The burden of southern history /

"C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern published in 1960, the book quickly became a touchstone for generations of students. The th...

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Main Author: Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008
Edition:Updated 3rd ed
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Summary:"C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern published in 1960, the book quickly became a touchstone for generations of students. The third edition contains a chapter, "Look Away, Look Away," in which Woodward finds a plethora of additional ironies in the South's experience. It also includes previously uncollected appreciations of Robert Penn Warren, to whom the book was originally dedicated, and William Faulkner. This updated third edition also features a new foreword by historian William E. Leuchtenburg in which he recounts the events that led up to Woodward's writing The Burden of Southern History, and reflects on the book's?and Woodward's--place in the study of southern history. The Burden of Southern History is quintessential Woodward--wise, witty, ruminative, daring, and as alive in the twenty-first century as when it was written"--Page 4 of cover
Item Description:Includes index
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Physical Description:xxx, 304 p. ; 22 cm
xxx, 304 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:0807133809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807133804 (pbk. : alk. paper)