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Review published on Thursday, August 17, 2017
Author: 
ed. Constance B. Schulz
Reviewer: 
Christopher Sawula

Sawula on Constance B. Schulz, 'The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen Digital Edition, vol. 1: Revolutionary War & Early Republic (1770–1792)'


ed. Constance B. Schulz. The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen Digital Edition, vol. 1: Revolutionary War & Early Republic (1770–1792). Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2017. http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/PNKY.html. $130.00 (individual license), ISBN 978-0-8139-3892-9.

Review published on Monday, April 10, 2017
Author: 
Michael Lewis
Reviewer: 
Fritz Hamer

Hamer on Lewis, 'The Coming of Southern Prohibition: The Dispensary System and the Battle over Liquor in South Carolina, 1907-1915'


Michael Lewis. The Coming of Southern Prohibition: The Dispensary System and the Battle over Liquor in South Carolina, 1907-1915. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2016. 312 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-6298-9.

Reviewed by Fritz Hamer (South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum)
Published on H-SC (April, 2017)
Commissioned by David W. Dangerfield

Review published on Thursday, December 22, 2016
Author: 
Steve Estes
Reviewer: 
Robert Greene

Greene on Estes, 'Charleston in Black and White: Race and Power in the South after the Civil Rights Movement'


Steve Estes. Charleston in Black and White: Race and Power in the South after the Civil Rights Movement. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. 232 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-2232-3.

Reviewed by Robert Greene (University of South Carolina)
Published on H-SC (December, 2016)
Commissioned by David W. Dangerfield

Discussion published by Bob Karachuk on Friday, December 16, 2016

Pinckney Statesmen Papers Announces Publication of Volume 1

The Pinckney Statesmen Papers is delighted to announce the publication of Volume 1 of The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen Digital Edition. The volume is available online now through Rotunda, the digital imprint of the University of Virginia Press, at http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/PNKY.html. PREVIEW ACCESS IS FREE TO ALL THROUGH JANUARY 31.

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