C. Vann Woodward : America's historian /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cobb, James C. (James Charles), 1947- author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Description:	xii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Woodward, C. Vann -- (Comer Vann), -- 1908-1999. Woodward, C. Vann -- (Comer Vann), -- 1908-1999. Historians -- United States -- Biography. Historians. Historiography. Southern States -- Historiography. Southern States. United States. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12761160

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ISBN:	9781469670218 1469670216 9781469670225
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 and right during the last half of the twentieth century, although his unwavering commitment to free speech and racial integration that affirmed his liberalism in the 1950s struck some as emblematic of his growing conservatism by the 1990s."--

Table of Contents:

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.

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