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America Aflame Named One of Seven Great Books for Summer Reading

History Tech, an online resource for social studies teachers, has named David Goldfield’s book America Aflame as one of seven great books on its summer reading list. Goldfield is Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Book of Speeches Edited by Faculty Member Called “Canon of African-American Eloquence”

Richard Leeman, communication studies, co-edited The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches, published in February by Southern Illinois University Press.

History Professor Publishes “America Aflame”

David Goldfield, history, just published “America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation” with Bloomsbury Press, to much critical acclaim. According to Kirkus Reviews, Goldfield “offers an intriguing new perspective on what he convincingly argues to be not only the defining event of 1800s America, but the defining event of our nation’s entire political […]

Geography Professors’ Book Featured at Levine Museum Nov. 17

Heather Smith and Bill Graves, UNC Charlotte geography professors and editors of the new book “Charlotte, N.C.: The Global Evolution of a New South City,” will be featured Nov. 17 in the final installment of the popular series “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds,” which will focus on Charlotte’s evolution.