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James M. McPherson. Edward L. Ayers. Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations. He was long a supporter of the approach of Charles A. Beard, stressing the influence of unseen economic motivations in politics.
C. Vann Woodward (born Nov. 13, 1908, Vanndale, Ark., U.S.—died Dec. 17, 1999, Hamden, Conn.) was an American historian and educator who became the leading interpreter of the post-Civil War history of the American South.
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Mar 1, 2000 · At the age of 91, C. Vann Woodward died on December 17, 1999, at his home in Hamden, Connecticut. The Sterling Professor Emeritus, Yale University, was one of the greatest historians of 20th-century America and the most influential scholar ever to interpret the history of the American South to the nation and world.
C. VANN WOODWARD. CC VANN WOODWARD, Sterling Professor of History emer- itus at Yale University, the most widely admired historian. of the United States in the twentieth century, died at his home in Hamden, Connecticut, on 17 December 1999. He was ninety-one years old.
Dec 13, 2023 · Comer Vann Woodward was arguably the twentieth century’s foremost Southern historian. Although published in the 1950s, his Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 and The Strange Career of Jim Crow remain vital interpretive narratives. C. Vann Woodward was born November 13, 1908, to Hugh (Jack) and Emily (Bess) Woodward in Vanndale (Cross County).
Dec 19, 1999 · An obituary of the historian C. Vann Woodward on Sunday gave a misspelled surname in some editions for the Civil War figure whose diary formed the basis of a book he edited.
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With an epic career that spanned two-thirds of the twentieth century, C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) was a historian of singular importance. A brilliant writer, h...
