H-SC seeks to serve the community of scholars researching, preserving, teaching or learning about South Carolina history and culture. The network is a forum for reviews of books, announcements from archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions about programming, research opportunities, research inquiries, public history, organizing conference panels, and discussion of significant themes on the Palmetto State.

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Review published on Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Author: 
Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., ed.
Reviewer: 
James Farmer

Farmer on Brinkmeyer Jr., 'Citizen-Scholar: Essays in Honor of Walter Edgar'

Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., ed. Citizen-Scholar: Essays in Honor of Walter Edgar. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. Illustrations. 296 pp. $34.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-61117-750-3.

Reviewed by James Farmer (University of South Carolina Aiken) Published on H-SC (April, 2018) Commissioned by David W. Dangerfield (University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie)

Review published on Thursday, August 31, 2017
Author: 
Douglas R. Egerton, Robert L. Paquette, eds.
Reviewer: 
Michael E. Woods

Woods on Egerton and Paquette and eds., 'The Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History'

Douglas R. Egerton, Robert L. Paquette, eds. The Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017. 982 pp. $150.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-6282-2.

Reviewed by Michael E. Woods (Marshall University) Published on H-SC (August, 2017) Commissioned by David W. Dangerfield

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