Jim Bissett  William J. Story Professor of History Chair, Department of History and Geography Elon University  Office:     Powell 217-A Phone:     (336)-278-6421 Address:   2135 Campus Box                 Elon, NC  27244   E-mail:  bissett@elon.edu

•  Ph.D., Duke University, 1989
• Arrived at Elon University in 1990

As a social historian, I am especially interested in studying American history from the bottom up.  In my research, I concentrate on social movements, particularly those associated with late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century American radicalism (especially Populism, American socialism, and the labor movement).  My work in that field resulted in a book, Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920, published in 1999 (paperback edition published in 2002).

Since then, I have become interested in the Civil Rights movement and oral history, beginning a project on race relations in
Alamance County, North Carolina during the Civil Rights era.

• The U.S. Since 1865 (HST 122)
• The U.S. and North Carolina Since 1865 (HST 123)
• The U.S. From 1877-1940 (HST 358)
• The U.S. Since 1940 (HST 359)
• Social Movements in Post Civil War America (HST 365)
• Seminar on Topics Related to U.S. Social Movements

• Voices of Civil Rights (Sponsored by AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the Library of Congress)
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