New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. xviii, [2], 561p.; 24 cm. (9½ inches). Blue cloth with gilt spine title; dust jacket. Includes notes and index. Fourth printing. In this outstanding book, Joel Williamson "combines brilliant analysis with a Faulknerian richness of detail to confront one of the awful ironies of American history: that the war which was fought to free blacks from slavery also freed racism. Under slavery, the author shows, Southern white thinking about black people was contained by the needs of the `peculiar institution'; after Emancipation, blacks became increasingly expendable, and racism ran riot" [from the dust jacket]. A book for our times. In Fine/Near Fine condition: edges of dust jacket slightly rubbed.. Fine/Near Fine.

Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. xvi, [2[, 406 p.: full-page map, 14 unnumbered pages of illustrations; 23½ cm. (9¼ inches). Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; illustrated dust jacket. Includes notes, bibliographical essay, and index. In this marvelous biography of the controversial governor of Louisiana, the author "carefully sets Long and his regime in the context of the history of Louisiana and the South. He provides both a new biography of Long and a thoroughgoing treatment of his social, political, and economic environment in light of the latest scholarship" [from the dust jacket]. In Fine/Fine condition.. Fine/Fine.