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William A. Dunning revisited: The mind or malice of Reconstruction?

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Date Issued:
2001
Summary:
Historian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who lived earlier. However, to discard the insights of one generation of historians is, perhaps, to ignore some of history's most important resources.
Title: William A. Dunning revisited: The mind or malice of Reconstruction?.
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Name(s): Barsalou, Kathleen P.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of History
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 140 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Historian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who lived earlier. However, to discard the insights of one generation of historians is, perhaps, to ignore some of history's most important resources.
Identifier: 9780493398815 (isbn), 12826 (digitool), FADT12826 (IID), fau:9701 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Adviser: Stephen D. Engle.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Subject(s): Biography
History, United States
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