New Acquisitions

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We are excited to present the following selection of books added to our collection this month.

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Check out the booklist below featuring new titles to the South Carolina State Library.

Acquisitions

2025

July

Cover of Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture

Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture
Author: Betsky, Aaron
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 720.28 BETS

Cover of Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery

Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery
Author: Damron, Carla
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. 813.6 DAMR

Cover of Klandamentalism: Bob Jones at the Intersection of Revivalism, Politics, and White Supremacy

Klandamentalism: Bob Jones at the Intersection of Revivalism, Politics, and White Supremacy
Author: Lewis, Camille Kaminski
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 269 LEWI

Cover of Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation

Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation
Author: Volić, Ismar
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 324.6 VOLI

Cover of Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation

Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation
Author: Márquez, Cecilia
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 975 MÁRQ

Cover of Managing the Arts in Rural Areas

Managing the Arts in Rural Areas
Author: Snider, David Andrew
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 700.68 SNID

Cover of Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State

Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State
Author: Gohdes, Anita R.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 303.48 GOHD

June

Cover of A field guide to mushrooms of the Carolinas

A field guide to mushrooms of the Carolinas
Author: Bessette, Alan E.
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 579.609 BESS

Cover of Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Author: Perry, Imani
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 305.896 PERR

Cover of Free Black Charlestonians in Debate: The Complete Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-1858

Free Black Charlestonians in Debate: The Complete Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-1858
Author: Ray, Angela G.
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 808.5306 RAY

Cover of How the South Turned Red: From a Democratic Past to a Republican Present

How the South Turned Red: From a Democratic Past to a Republican Present
Author: Heath, Jim
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 320.0973 HEAT

Cover of How We Gather Matters: Sustainable Event Planning for Purpose and Impact

How We Gather Matters: Sustainable Event Planning for Purpose and Impact
Author: Rotchild, Leor
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 394.2068 ROTC

Cover of Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery

Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery
Author: Damron, Carla
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. 813.6 DAMR

Cover of Military History for the Modern Strategist: America's Major Wars Since 1861

Military History for the Modern Strategist: America's Major Wars Since 1861
Author: O'Hanlon, Michael E.
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 355.00973 OHAN

Cover of Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul

Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul
Author: Shetterly, Aran
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 975.662 SHET

Cover of Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Author: Edwards, Laura F.
Publication Year: 2022
Call Number: 344.7304 EDWA

Cover of Our South: Black Food Through My Lens

Our South: Black Food Through My Lens
Author: Shanti, Ashleigh
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 641.5929 SHAN

Cover of Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
Author: Helton, Laura E.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 026 HELT

Cover of Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present

Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Author: Berry, Mary Frances
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 331.3 BERR

Cover of Southern Black Women and their Struggle for Freedom During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Southern Black Women and their Struggle for Freedom During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Author: Bell, Karen Cook
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 908.996 BELL

Cover of Terror & Truth: Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement

Terror & Truth: Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement
Author: King, Stephen A.
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 338.4 KING

Cover of The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
Author: Turner, William Hobart
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: B T944T

Cover of This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South
Author: Crawford, Alan Pell
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 975 CRAW

Cover of Why We Vote

Why We Vote
Author: Fiss, Owen M.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 342.73 FISS

Cover of Yellow Fever and the South

Yellow Fever and the South
Author: Humphreys, Margaret
Publication Year: 1999
Call Number: 614.5 HUMP

Cover of Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved

Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved
Author: Holmes, Jasmine L.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: B E599H

May

Cover of Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives

Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives
Author: Minton, John
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 780.89 MINT

Cover of Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan

Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan
Author: Gugliotta, Guy
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 322.4 GUGL

Cover of Great Times Down South: Deep South Tourism Promotion in the Carter Era

Great Times Down South: Deep South Tourism Promotion in the Carter Era
Author: Valenzani, Giuliano Santangeli
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: 659.19 VALE

Cover of Italians in the Lowcountry: Sunny Italy's Charleston Colony

Italians in the Lowcountry: Sunny Italy's Charleston Colony
Author: Butler, Christina R.
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: S.C. 975.791 BUTL

Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Author: Stocker, Shannon
Publication Year: 2022
Call Number: J B G5587S

Cover of Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910

Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910
Author: Triece, Mary E.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 302.23 TRIE

Cover of Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic Rhetoric

Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic Rhetoric
Author: Bogdan, Robert
Publication Year: 2012
Call Number: 305.908 BOGD

Cover of Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers

Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers
Author: Busch, Andrew
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 331.892 BUSC

Cover of Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South

Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South
Author: Helling, Thomas
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 362.10975 HELL

Cover of Social Roots: Lowcountry Foodways, Reconnecting the Landscape

Social Roots: Lowcountry Foodways, Reconnecting the Landscape
Author: Ross, Sarah V.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 306.4 ROSS

Cover of South Carolina Native American Interpreters and Traders, Genealogy Tutorial, and Research Sources

South Carolina Native American Interpreters and Traders, Genealogy Tutorial, and Research Sources
Author: Laene, Trevor
Publication Year: 2021
Call Number: S.C. 929.10720757 LAEN

Cover of South Carolina Reflections: A Photographic Journey

South Carolina Reflections: A Photographic Journey
Author: Clark, Robert C.
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 975.7 CLAR

Cover of The Rabbit Listened

The Rabbit Listened
Author: Doerrfeld, Cori
Publication Year: 2018
Call Number: J 813.6 DOER

Cover of Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
Author: Gutiérrez, Jolene
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: J 813.6 GUTI