The Historian behind the History Conversations with Southern Historians - Bever, Megan L. 1984- (University of Alabama Press, 2014)
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- George C. Rable; 1. Pursuing the Mysteries: A Conversation with William W. Freehling -- Christian McWhirter; 2. Reframing Narratives: A Conversation with Laura F. Edwards -- Megan L. Bever; 3. A Popular Historian: A Conversation with James M. McPherson -- Charity R. Carney; 4. No Better Way to Spend Your Life: A Conversation with Gary W. Gallagher -- Glenn David Brasher; 5. Modesty Goes a Long Way: A Conversation with Richard J. M. Blackett -- Blake Scott Ball
6. Making Sense of Patterns: A Conversation with J. Mills Thornton III -- Joseph W. Pearson7. The Fullest Understanding We Can Muster: A Conversation with Dan T. Carter -- Michael W. Mansfield; 8. From the Bottom Up: A Conversation with Theodore Rosengarten -- Charles Kenneth Roberts; 9. Clicking the Trinoculars into Position: A Conversation with Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore -- Matthew L. Downs; 10. History without Boundaries: A Conversation with Pete Daniel -- Kerry M. Cohen; Selected Bibliography; Contributors
The Historian behind the History brings together a collection of valuable interviews with prominent southern historians conducted over the course of a decade by graduate students in the University of Alabama's history program for the journal Southern History. In the interviews, ten notable southern historians and mentors illuminate the state of historiography, their experiences in the profession, and their thoughts about graduate education and southern history. The historians and their main topics include: Richard J. M. Blackett on antebellum and African American historyDan T. Carter on Recons