Essays in Historiography
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Köp båda 2 för 626 krUpdating the two earlier major historiographies of the American South, these twenty essays indicate not only the newest but also the classic works on a host of topics. The essays range widely and include both traditional and innovative topics from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first. Essential reading for those studying the American South.--Jane Turner Censer, author of The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood, 1865-1895 Of the writing of southern history there seems to be no end, and it just keeps getting increasingly analytical and more geographically, topically, and methodologically expansive. Reinterpreting Southern History is an indispensable guide to the last four decades of this fertile field of historical inquiry, and each of the nineteen co-authored chapters, along with the introduction, provide undeniable evidence of the sophistication and importance of the ongoing scholarship.--John B. Boles, author of A Companion to the American South Comprehensive and up-to-date, Reinterpreting Southern Histories is an extraordinarily valuable collection of essays that sets a new standard of excellence in Southern historiography.--Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice Reinterpreting Southern Histories' twenty insightful essays explore how, in recent decades, historians have brought new perspectives to traditional topics in southern history even as they developed new avenues for understanding the South. It provides an invaluable resource for anyone serious about studying the South or anyone interested in understanding the approaches and attitudes of the historians who study it.--Gaines M. Foster, author of Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1912
Craig Thompson Friend is Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor of History at North Carolina State University and the author or editor of nine books, including Southern Manhood, Death and the American South, and Family Values in the Old South. Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Endowed Chair in History at Saint Louis University and the author of six books, including The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution and Founders as Fathers: The Private Lives and Politics of the American Revolutionaries.