C Vann Woodward
C. Vann Woodward was Professor of American History at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is the author of several authoritative books on the South: Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel (1938); Origins of the New South (1951); Reunion and Reaction (1951); and The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1955). He passed away on December 17, 1999.
C. Vann Woodward was Professor of American History at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is the author of several authoritative books on the South: Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel (1938); Origins of the New South (1951); Reunion and Reaction (1951); and The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1955). He passed away on December 17, 1999. See less
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Origins of the new South, 1877-1913
The South's Response to Reconstruction
In Origins of the New South 1877-1913 (first published in 1951) C. Vann Woodward maintains that the South was more distinctive as a region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries than it had been ... Read More
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Important history
This was one of my basic resources for a couple of lectures I gave on the history of racism in American politics. I learned that this is the "go to" book for understanding America's ugly history of ... Read More
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Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel
Great book
by Andrew V, Dec 18, 2010
A masterpiece from one of the greats of American history. Woodward creates a tragic character, flawed, but somehow laudable despite his later failures. A great character study replete with ... Read More
