English History
The Lives of the Rural Poor in 19th Century England
Female Sexuality and Single Motherhood in 19th Century Rural England
Backwoods Horror in 19th Century Devon
A Witchcraft-Infested Land: Demythologising England’s Rural Past
Reports on Witchcraft in 19th and early 20th Century English Newspapers
Urban Music in 18th Century London
The ‘Fishwives’: Women who swore and fought
The English Drinking Culture: A Brief History
The War on Pubs: A Brief History
On the English Love of Swearing
The English Love of Gambling: A Brief History
The Irreligiosity of the English: A Brief History
Culinary History
Hot Peppers and Hot Sauces in the English Cookery of the 17th to 19th Centuries
The English Origins of Sweet Potato Pie
The English Origins of the Southern ‘Mess of Greens’
The English Origins of Chitlins, Pig Feet, and other ‘Soul Food’ Variety Meats
The English Roots of Southern Barbecue
What the Planters Ate: Recollections of 19th Century Plantation Foods
Beyond the Planter Society: The Food of 19th Century Rural White Southerners
Fried Chicken in Colonial Virginia: Assessing the Evidence
The French (and English) Origins of Southern Fried Chicken
On the Purported Scottish Origins of Southern Fried Chicken: A Myth Debunked
On the Obscure Origins of Buttermilk Fried Chicken
On the Supposed Southern Origins of Cheese Straws: A Myth Debunked
The History of Devil(l)ed Eggs: From Britain to the South
The History of ‘Sweet Tea’: From Russia to the South
Southern History
The Survival of Old English Speech Ways in the American South
How I reckon ‘I reckon’ became a ‘Southern’ expression
Folk Beliefs
Witch Bottles in English and American Folk Magic
Love Powders in British and American Folk Magic
British influences in Black Southerners’ folk beliefs
The European Roots of African American Crossroads Magic
EDMUND STANDING 