographical sketches of every soldier, as well as a detailed history of the county during the war years.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historical work provides a detailed account of the early European settlement of Maryland, with a particular focus on the first colonists and their contributions to the state. Allen examines key figures such as Lord Baltimore and explores the social and economic structures that developed in Maryland during the colonial period. A valuable resource for anyone interested in early American history or the history of Maryland.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides readers with a vivid picture of life on the American frontier during the early 19th century. It focuses specifically on the pioneers of the Old Southwest, and offers a range of fascinating insights into the challenges they faced and the impact they had on the development of the region.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

First published in 1853, The Blackwater Chronicle is a rollicking adventure story set in the wilds of Virginia. Kennedy, a lawyer and writer, takes us on a journey deep into the heart of the Appalachian wilderness, where he and a group of companions encounter all manner of dangers and obstacles. Part travelogue, part tall tale, The Blackwater Chronicle is a vivid and entertaining portrait of life on the frontier in the mid-19th century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book collects previously unpublished letters written by a merchant in north Florida before the Civil War, offering a view of the region's transformation to a market economy due in part to its increased reliance on slavery.

In Show Thyself a Man, Gregory Mixon explores the ways African Americans in postbellum Georgia used the militia as a vehicle to secure full citizenship, respect, and a more stable place in society. As citizen-soldiers, black men were empowered to get involved in politics, secure their own financial independence, and publicly commemorate black freedom with celebrations such as Emancipation Day.White Georgians, however, used the militia as a different symbol of freedom--to ensure the postwar white right to rule. This book is a forty-year history of black militia service in Georgia and the determined disbandment process that whites undertook to destroy it, connecting this chapter of the post-emancipation South to the larger history of militia participation by African-descendant people through the Western hemisphere and Latin America.

"Once beloved, then feared, and eventually just tolerated, kudzu can be found nearly everywhere across the South. For everything from trees to crops, in American popular culture, the invasive vine with Eastern Asian origins has long signified the end of times, known to smother everything in its path in an embrace of certain death. To many, the plant's enduring legacy has been its villainous role as the 'vine that ate the South.' But for a select few, it has begun to morph into something else entirely. In its roots, a network of people scattered across the country see a chance at redemption - and an opportunity to rewrite a fragment of troubled history. Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine that Ate the South detangles the complicated story of one region's fickle relationship with kudzu, taking readers on an atmospheric expedition through time, chronicling the ways one boundless weed has evolved over centuries, and dissecting what we know about what climate change could mean for its future across the United States. From architecture teams using it as a building material in pursuit of a low-carbon supply chain, to clinical applications treating binge-drinking, to delicacies served in restaurants, Ayurella Horn-Muller spotlights how kudzu's notoriously tangled reputation in America is gradually being cast aside in favor of its promise. Within these pages, readers will witness the remarkable ways public perception of kudzu has deviated - as the people living in ecosystems overrun by it have bounced between embracing its gifts and fighting to destroy it. Doggedly pursuing answers to determine what we conclusively know about kudzu - and what we don't - Horn-Muller unites careful research with human stories to explore how kudzu morphed from a glorified, miraculous solution for soil erosion to the monstrous archetypal foe of the Southern landscape. Devoured is a real-life narrative of belonging, of racial ambiguity, of outsiders and insiders, and the path from universal acceptance to undesirability. It is a deeply reported tale of mystery, a portal into the past, present, and future of a quintessential plant. It is a saga of intrigue, a dive into the farthest reaches and darkest depths of the very landscapes housing the species we fight to control. Above all, this is an ode to the Earth around us - a quest for memories and for meaning in today's imperiled world"--

"Perhaps no other Louisiana dish is as well-known as gumbo. Yet, as ubiquitous as it is, gumbo remains one of the least-understood and most-debated foods from the Bayou State. While everyone claims to know what gumbo is, practically no one can agree on what goes in one. Chicken or seafood, okra or filâe, tomatoes or no tomatoes? Bear fat was once a staple in gumbo, corn meal was incorporated into the dish before rice was, and ham was once more common than smoked sausage. Disputes also extend to gumbo's origins. Is it Cajun or Creole? Does it hail from Africa, France, or North America? Over the decades, historians have pieced together clues to explain gumbo's likely origin story and yet they have never reached a consensus, allowing plenty of room for varied interpretations and explorations. In Gumbo, Jonathan Olivier draws on interviews with academics and chefs, original historical documents, and anecdotal personal information to consider the evolution of gumbo in the Pelican State. Oliver canvasses its origins in eighteenth-century Louisiana and moves on to the changes gumbo underwent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the commercial of agriculture and general commercialization. He concludes with contemporary takes on the dish. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive look at gumbo that will inform and entertain both Louisiana readers and visitors to the state"--

The 1968 burning of the Lazy B Stables in Charlotte, North Carolina, attracted little notice beyond coverage in local media. By the mid-1970s, however, the fire had become the center of a contentious and dubious arson case against a trio of Black civil rights activists, who became known as the "Charlotte Three." The charges against the men garnered interest from federal law enforcement agents, investigative journalists-- including one who later earned a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the trials--numerous New Left and Black Power activists, and Amnesty International, which declared the defendants "political prisoners." In Going to Hell to Get the Devil, J. Christopher Schutz offers the first comprehensive examination of this controversial case and its outcome. In the 1960s and 1970s, Charlotte's leaders sought to portray their home as a placid, business-friendly, and racially moderate community. When New Left and Black Power activists threatened that stability, city leaders employed a variety of means to silence them, including the use of law enforcement against African Americans they deemed too zealous. In the Charlotte Three case, prosecutors paid prisoners for testimony against the Black activists on trial, resulting in their convictions with lengthy prison sentences. The unwanted publicity surrounding the case of the Charlotte Three became a critical pivot point in the Queen City's post-World War II trajectory. Going to Hell to Get the Devil tells more than the story of an arson case; it also tells the story of the South's future, as the fate of the Charlotte Three became emblematic of the decline of the African American freedom struggle and the causes it championed.

New Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a year. A fascinating investigation into the mile-long urban space that is Bourbon Street, Richard Campanella's comprehensive cultural history spans from the street's inception during the colonial period through three tumultuous centuries, arriving at the world-famous entertainment strip of today. Clearly written and carefully researched, Campanella's book interweaves world events--from the Louisiana Purchase to World War II to Hurricane Katrina--with local and national characters, ranging from presidents to showgirls, to explain how Bourbon Street became an intriguing and singular artifact, uniquely informative of both New Orleans's history and American society. While offering a captivating historical-geographical panorama of Bourbon Street, Campanella also presents a contemporary microview of the area, describing the population, architecture, and local economy, and shows how Bourbon Street operates on a typical night. The fate of these few blocks in the French Quarter is played out on a larger stage, however, as the internationally recognized brands that Bourbon Street merchants and the city of New Orleans strive to promote both clash with and complement each other. An epic narrative detailing the influence of politics, money, race, sex, organized crime, and tourism, Bourbon Street: A History ultimately demonstrates that one of the most well-known addresses in North America is more than the epicenter of Mardi Gras; it serves as a battleground for a fundamental dispute over cultural authenticity and commodification.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a small group of dedicated dreamers opened the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB) to tell the stories of the foods and drinks that have come to define the U.S. South. From its beginnings, SoFAB has focused on discovering, understanding, and celebrating food, drink, and related culture and folklife in America. As the museum grew, its staff and supporters learned to answer the question, "What is southern food?" in new ways that reflected the region's dynamism, its ingenuity in the face of hardship, and the contributions of generations of immigrant communities. The Southern Food & Beverage Museum Cookbook shares recipes particular to each southern state, all created by chefs who feel the connection of home.

"J. Matthew Ward's Garden of Ruins is a social and military history of Civil War-era Louisiana. Delving deep into primary sources, Ward examines military occupation and state coercion from Union and Confederate authorities, concluding that despite the revolutionary potential of occupation, it was a conservative state mechanism that replicated much of the antebellum social order in the state. He suggests that social stability during wartime, and ultimately victory itself, developed from the capacity of military powers to secure their territory, governing powers, and civilian populations. White and Black residents, in turn, pressed Union and Confederate powers for supplies, security, and redress of grievances. Union troops occupied southern Louisiana beginning in May 1862, expanding their reach for the remainder of the war. During that occupation, Union forces relied on a comprehensive occupation structure that included military actions, social regulations, destabilization of slavery, and the creation of a complex bureaucracy. Struggles between Union forces and civilians, Ward suggests, reveal how occupation became a war on southern households and culture. Before occupation and in unoccupied regions of Louisiana, he shows that little functional difference existed between Confederate governmental and military forces. By examining the coercive policies of the state's Confederate government alongside civilian efforts to patrol the loyalty of their communities, Ward concludes that the Confederate war effort was also a joint production, one that urges historians to consider warfare as more than battles and strategy-it was a social event that revealed the underlying connections between people and state. Garden of Ruins reveals the Civil War, state-building, and democracy itself as contingent processes through which Louisianans shaped the world around them. It also shows that power during the conflict and immediately afterward was a collaborative production between occupying military forces and civilians. Ward's study is certain to be of interest to historians and general readers interested in the Civil War homefront in Louisiana"--

"Despite several decades of scholarship on African diasporic religion, Voodoo remains understudied by academics. The extent of recent book-length studies of the topic are sparse due primarily to Voodoo's fragmentary documentary record. Moreover, earlier works, such [as] 'Hoodoo in American' (1931) by Zora Neale Hurston and 'Voodoo in New Orleans' (1946) by Robert Tallant, are error- and fabrication-prone and in dire need of updating. In ... 'Voodoo,' Jeffrey E. Anderson presents a modern account of the religion as it existed in the Mississippi River valley from colonial times to the mid-twentieth century, when he argues that it ceased to exist as a living tradition. Anderson begins by examining Voodoo's origin as a creole faith shaped by several African, European, Native American, and Caribbean influences. Next, he explores the deities of Voodoo and their place in Voodoo spirituality, using them to analyze the religion's origins. After discussing the gods, he turns to those who served them and how they interacted with the divine through religious ritual and magic. In discussing the formation and operation of the religion, Anderson explains why and when it disappeared as a living faith as well as its legacy in the region. He concludes by addressing issues of cultural politics in the form of competing claims of authority over the interpretation of the religion. An appendix also includes a collection and translation (when possible) of Voodoo songs for the benefit of future researchers. Anderson's study provides a solid scholarly foundation for future work by systematizing the extant information on a religion that has long captured the popular imagination while simultaneously being seen as variously threatening, evil, and/or laughable. His work is the most complete account of the faith yet produced and rests on more than two decades worth of research on the topic, which included standard primary source research alongside field study in New Orleans, Haiti, Cuba, Senegal, Benin, Togo, and the Republic of Congo. The result is an enduring resource on Mississippi Valley Voodoo, Louisiana, and the African Diaspora"

" 'The Limits of the Lost Cause' is a collection of essays that challenge the prevailing ways of thinking about the impact of the Civil War on the American South. Foster's introduction provides a comprehensive overview of scholarship on the Lost Cause and Civil War memory that highlights the emergence of two ways of thinking about these topics: an older one, pioneered by C. Vann Woodward, that made a case for a southern identity shaped by defeat and guilt; and a more recent one, prevalent not only in current scholarship but in the press and public discussion, that suggests the South is still fighting the Civil War."--

Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast frames the fight for beach and school desegregation within the history of Black life in Biloxi, beginning with the arrival of slave ships on the Gulf Coast islands in 1721. Detailing the buildup of Back-of-Town businesses, lynchings in the early 1900s, and national and state legislation repressing Black progress, author Amy Lemco contextualizes the regional atmosphere Dr. Gilbert Mason--a resilient civic leader, humanitarian, and lover of the water--and his family encountered in 1955. Using extensive archival records and interviews with survivors, the book chronicles how Dr. Mason inspired and helped organize local Black activists to peacefully protest the apartheid of Biloxi's beaches. Dr. Mason operated under the surveillance of the State Sovereignty Commission, assaults by private citizens, and the terrors of a decade riddled with the assassinations of civil rights workers. Grassroots efforts he led and inspired in Biloxi joined with the national movement to weaken the hold of white supremacy in the state. With unwavering perseverance and bravery, Dr. Mason and fellow activists achieved the desegregation of Mississippi's beaches and made Harrison County schools the first primary school district in the state to integrate. Wading In firmly establishes Dr. Mason as a national civil rights role model and presents the story of Mississippi's struggle to a new generation of readers.

Ny udgave med nyt omslag.12. december 1974 forsvinder et spædbarn sporløst fra et storcenter i Maryland.Næste 30 år senere ankommer arkæologen dr. Callie Dunbrook til den lille by Woodsboro, hvor et historisk fund har sat en stopper for et nyt byggeri. Ikke kun fortiden kaster skygger, udgravningen rammes også af en række uheld og ulykker. Og som om trusler og hærværk ikke var nok, er Callie også tvunget til at arbejde Sammen med sin irriterende, men stadig uimodståelige, eksmand, Jake.Da en kvinde opsøger Callie og spørger til hendes opvækst i Boston, kan Callie ikke ryste spørgsmålene af sig, og hendes liv bliver vendt på hovedet.Fortidens skygger er en #1 New York Times-bestseller fra Nora Roberts, der byder på den gribende blanding af spænding og romance, som hun er kendt og hyldet for. Sagt om Fortidens skygger:“En fængslende historie fyldt med fare, hjertesorg, kærlighed, lidenskab og mord. En utrolig intens og fuldstændiggribende fortælling!” – RT Book Reviews”Kort sagt, den er fantastisk.” – The State”Fortidens skygger gør det tydeligt, hvorfor Nora Roberts er en af USA‘s bedst sælgende forfattere.” – Fort Worth Star-Telegram”Fortidens skygger fletter uden problemer karakter, plot og en mordgåde sammen til endnu en pageturner.”  – BookLoons.com

Καλώς ήλθατε στο βιβλίο μαγειρικής ΤΟ ΑΠΟΛΥΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ.Αν αγαπάτε το τυρί και όλα τα αμερικάνικα, τότε είστε έτοιμοι για μια απόλαυση. Σε αυτό το βιβλίο, θα εξερευνήσουμε τους πολλούς νόστιμους τρόπους με τους οποίους το αμερικάνικο τυρί μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί στη μαγειρική και στο ψήσιμο σας, από κλασικά φαγητά άνεσης όπως μακαρόνια και τυριά και σάντουιτς με ψητό τυρί μέχρι πιο γκουρμέ δημιουργίες όπως σουφλέ τυριών και φοντί. Είτε είστε έμπειρος σεφ είτε αρχάριος στην κουζίνα, αυτό το βιβλίο έχει κάτι για όλους.Σε όλο αυτό το βιβλίο, θα βρείτε εύκολες συνταγές που θα σας βοηθήσουν να δημιουργήσετε εκπληκτικά πιάτα με αμερικάνικο τυρί. Θα σας παρέχουμε επίσης συμβουλές και κόλπα για την εργασία με τυρί, όπως πώς να το λιώσετε σωστά, ποιοι τύποι τυριών λειτουργούν καλύτερα για διαφορετικά πιάτα και πώς να αποθηκεύετε το τυρί για να το διατηρείτε φρέσκο. Μέχρι το τέλος αυτού του βιβλίου, θα γίνετε ειδικός στα τυριά και θα έχετε μια εντελώς νέα εκτίμηση για το αμερικανικό τυρί.Ετοιμαστείτε, λοιπόν, να βουτήξετε στον κόσμο του αμερικανικού τυριού και ας ξεκινήσουμε το μαγείρεμα!

Добре дошли в НАЙ-ВЪЛШАТА АМЕРИКАНСКА ГОТВАРСКА КНИГА С СИРЕНЕ Ако обичате сирене и всичко, което е американско, тогава ви очаква удоволствие. В тази книга ще разгледаме многото вкусни начини, по които американското сирене може да се използва при готвене и печене, от класически комфортни храни като макарони със сирене и сандвичи със сирене на скара до по-гурме творения като суфлета със сирене и фондю. Независимо дали сте опитен готвач или начинаещ в кухнята, в тази книга има по нещо за всеки.В тази книга ще намерите лесни за следване рецепти, които ще ви помогнат да създадете невероятни ястия с американско сирене. Също така ще ви предоставим съвети и трикове за работа със сирене, включително как да го разтопите правилно, кои видове сирена са най-добри за различни ястия и как да съхранявате сиренето, за да го запазите свежо. До края на тази книга вие ще бъдете експерт по сиренето и ще оцените по съвсем нов начин американското сирене.Така че, пригответе се да се потопите в света на американското сирене и нека да готвим!