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Shapers of Southern History - Autobiographical Reflections (Hardcover)
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Shapers of Southern History - Autobiographical Reflections (Hardcover)
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This volume gathers personal recollections by fifteen eminent
historians of the American South. Coming from distinctive
backgrounds, traveling diverse career paths, and practicing
different kinds of history, the contributors exemplify the field's
richness on many levels. As they reflect on why they joined the
profession and chose their particular research specialties, these
historians write eloquently of family and upbringing, teachers and
mentors, defining events and serendipitous opportunities. The
struggle for civil rights was the defining experience for several
contributors. Peter H. Wood remembers how black fans of the St.
Louis Cardinals erupted in applause for the Dodgers' Jackie
Robinson. ""I realized for the first time,"" writes Wood, ""that
there must be something even bigger than hometown loyalties
dividing Americans."" Gender equality is another frequent concern
in the essays. Anne Firor Scott tells of her advisor's ridicule
when childbirth twice delayed Scott's dissertation: ""With great
effort I managed to write two chapters, but Professor Handlin was
moved to inquire whether I planned to have a baby every chapter.""
Yet another prominent theme is the reconciliation of the
professional and the personal, as when Bill C. Malone traces his
scholarly interests back to ""the memories of growing up poor on an
East Texas cotton farm and finding escape and diversion in the
sounds of hillbilly music."" Always candid and often witty, each
essay is a road map through the intellectual terrain of southern
history as practiced during the last half of the twentieth century.
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