C. Vann Woodward : America's historian /
"With an epic career that spanned two-thirds of the twentieth century, C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) was a historian of singular importance. A brilliant writer, his work captivated both academic and public audiences. He also figured prominently in the major intellectual conflicts between left an...
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2022]
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Mục lục:
- The legendary historian
- Another Mark Twain if he applied himself: the superintendent's son spreads his wings
- A Southern historian I must be
- or somehow become: a budding biographer makes hard choices
- History, I find, is a collection of facts: pursuing the "cursed degree" in Chapel Hill
- A better read than Huxley's new novel: telling the Tom Watson story
- A chance to have my say about the period: the origins of "Origins"
- Juleps for the few and pellagra for the crew: reckoning with the redeemer
- New South legacy
- Cordially invited to be absent: integrating the Southern Historical Association
- A fundamental attack upon the prevailing view: launching "The strange career of Jim Crow"
- Wrong in all its major parts: "Strange career" returns to Earth
- A basis for criticizing the American legend: Southern history as both asset and burden
- Tortured for months: the agony of moving to Yale
- Therapist of the public mind: the strange career of C. Vann Woodward
- I mean to do all I can: the mentor flexes his muscles
- An ever more conservative old liberal: moving to the right or standing fast?
- I do not see how I could have been misunderstood: sorting out the Aptheker debacle
- The masterpiece that became a hoax (and won a Pulitzer): rewriting Mary Chesnut's diary
- Still more that I can do: the satisfactions of staying the course
- America's historian.