CFP: Conflicts in American History (no deadline; collection)
We are seeking contributors for a work provisionally entitled, The Civil
War and Reconstruction Era: 1850s-1877 in the Conflicts in American
History series. The work is under contract with Bruccoli Clark
Layman/Manly, Inc. Contributors will receive $250 for essay chapters
that will consist of the following elements: 1. 2000-3000 word
background essay introducing the conflict, the people involved, the
nature of the conflict and its resolution. 2. A specific chronology of
the conflict 3. 10-20 historical documents both in facsimile and in
reprinted text form, each with an objective head note (150-300 words)
that correlates to the conflict 4. A list of recommended readings. 5. 2
illustrations that correlate to the conflict. Persons who are interested
in becoming a contributor should contact: Dr. Brian Johnson
bjohnson_at_claflin.edu=20
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Legal and Constitutional Conflict
Dred Scott, the Law, and the Status of Slaves
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Reconstruction Amendments
Political Conflict
Antebellum Sectional Compromises: The Missouri Compromise, the
Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Secession Crisis
The Reconstruction State Governments
The Compromise of 1877
The Rise of Machine Politics
Conflict in the West
Cowboys and 'Indians' (Native Americans)
Railroads and Industrialization
US Expansion
The Conflict of War
Blood and Battles
African Americans in the Military
Military Leadership in Confederate and Union
Domestic Terrorism and the Ku Klux Klan
Social Conflict
Abolitionism versus Proslavery Forces
Sectionalism: Northern Industry versus Southern Agriculture
Planters versus Freedmen: The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstructing the
Southern Economy
The Women's Movement
Sexuality and Miscegenation
Immigrants Old and New
Religious, Moral and Ethical Conflict
Darwin and Science
Temperance Campaigns
Religion in the Age of Slavery and Freedom
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Brian L. Johnson, Ph.D
Associate Professor of English/Director, Jonathan Jasper Wright
Institute for the Study of Southern African American History, Culture &
Policy
Claflin University
400 Magnolia St.
Orangeburg, SC 29115
803-535-5092 (office)
bjohnson_at_claflin.edu
http://www.claflin.edu/JJWrightInstitute/JJWrightInstitute.htm
<http://www.claflin.edu/JJWrightInstitute/JJWrightInstitute.htm>=20
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