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 for Nonfiction award.

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The Last Fire-Eater: Roger A. Pryor and the Search for a Southern Identity

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William A. Link
LSU Press
Publication year: 2022

Frank Porter Graham: Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 2021

North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State, 2nd edition

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William A. Link
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication year: 2018

Creating Citizenship in the Nineteenth-Century South

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eds. William A. Link, David Brown, Brian E. Ward, and Martyn Bone
University Press of Florida
Publication year: 2018
The American South and the Atlantic World

The American South and the Atlantic World

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eds. Brian E. Ward, Martyn Bone, and William A. Link
University Press of Florida
Publication year: 2015
Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region

Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region, combined volume, 1st edition

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William A. Link
Oxford University Press
Publication year: 2015
Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom

Rethinking American Emancipation: Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom

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eds. William A. Link and James J. Broomall
Cambridge University Press
Publication year: 2015
Creating and Consuming the American South

Creating and Consuming the American South

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eds. Martyn Bone, Brian E. Ward, and William A. Link
University Press of Florida
Publication year: 2015

William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education, 2nd edition

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 2013
Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath

Atlanta, Cradle of the New South

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 2013
Links: My Family in American History

Links: My Family in American History

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William A. Link
University Press of Florida
Publication year: 2012
North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State

North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State, 1st edition

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William A. Link
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication year: 2009
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism

Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism

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William A. Link
St. Martin's Press
Publication year: 2008
Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia

Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 2003

Jackson Davis and the Lost World of Jim Crow Education

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William A. Link
Jackson Davis Collection of Educational Photographs, Special Collections, University of Virginia, Summer 2000
Publication year: 2000

The School That Built a Town: Public Education and the Southern Social Landscape, 1880‑1930

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William A. Link (ed. Wayne J. Urban)
Essays in Twentieth-Century Southern Education: Exceptionalism and its Limits (New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1999), pp. 19-42
Publication year: 1999

The Jordan Hatcher Case: Politics and ‘A Spirit of Insubordination’ in Antebellum Virginia

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William A. Link
Journal of Southern History LXIV ( November 1998 ): 615-648
Publication year: 1998

What Led to the Republican Resurgence?

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William A. Link
The Raleigh News and Observer (July 6, 1997): 23A
Publication year: 1997
William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education

William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education, 1st edition

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 1995

William Friday and the Speaker Ban Crisis, 1963-1968

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William A. Link
North Carolina Historical Review 72 (April 1995): 198-228
Publication year: 1995
The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930

The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 1992

The Social Context of Southern Progressivism, 1880‑1930

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William A. Link (eds. John Milton Cooper, Jr. and Charles Neu)
The Wilson Era (Arlington Heights, Ill: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1991)
Publication year: 1991

The Harvest Is Ripe, But the Laborers Are Few: The Hookworm Crusade in North Carolina, 1909‑1915

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William A. Link
North Carolina Historical Review 67 (January 1990): 1‑27
Publication year: 1990

Privies, Progressivism, and Public Schools: Health Reform and Education in the Rural South, 1909‑1920

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William A. Link
Journal of Southern History 54 (November 1988): 623‑642
Publication year: 1988

Rough Times: Rural Education in Late‑Nineteenth‑Century Virginia

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William A. Link
Virginia Cavalcade 37 (Summer 1987): 16‑27, and ibid. (Fall 1987): 8‑25
Publication year: 1987
A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920

A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920

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William A. Link
UNC Press
Publication year: 1986

Making the ‘Inarticulate’ Speak: A Reassessment of Public Education in the Rural South, 1870‑1920

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William A. Link
Journal of Thought 18 (Fall 1983): 63‑75
Publication year: 1983