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Charleston

The Queen City Humbled

By Karen Stokes

In 1865, a writer for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine described Charleston, South Carolina, contrasting her condition before the war, and after four years of siege, blockade and bombardment: Not many years ago, Charleston sat like… »

  • Charleston
  • Karen Stokes
  • Southern History
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Southern Core Values

By David Aiken

In American higher education of the past forty years, I have observed two American histories, and two American literatures – which teach different American ideals and values, resulting in different societies and different vision of… »

  • Basil Gildersleeve
  • Charleston
  • David Aiken
  • Henry Timrod
  • Southern History
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  • William Gilmore Simms
  • William T. Sherman

Southern Discomfort

By R.E. Smith, Jr.

Late in August 2001 my wife Barbara and I visited the classic Southern city of Charleston, South Carolina. We walked around the old town and observed many historic places. This resulted in the following article… »

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Siege of Spite

By Karen Stokes

By October 1864, the city of Charleston, South Carolina had been undergoing a bombardment for over a year. The Federal forces were in full possession of nearby Morris Island, and had all but neutralized Fort… »

  • Charleston
  • Karen Stokes
  • War Crimes
  • War for Southern Independence

“In All the Ancient Circles”: Tourism and the Decline of Charleston’s Elite Families

By Jack Trotter

Few American cities have been so meticulously studied, admired or—for that matter—vilified as has Charleston. There are substantial reasons for this. During the Colonial period Charleston, or Charles Town as it was then, rapidly emerged… »

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  • 2017 Summer School: On Being Southern in an Age of Radicalism
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  • 2013 Scholars Conference: Music and the Southern Tradition
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  • 2012 Scholars Conference: The War Between the States: Other Voices Other Views
  • 2012 Summer School: The Greatness of Southern Literature III
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