TAKE ON THE SOUTH is a series of one-hour produced by the South Carolina Educational Television network for the University of South Carolina's Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant provided by Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. Dr. Walter Edgar, Dr. Trudier Harris, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Dr. Noel Polk, Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University, debate which Southern novel has been the most influential.
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The first program in the series of eight one-hour, live-to-tape debates, produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant provided by Watson...
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Under a grant provided by the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., the third program in the series of eight one-hour, live-to-tape debates, produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute...
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Under a grant provided by the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., the fifth program in the series of eight, one-hour, live to tape debates produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute...
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The sixth program in the series of eight, one-hour, live to tape debates produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant provided by Watson...
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The seventh program in the Emmy Award winning series of eight, one-hour, live to tape debates produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant...
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The final program in the series of eight, one-hour, live to tape debates produced by ETV for the University of South Carolina’s Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant provided by Watson...
