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Source: Made By History at the Washington Post

4/3/2023

Historians Should Follow C. Vann Woodward: Write for a Broad Public and Show Why the Discipline Matters

by James C. Cobb

One historian suggests that the unheeded advice of C. Vann Woodward is the reason for the discipline's decline and risk of extinction.

Source: The New Republic

9-6-14

Sean Wilentz wants to know why the American literary canon has admitted so few historians

by Sean Wilentz

Two mid-century scholars are finally getting their due

Source: Charlotte News-Observer

11-2-13

Famed liberal historian C. Vann Woodward shows little patience with political correctness

During his long career Woodward ranked as the leading historian of the post-Civil War South.