Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom. By Kathleen Deagan and Darcie MacMahon

Fort Mose: Colonial America's Black Fortress of Freedom. By Kathleen Deagan and Darcie MacMahon. University press of Florida. 1995. 1738. Escaped slaves run south to Florida, where the Spanish help them set up a fort and town. Bought the book in Florida near the historical site.

The Color of their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia 1954-89. by Robert A. Pratt.

The Color of their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia 1954-89. by Robert A. Pratt. University Press of Virginia, 1992. Desegregation, the annexation, etc. good data.

The Politics of Annexation: Oligarchic Power in a Southern City. by John V. Moeser and Rutledge M. Dennis.

The Politics of Annexation: Oligarchic Power in a Southern City. by John V. Moeser and Rutledge M. Dennis. Schenkman Publishing Co, Inc. 1982. Richmond's 1970 annexation of Chesterfield, which set off a years-long lawsuit and led to the weak-mayor system that we just got rid of. One of my childhood neighbors shows up in here, which is weird.

Twentieth-Century Richmond: Planning, Politics, and Race. by Christopher Silver.

Twentieth-Century Richmond: Planning, Politics, and Race. by Christopher Silver. University of Tennessee Press, 1984. So much of the current mess makes sense when you see the history behind it.

The Separate City: Black Communities in the Urban South 1940-1968. by Christopher Silver and John Moeser.

The Separate City: Black Communities in the Urban South 1940-1968. by Christopher Silver and John Moeser. University Press of Kentucky, 1995. Atlanta, Richmond, Memphis. School desegregation, political leadership. So much good material on Richmond.

Black Labor in Richmond 1865-1890 by Peter Rachleff

Black Labor in Richmond 1865-1890 by Peter Rachleff University of Illinois Press, 1989. Development of the black community, class culture, etc.

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. MacPherson.

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. MacPherson. Ballantine Books, 1988. Somewhere in these 900 pages, I realized I really didn't know much about the war. Denounced by an SCV member I interviewed as Yankee propaganda, but I think it's pretty good stuff, and obviously so did the Pulitzer Prize committee.

Redefining Southern Culture by James M. Cobb.

Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern South by James M. Cobb. University of Georgia Press, 1999.

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves by Kirk Savage.

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America by Kirk Savage. Princeton University Press, 1997. This book is SO GOOD. The introduction argues that racism in the US is inextricably tied up with the representation of the human body, and the following chapters look at the failure of the US to create memorials to Emancipation, slavery, and the Civil War because of this problem. Fantastic chapters on the Richmond Lee Monument, memorials to Common Soldiers, etc.

My Tears Spoiled my Aim and other reflections on Southern Culture. by John Shelton Reed.

My Tears Spoiled my Aim and other reflections on Southern Culture. by John Shelton Reed. Harcourt Brace & Co, 1993.

The Burden of Southern History by C. Vann Woodward.

The Burden of Southern History by C. Vann Woodward. Vintage Books, 1960.

Reconstruction after the Civil War. by John Hope Franklin. 2nd ed.

Reconstruction after the Civil War. by John Hope Franklin. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 1961, 1994

The Strange Career of Jim Crow. by C. Vann Woodward.

The Strange Career of Jim Crow. by C. Vann Woodward. 2nd revised ed. Oxford University press, 1966.

The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory.by W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory. Ed W. Fitzhugh Brundage. Belknap/Harvard University Press, 2005.

Where these Memories Grow. Ed W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

Where these Memories Grow: History, memory, and Southern Identity. Ed W. Fitzhugh Brundage. UNC Press, 2000 So very important to my thinking pre-dissertation. Kimball on African American memory, Rubin on Confederates' use of the American revolution, Clark in early celebrations of Emancipation Day in the postwar south, Bishir on monuments,

The World They Made Together. By Mechal Sobel.

The World They Made Together. By Mechal Sobel. Princeton University press, 1987. Subtitled "Black and White Values in Eighteenth-Century Virginia." How the cultures of African slaves and working-class whites mingled and influenced each other. House construction, religion, etc. Good book.

Myth and Southern History Vol 2: the New South. Ed by Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords.

Myth and Southern History Vol 2: the New South. Ed by Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords. 2nd ed1989. University of Illinois Press, 1989. More Classic essays: Tindall, John Hope Franklin, Woodward.

Myth and Southern History Vol 1: the Old South. Ed by Patrick gerster and Nicholas Cords.

Myth and Southern History Vol 1: the Old South. Ed by Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords. 2nd ed University of Illinois Press, 1989. Classic essays. Tindall, Woodward, Cash, Taylor, Wilson, on the Old South.

Cavalier and Yankee: the Old South and American Character by William R. Taylor.

Cavalier and Yankee: the Old South and American Character by William R. Taylor. Oxford University Press, 1993.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. 4 volumes. Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. 4 volumes. Edited by Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1991 (originally published by UNC press, 1989) Sponsored by U Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Big topics like "Art and Architecture" or "Environment" with lots of small essays on the sub-topics.