Thinking Back: Perils of Writing History - Hardcover

Woodward, C. Vann

 
9780807113042: Thinking Back: Perils of Writing History
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807113042 ISBN 13: 9780807113042
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Examines how viewpoints have changed on the history of the south and explains the reasons for a reinterpretation of Southern history

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About the Author

C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He was a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He won the Bancroft Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other awards.

From the Back Cover

Woodward describes how the history of the South was viewed and written during the early years of the century, how those views have changed over the decades, and the turbulent forces that have influenced revisions in interpretation, subject matter, and comprehension.

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Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Publication date
1986
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807113042
ISBN 13 
9780807113042
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780807113776: Thinking Back: The Perils of Writing History (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0807113778 ISBN 13:  9780807113776
Publisher: LSU Press, 1987
Softcover