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Having grown up in rural North Carolina, I earned a B.A. in Modern European history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I also studied Russian language and literature. My Ph.D. is in Russian and Soviet History from Indiana University Bloomington, where I studied with Alexander Rabinowitch. I have carried out archival research in Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. I teach at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Mothers of the South: Portraiture of the White Tenant Farm Woman

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