The historian behind the history : conversations with Southern historians

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Label

The historian behind the history : conversations with Southern historians

Title remainder

conversations with Southern historians

Statement of responsibility

edited by Megan L. Bever and Scott A. Suarez ; introduction by George C. Rable

Contributor

• Bever, Megan L., (Megan Leigh), 1984-
• Suarez, Scott A., (Scott Albert), 1980-

Subject

• Geschichtsschreibung
• HISTORY -- Modern | General
• HISTORY -- Study & Teaching
• HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
• Historians
• Historians -- Southern States -- Interviews
• Historiker
• Historiography
• Historiography -- Southern States
• History
• Interviews
• Interviews
• Southern States
• Southern States -- Historiography
• Southern States -- History
• USA -- Südstaaten

Genre

• History
• Interviews

Language

eng

Summary

• "Ten interviews with Southern historians--William Freehling, Laura Edwards, James McPherson, Gary W. Gallagher, Richard J.M. Blackett, J. Mills Thornton, Dan T. Carter, Theodore Rosengarten, Glenda Gilmore, and Pete Daniel--and an introduction by George C. Rable offer insights into their profession and the journeys they took"--
• "The Historian behind the History brings together a collection of valuable interviews with prominent Southern historians conducted over the course of a decade by graduate students in the University of Alabama's history program for the journal Southern History. In the interviews, ten notable Southern historians and mentors illuminate the state of historiography, their experiences in the profession, and their thoughts about graduate education and southern history. The historians and their main topics include: Richard J.M. Blackett on antebellum and African American history; Dan T. Carter on Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and George Wallace; Pete Daniel on the New Deal and the Cold War South; Laura F. Edwards on the Early Republic, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and women's history; William W. Freehling on the antebellum South; Gary W. Gallagher on the Civil War; Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore on Jim Crow; James M. McPherson on the Civil War; Theodore Rosengarten on the Depression; J. Mills Thornton III on the antebellum South. In his introduction, award-winning author and historian George C. Rable draws together the multifaceted themes of these interviews, offering a compelling overview of the nature of the field. The Historian behind the History offers critical insights about the craft and professional life of the historian"--

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

975

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E175.45

LC item number

.H56 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography
• handbooks