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Days of Rakes and Roses (Sons of Sin #2)
by Anna CampbellA SONS OF SIN novella from bestselling and award winning author, Anna Campbell. "A lush, sensuous treat." -Laura Lee Guhrke, New York Times bestselling author on Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed Lady Lydia Rothermere has spent the past decade trying to make up for a single, youthful moment of passion. Now the image of propriety, Lydia knows her future rests on never straying outside society's rigid rules, but hiding away the desire that runs through her is harder than she could have ever dreamed. And as she prepares for a marriage that will suit her family, but not her heart, Lydia must decide what's more important: propriety or passion? Simon Metcalf is a rake and adventurer. But for all his experience, nothing can compare to the kiss he stole from the captivating Lydia Rothermere ten years ago. Simon can scarcely believe he's about to lose the one woman he's never forgotten. The attraction between them is irresistible, yet Lydia refuses to forsake her engagement. With his heart on the line, will Simon prove that love is a risk worth taking?
Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village
by Mary Elaine HeglandOutside of Shiraz in the Fars Province of southwestern Iran lies "Aliabad." Mary Hegland arrived in this then-small agricultural village of several thousand people in the summer of 1978, unaware of the momentous changes that would sweep this town and this country in the months ahead. She became the only American researcher to witness the Islamic Revolution firsthand over her eighteen-month stay. Days of Revolution offers an insider's view of how regular people were drawn into, experienced, and influenced the 1979 Revolution and its aftermath. Conventional wisdom assumes Shi'a religious ideology fueled the revolutionary movement. But Hegland counters that the Revolution spread through much more pragmatic concerns: growing inequality, lack of development and employment opportunities, government corruption. Local expectations of leaders and the political process—expectations developed from their experience with traditional kinship-based factions—guided local villagers' attitudes and decision-making, and they often adopted the religious justifications for Revolution only after joining the uprising. Sharing stories of conflict and revolution alongside in-depth interviews, the book sheds new light on this critical historical moment. Returning to Aliabad decades later, Days of Revolution closes with a view of the village and revolution thirty years on. Over the course of several visits between 2003 and 2008, Mary Hegland investigates the lasting effects of the Revolution on the local political factions and in individual lives. As Iran remains front-page news, this intimate look at the country's recent history and its people has never been more timely or critical for understanding the critical interplay of local and global politics in Iran.
Days of Slaughter: Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again
by Susan Wharton GatesThe untold story of the disastrous financial and ethical unwinding of Freddie Mac.In September 2008, beset by mounting losses on high-risk mortgages and mortgage securities, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation teetered on the brink of insolvency. Fearing that confidence in the housing market would collapse completely if Freddie Mac and its competitor Fannie Mae failed, the US government made the difficult decision to place the two firms into conservatorship, taking control away from shareholders. Although the taxpayer commitment of hundreds of billions was meant to stabilize the housing finance system, Freddie’s fall at the start of the financial crisis set off shockwaves around the world. In Days of Slaughter, Susan Wharton Gates, a former 19-year Freddie Mac employee and vice president of public policy, provides a vivid eyewitness account of the competing economic and political forces that led to massive losses for shareholders, investors, homeowners—and taxpayers. With a keen eye to the policy landscape, Gates relates the fateful decisions that led to Freddie Mac’s downfall and desperate rescue. She also examines today’s worrisome headlines about potential future bailouts, the uneven housing recovery, and stymied congressional reform efforts. Throughout the book, Gates argues convincingly that policymakers will be unable to safely reform the massive housing finance system that currently rests squarely on taxpayer shoulders without addressing deeper issues of ideology, moral hazard, and interest group politics.The first book to tell the story of Freddie Mac from an insider perspective—while casting a prophetic eye to the future—this first-hand account of housing policies, complex financial transactions, and the crazy quilt of federal and state actors involved in the Great Recession is a must-read. A cautionary tale of failed policies and corporate mismanagement that compellingly addresses previously unexplored issues of political ideology, organizational dynamics, and ethics, Days of Slaughter will appeal to readers everywhere who want a fuller explanation of what went awry in the US housing market.
Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow
by Juliet GreyA captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France's most legendary and notorious queen.Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But behind the extravagance of the young queen's elaborate silk gowns and dizzyingly high coiffures, she harbors deeper fears for her future and that of the Bourbon dynasty.From the early growing pains of marriage to the joy of conceiving a child, from her passion for Swedish military attaché Axel von Fersen to the devastating Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette tries to rise above the gossip and rivalries that encircle her. But as revolution blossoms in America, a much larger threat looms beyond the gilded gates of Versailles--one that could sweep away the French monarchy forever.
Days of Steel Rain: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze
by Brent E. JonesAn intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named for her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war. At its center lies U.S. Navy Captain George Dyer, who vowed to return to action after suffering a horrific wound. He accepted the ship's command in 1944, knowing it would be his last chance to avenge his injuries and salvage his career. Yet with the nation's resources and personnel stretched thin by the war, he found that just getting the ship into action would prove to be a battle. Tensions among the crew flared from the start. Astoria's sailors and Marines were a collection of replacements, retreads, and older men. Some were broken by previous traumatic combat, most had no desire to be in the war, yet all found themselves fighting an enemy more afraid of surrender than death. The reluctant ship was called to respond to challenges that its men never could have anticipated. From a typhoon where the ocean was enemy to daring rescue missions, a gallant turn at Iwo Jima, and the ultimate crucible against the Kamikaze at Okinawa, they endured the worst of the final year of the war at sea. Days of Steel Rain brings to life more than a decade of research and firsthand interviews, depicting with unprecedented insight the singular drama of a captain grappling with an untested crew and men who had endured enough amidst some of the most brutal fighting of World War II. Throughout, Brent Jones fills the narrative with secret diaries, memoirs, letters, interpersonal conflicts, and the innermost thoughts of the Astoria men--and more than 80 photographs that have never before been published. Days of Steel Rain weaves an intimate, unforgettable portrait of leadership, heroism, endurance, and redemption.
Days of Valor: An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War
by Robert L. TonseticA Vietnam War battalion commander with the 199th LIB recounts the intense combat he saw during the Tet Offensive and NVA attacks in this candid memoir. This visceral combat memoir chronicles the height of the Vietnam War from the nervous period just before the Tet Offensive through the defeat of that campaign and into the lesser-known yet equally bloody NVA offensive of May 1968. On January 30, 1968, Saigon and nearly every provincial capital in South Vietnam came under assault by the Viet Cong. Author Robert L. Tonsetic writes not only from his personal experience as a company commander, but also from extensive research, including countless interviews with other soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. The book ends with a brief note about the 199th LIB being deactivated in Spring 1970, furling its colors after suffering 753 dead and some 5,000 wounded. This fascinating book will help to remind us of the sacrifices made by all Vietnam veterans.
Days of Your Fathers: Stories
by Geoffrey HouseholdA collection of poignant stories of men and women who yearn for home An Englishman adrift in New York, Harry Breown dreams of London's tube, its gardens, and its sleepy little pubs. In America, he has been forced to settle for a domineering wife and a bar full of gruff Americans who treat the gentle Englishman as an object of fun. He finds peace only in the shady pathways of the Bronx Zoo, where he has befriended a caged kangaroo--a fellow exile that recognizes Breown as a kindred spirit. Harry's greatest desire is to step into that cage and greet his friend face to face. He resolves that no matter what, he will get past the bars. As an author of thrillers and science fiction, Geoffrey Household distinguished himself with his unerring sense of the longing that lies within all mankind. In this collection of stories, he introduces us to unforgettable characters like Harry, who dream of the home they will never see again.
Days of the Dead (Benjamin January #7)
by Barbara HamblyNow the bestselling author returns with a story that leads January from the dangerously sensual milieu of New Orleans into a world seething with superstition and dark spirits, where one man's freedom turns on a case of murder and blood vengeance.
Days on the Family Farm: From the Golden Age through the Great Depression
by Carrie A. MeyerFrom the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II, farm wife May Lyford Davis kept a daily chronicle that today offers a window into a way of life that has all but disappeared. May and her husband Elmo lived through two decades of prosperity, the Great Depression, and two World Wars in their Midwestern farming community. Like many women of her time, Davis kept diaries that captured the everyday events of the family farm; she also kept meticulous farming accounts. In doing so, she left an extraordinary record that reflects not only her own experiences but also the history of early twentieth-century American agriculture. May and Elmo&’s story, engagingly told by Carrie A. Meyer, showcases the large-scale evolution of agriculture from horses to automobiles and tractors, a surprisingly vibrant family and community life, and the business of commercial farming. Details such as what items were bought and sold, what was planted and harvested, the temperature and rainfall, births and deaths, and the direction of the wind are gathered to reveal a rich picture of a world shared by many small farmers. With sustainable and small-scale farming again on the rise in the United States, Days on the Family Farm resonates with both the profound and mundane aspects of rural life—past and present—in the Midwest.
Days on the Road: The Diary of Sarah Raymond Herndon
by Sarah Raymond HerndonSarah Raymond was an unmarried woman of twenty-four who in May 1865--barely a month after the end of the Civil War--mounted her beloved pony and headed west alongside the wagon carrying her mother and two younger brothers. They traveled by wagon train over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains, with no certain idea of where they would settle themselves but a strong desire to leave war-torn Missouri behind and start a new life. Days on the Road is the story of this remarkable journey and of the young woman who made it. Written on the trail and originally published in 1902, it is a tribute to all of the emigrants who made their way west and the tale of a truly extraordinary woman.
Dayton
by Curt DaltonThe rise and near destruction of Dayton in the early 20th century is chronicled in this visual postcard history. The postcards showcase some of the city's unique commercial buildings, hotels, churches, and residences, many now long gone due to urban renewal and highway construction in the 1960s and 1970s. Landmarks featured include the National Soldiers' Home, built for veterans of the Civil War in 1868, and there is an entire chapter dedicated to the events of the 1913 flood that forever changed the face of the city. Over 200 postcard images were selected from the Dayton Metro Library and a number of privately held collections.
Dayton (Images of America)
by Jack Folmar Laura TennantDayton's history begins with Nevada's first gold discovery in July 1849. It started with a California-bound pack train, led by trail guide Abner Blackburn, setting up camp at the mouth of a canyon that drained into the Carson River. While waiting for the snow to melt in the Sierra, Blackburn went prospecting and dug gold from the creek bed. The news of his discovery spread, and prospectors rushed to the site they called Gold Cañon--today's Dayton. In May 1851, diarist Lucena Pfuffer Parsons, traveling with a wagon train, camped at the site and reported about 200 miners living in the canyon. She noted that they were finding enough gold to trade for supplies. In 1859, after working their way up the canyon, miners discovered a large silver and gold deposit known as the Comstock Lode. This discovery led Nevada to statehood in 1864.
Dayton Ghosts & Legends (Haunted America)
by Sara K. KaushalEvery city has its odd and scary side, and Dayton is no exception. The ghost of Paul Sorg still sits in his favorite seat in the Sorg Opera House more than a hundred years after his death. The so-called phantom terrorized truck drivers crossing the Englewood Dam before disappearing for good. The famed Butter Street Monster roams Germantown. Magee Park is home to numerous bigfoot and ghost sightings--and even a unicorn sighting. A building of many names, the tower on Patterson Boulevard in Kettering near Hills and Dales Park has been the source of many stories for generations, but only now is its true story finally told. Dayton native, author, and host of the Dayton Unknown blog Sara Kaushal leads a chilling tour of Gem City's strange and unusual history.
Dayton's Department Store
by Mary FirestoneDayton's department store, grand in scope and company spirit, enjoyed a century in the limelight as one of the nation's leading retailers. Its disappearance has been a challenge to the community, but it is a sign of the times, as many other urban department stores have shared the same fate. Originally called Goodfellows, the store got its start in 1902 when real estate investor and banker George Draper Dayton became a silent partner in the business. He soon took over the company but had to learn the ropes of retail as he went along since he had never intended to become a merchant. The early years were not without struggles, but Dayton's department store was nevertheless an instant hit with its daylight-filled aisles, generous return policies, and quality merchandise. The Minneapolis store became a vibrant self-contained community with a post office, newspaper, infirmary, laundry, bakery, and even a college. "Daytonians" worked and played together around the clock, in baseball and bowling teams, glee clubs, and orchestras. Over time, the reach of Dayton's extended far into the upper Midwest, with stores in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, including the development of the nation's first indoor mall.
Daytona Beach Lifeguards (Images of America)
by Patti LightOn May 22, 1931, the American National Red Cross issued its second charter for a life preserving organization to the Daytona Beach Red Cross Life Saving Corps. Composed of 30 young men aged 17 to 26 and trained in lifesaving and first aid, this volunteer corps protected 3 miles of beach, compiling daily records of the number of bathers, weather, first aid, and rescues. The neighboring communities of Ormond Beach and New Smyrna Beach maintained their own lifesaving units, and Volusia County monitored the remaining coastline. By 1972, these four corps had united, and the Volusia County Beach Patrol became one of the nation's most highly trained surf lifesaving rescue units. Protecting 47 continuous miles of Atlantic coastline, which holds the dubious honor of the shark bite capital of the world, the Volusia County Beach Patrol welcomes 10 million visitors and performs an average of 3,000 rescues annually.
Dazzle Patterns
by Alison WattBeginning the day of the devastating Halifax Explosion of 1917, Dazzle Patterns is an unforgettable story about resilience, the power of art, and the casualties of war. Halifax, 1917. Clare Holmes, a flaw checker at the local glassworks, is saving up for passage to England, to work for the Red Cross and be near her fiancé, Leo, who is fighting in France. But one normal Thursday morning, a deadly explosion in the Halifax harbour shatters the city – and Clare is caught up in the blast. As Clare struggles to recover from her injuries, she stumbles upon the School of Art, where she finds solace in drawing, and a mentor who encourages Clare’s burgeoning artistic ambitions. But how can one be an artist when the whole world has gone mad? When her own city is half-destroyed? When she’s not sure if Leo will ever come home? Meanwhile the city, weary from the seemingly endless war and torn apart by the devastating explosion, is wracked with fear and mistrust of foreigners. Clare’s new friend Fred, a glassmaker from Germany, is pulled into a web of suspicion, causing Clare to question everything she thought she knew. Dazzle Patterns is an unforgettable story about resilience, art, and the casualties of war, abroad and at home. With extraordinary vision and clarity, Alison Watt’s remarkable debut novel brings the past to life.
De Adolf a Hitler: La construcción de un nazi
by Thomas WeberDe Adolf a Hitler retrata la radical transformación del dictador, de tipo solitario y sin rumbo a poderoso líder nazi. «El libro más importante sobre Hitler y el nazismo desde la monumental biografía de Ian Kershaw.»Harold James De Adolf a Hitler es el apasionante relato de cómo un tipo solitario, torpe y desempleado, sin cualidades de liderazgo reconocibles y con ideas políticas fluctuantes, se convirtió en el líder seguro de sí mismo y violentamente antisemita con quien por desgracia el mundo pronto se familiarizaría. El prestigioso y galardonado historiador Thomas Weber desnuda el mito para contar la historia real de la politización y radicalización de Hitler y mostrar cómo, lejos de la imagen de líder sólido y completo que Hitler quiso presentar en Mi lucha, sus ideas y prioridades no estuvieron definidas hasta bien entrados los años veinte. La historiade la transformación de Hitler no se entiende sin una coincidencia fatídica: tras una etapa de oscilación oportunista entre la izquierda y la derecha, el futuro dictador emergió como un líder asombrosamente flexible de la derecha en Múnich y logró reunir al establishment de Baviera para apoyar el famoso putsch cervecero de 1923. Para los alemanes y para el mundo la tragedia fue que Hitler se encontrara en esa ciudad tras la guerra, sin lo cual su giro hacia el nacionalsocialismo nunca habría tenido lugar. Weber traza con brillantez esta terrible metamorfosis y amplía de manera radical nuestra comprensión de cómo Hitler se convirtió en un demagogo letal. Reseñas:«Thomas Weber muestra la aterradora originalidad de Hitler como pensador extremista y comprometido, desde el comienzo de su ascenso meteórico, con la restauración de la grandeza alemana y la destrucción de los judíos. Un retrato absolutamente cautivador y original de un genio perverso en toda su grandeza y horror.»Michael Ignatieff «Thomas Weber es una de las grandes autoridades mundiales en Hitler, y en este libro se supera a sí mismo.»Brendan Simms, historiador «El libro más importante sobre Hitler y el nazismo desde la monumental biografía de Ian Kershaw.»Harold James, historiador «Un espléndido relato de un tema vil.»Nicholas Stargardt, historiador «Brillante. Un relato original, documentadísimo y fascinante del cómo y el porqué de tan rápida metamorfosis. De Adolf a Hitler nos hace replantearnos todo lo que creíamos saber sobre la aparición de Hitler como líder político.»Robert Jan Van Pelt, historiador «Impecable investigación.»Booklist
De Alfonso la dulcísima esposa
by María Pilar QueraltCuando se muere antes de cumplir los 18 años en una posición de poder, lo más lógico es convertirse en una leyenda.María de las Mercedes y Alfonso, que después fue XII, se conocieron durante el bautizo de la niña. Él aún no tenía tres años; ella era un proyecto de persona envuelto en encajes y blondas.Hija de un Orléans, de la familia que había conspirado contra el trono de España, nunca contó con el favor de la Reina. ¿Pero qué se puede hacer contra un ángel?
De Anima
by Aristotle C. D. ReeveThis richly annotated, scrupulously accurate, and consistent translation of Aristotle's De Anima fits seamlessly with other volumes in the series. Sequentially numbered endnotes provide the information most needed at each juncture, while a detailed Index of Terms indicates places where focused discussion of key notions occurs. An illuminating general Introduction describes the book that lies ahead, explaining what sort of work it is and what sorts of evidence it relies on.
De Anima: On the Soul
by Aristotle Mark ShiffmanA complete translation of Aristotle's classic work De Anima supplemented with well-chosen notes and a comprehensive introduction. Also commonly translated as On the Soul, this work is a seminal work from the roots of Classical thinking on the nature of life and the lifeforce. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle's immediate audience.
De Auschwitz a Berlín
by Ferran GallegoDesde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la extrema derecha alemana ha tratado de recuperar protagonismo. Este libro nos aproxima a la evolución de la República Federal de Alemania desde 1945 y a los reiterados esfuerzos de los sectores nacionalistas antidemocráticos para alcanzar espacios de visibilidad. Desde las primeras agrupaciones de nostálgicos neonazis hasta la reciente capacidad para agrupar la protesta social de finales del siglo XX, este libro recorre las distintas formas en que la extrema derecha ha tratado de imponer su presencia en el paisaje político alemán.
De Auschwitz a Berlín: Alemania y la extrema derecha
by Ferran GallegoDesde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la extrema derecha alemana ha tratado de recuperar protagonismo, adaptando sus programas, sus símbolos y su estrategia a las diversas circunstancias políticas y sociales experimentadas en el país. En De Auschwitz a Berlín Ferran Gallego hace una aproximación a la evolución de la República Federal desde 1945 y a los reiterados esfuerzos de los nacionalistas antidemocráticos para alcanzar espacios de visibilidad, de expansión de sus valores ideológicos y de presencia institucional. Desde las primeras comunidades neonazis hasta la reciente capacidad para agrupar la protesta social en movimientos de carácter nacional-populista, el libro recorre las distintas formas en que la extrema derecha ha tratado de imponerse en el paisaje político alemán. Reseña:«El profesor Ferran Gallego se ha dedicado con intensidad al estudio del fascismo español y foráneo. Ni es tarea fácil, ni deja de suscitar riesgos y alguna vez hasta sospechas.»José-Carlos Mainer, El País
De Bello Gallico and other Commentaries: (the War Commentaries Of Julius Caesar: The War In Gaul And The Civil War) (The World At War)
by Julius CaesarDe Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries (The War Commentaries of Julius Caesar: The War in Gaul and The Civil War)' is a collection of war writings by Julius Caesar. Included in this volume are the first hand recollections of one the most important figures in the history of human civilization, Julius Caesar. (Goodreads)
De Belofte: VOORLOPER VAN DE PENNINGTON FAMILY-SERIE (PENNINGTON FAMILY-SERIE)
by Jan Coffey May McGoldrickUSA TODAY BESTSELLER! VOORLOPER VAN DE PENNINGTON FAMILY-SERIE BESCHERMEN Tijdens een wanhopige reis naar Amerika belooft Rebecca Neville de stervende vrouw van de graaf van Stanmore dat ze haar pasgeboren zoon James zal opvoeden en verzorgen. Eenmaal in de Nieuwe Wereld begint Rebecca haar nieuwe leven als moeder... KOESTEREN Tien jaar later komt de graaf van Stanmore achter het lot van zijn familie. Hij stuurt iemand naar de koloniën om zijn jonge erfgenaam op te halen, zodat hij hem kan opvoeden als een edelman. Rebecca is niet van plan haar belofte te breken en keert met James terug naar Engeland, waar ze een toekomst zonder haar geliefde pupil tegemoet gaat. Maar ze moet ook haar tumultueuze verleden onder ogen zien... LIEFDE Op het eerste gezicht brengt de formidabele Stanmore Rebecca van haar stuk. Maar achter zijn koele, aantrekkelijke façade en schijnbare onverschilligheid voor het lot van zijn zoon gaan heftige emoties schuil. Er is meer aan Stanmore en zijn motieven dan op het eerste gezicht lijkt. De raadselachtige lord heeft zijn eigen belofte na te komen en een onmiskenbare passie voor Rebecca... "McGoldricks talent voor karakterisering strekt zich uit van de moedige heldin en de gekwetste held tot een fascinerende cast van bijfiguren, waaronder een venijnige schurk en een wonderbaarlijk sluwe minnares. Deze levendige historische roman die zich afspeelt in het Georgische tijdperk is perfect voor lezers die houden van een mooie mix van geschiedenis en passie." – Booklist Review (American Library Association)
De Bow's Review: The Antebellum Vision of a New South (New Directions In Southern History Ser.)
by John F. KvachA study of the nineteenth-century magazine from the American South, its editor, and influence on the region.In the decades preceding the Civil War, the South struggled against widespread negative characterizations of its economy and society as it worked to match the North’s infrastructure and level of development. Recognizing the need for regional reform, James Dunwoody Brownson (J. D. B.) De Bow began to publish a monthly journal?De Bow’s Review?to guide Southerners toward a stronger, more diversified future. His periodical soon became a primary reference for planters and entrepreneurs in the Old South, promoting urban development and industrialization and advocating investment in schools, libraries, and other cultural resources. Later, however, De Bow began to use his journal to manipulate his readers’ political views. Through inflammatory articles, he defended proslavery ideology, encouraged Southern nationalism, and promoted anti-Union sentiment, eventually becoming one of the South’s most notorious fire-eaters.In De Bow’s Review: The Antebellum Vision of a New South, author John Kvach explores how the editor’s antebellum economic and social policies influenced Southern readers and created the framework for a postwar New South movement. By recreating subscription lists and examining the lives and livelihoods of 1,500 Review readers, Kvach demonstrates how De Bow’s Review influenced a generation and a half of Southerners. This approach allows modern readers to understand the historical context of De Bow’s editorial legacy. Ultimately, De Bow and his antebellum subscribers altered the future of their region by creating the vision of a New South long before the Civil War.“Kvach fills a surprising gap in the history of the nineteenth-century South with this elegantly written biography of the enigmatic J. D. B. De Bow. The work represents an important contribution to a growing historiography exploring the presence of a middle-class commercial culture in the pre–Civil War South and challenging long-held views of a static socioeconomic world of planters and plain folk.” —Bruce W. Eelman, author of Entrepreneurs in the Southern Upcountry: Commercial Culture in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1845-1880“An insightful, original, deeply researched work of scholarship. Examining not only the career of journalist J. D. B. De Bow but also the readers who responded enthusiastically to his call for economic diversification, John F. Kvach helps us see the nineteenth-century South in a new way, undistorted by the stark, artificial line so many historians have drawn to separate the so-called Old South from the New.” —Stephen V. Ash, author of A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year after the Civil War“DeBow was the antebellum South’s most prominent advocate of economic modernization and industrialization, and one of its most vitriolic secessionists. John Kvach explores this seeming paradox, and gives us as well a careful description of DeBow’s subscribers and followers.” —J. Mills Thornton, University of Michigan