Publications
William A. Link’s publications include eight books about various topics in the history of the 19th and 20th century South. Two books, The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930 and William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education, won the Mayflower Cup (best non-fiction work by a North Carolina author).
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Atlanta, Cradle of the New South (UNC Press, 2013)
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Links: My Family in American History (University Press of Florida, 2012)
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| North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State (Harlan Davidson, 2009) | |
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Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism (St. Martins Press, 2008)
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Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (UNC Press, 2003) |
| William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education(UNC Press, 1995) | |
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(UNC Press, 1992)
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(UNC Press, 1986)
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