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Dr.
Bradford J. Wood
Assistant
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PhD:
Johns Hopkins (1999)
Fields: Colonial and Revolutionary America
Office: Keith 311
Phone: (859) 622-1289
Brad.Wood@eku.edu
Current
Projects: I am currently researching the social and economic
development of plantation society in North Carolina before the American
Revolution. I am devoting special attention to the letters of James
Murray, a prominent Scottish immigrant, plantation owner and merchant
who left an especially detailed collection of papers. I am also
interested in the social role of the legal system in the Carolinas
during this period.
Courses
I commonly teach are HIS 202: American Civilization to 1877,
HIS 401: American Colonial Period, HIS 402: Revolutionary America.
I have also taught special topics courses on Slavery in the Americas
and Families in Early America.
Major
Publications:
1) "This Remote Part of the World": The Formation and Development
of North Carolina's Lower Cape Fear Region, 1725-1775 (forthcoming
from the University of South Carolina Press in 2004).
2) "'For Want of A Social Set': Building Neighborhoods and Networks
in the Lower Cape Fear," in Cultures and Identities in Colonial
British America, Robert Olwell and Alan Tully, editors (forthcoming
from the Johns Hopkins University Press).
3) "Reconsidering Politics and Authority in Colonial North Carolina:
A Regional View" (forthcoming in the North Carolina Historical
Review in 2004).
4) "'A Constant Attendance on God's Alter': Death, Disease, and
the Anglican Church in Colonial South Carolina, 1706-1750," South
Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1999.
Research
Award: I won the Hines Publication Prize from the Program for
the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World. The award was for
the best first book manuscript in the program's area of study
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