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'''C. Vann Woodward''' (1908 - 1999) was a pre-eminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was based at Yale University, where he trained many leading scholars. Along with [[Richard Hofstadter]] and [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]], he was one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both among scholars and the general public. He was long an advocate of [[Charles Beard]]'s interpretation, stressing the influence of unseen economic motivations in politics. He was a master of irony and counterpoint. Starting as a liberal he moved right after 1970 in response to demands for political correctness at Yale  

'''C. Vann Woodward''' (1908 - 1999) was a pre-eminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was based at Yale University, where he trained many leading scholars. Along with [[Richard Hofstadter]] and [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]], he was one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both among scholars and the general public. He was long an advocate of [[Charles Beard]]'s interpretation, stressing the influence of unseen economic motivations in politics. He was a master of irony and counterpoint. Starting as a liberal he moved right after 1970 in response to demands for political correctness at Yale.[[File:Cvann.jpg|thumb|220px]]

==Career==

==Career==

C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, a town named after his mother's family; he attended high school in Morrilton, Arkansas, then attended Henderson-Brown College a small nearby Methodist school for two years. In 1930 he transferred to [[Emory University]] in Atlanta, where his uncle was dean of students and professor of sociology. After graduating he taught English composition for two years at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. There he challenged the code of segregation by socializing with black scholars, including Will W. Alexander, head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and J. Saunders Redding an historian at Atlanta University.  

C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, a town named after his mother's family; he attended high school in Morrilton, Arkansas, then attended Henderson-Brown College a small nearby Methodist school for two years. In 1930 he transferred to [[Emory University]] in Atlanta, where his uncle was dean of students and professor of sociology. After graduating he taught English composition for two years at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. There he challenged the code of segregation by socializing with black scholars, including Will W. Alexander, head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and J. Saunders Redding an historian at Atlanta University.  

Woodward taught at Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1961 and at Yale from 1961 to 1977. He received the Bancroft Prize for ''Origins of the New South, 1877-1913'' (1951), and the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for ''Mary Chesnut's Civil War'', a minor book but the Pulitzer committee had overlooked his major books. His great achievement was ''Origins of the New South'', which remains the most persuasive interpretation of the entire region.

Woodward taught at Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1961 and at Yale from 1961 to 1977. He received the Bancroft Prize for ''Origins of the New South, 1877-1913'' (1951), and the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for ''Mary Chesnut's Civil War'', a minor book but the Pulitzer committee had overlooked his major books. His great achievement was ''Origins of the New South'', which remains the most persuasive interpretation of the entire region.

After 1951 his best writing was in the form of essays.  

After 1951 he gave up writing dense monographs and concentrated  instead on well-researched essays.  

 

He made the greatest popular impact for ''The Strange Career of Jim Crow'' (1955), which demonstrated that segregation was neither inevitable nor wise, but a device used by white politicians for political ends.  The strong implication was that it could be reversed by politicians seeking higher ends. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] called the book "the historical bible of the civil rights movement."  

He made the greatest popular impact for ''The Strange Career of Jim Crow'' (1955), which demonstrated that segregation was neither inevitable nor wise, but a device used by white politicians for political ends.  The strong implication was that it could be reversed by politicians seeking higher ends. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] called the book "the historical bible of the civil rights movement."  

==Major books by Woodward==  

==Major books by Woodward==  

== Major books by C. Vann Woodward ==

== Major books by C. Vann Woodward ==

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3030658 ''Tom Watson, Agrarian Rebel'' (1938)]

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3030658 ''Tom Watson, Agrarian Rebel'' (1938)]; [http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Watson-Agrarian-Rebel-Galaxy/dp/0195007077/ref=sr_1_52?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242861762&sr=1-52 excerpt and text search]

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58783326 ''The Battle of Leyte Gulf'' (1947, new ed. 1965)]

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58783326 ''The Battle of Leyte Gulf'' (1947, new ed. 1965)]

*''[[Origins of the New South]]'', 1877–1913 (1951)  

*''Origins of the New South'', 1877–1913 (1951)  

*''Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction'' (1951, rev. ed. 1991)

*''Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction'' (1951, rev. ed. 1991)

*''[[The Strange Career of Jim Crow]]'' (1955)  

*''The Strange Career of Jim Crow'' (1955)  

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=11879652 ''The Age of Reinterpretation'' (1961)] pamphlet

*[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=11879652 ''The Age of Reinterpretation'' (1961)] pamphlet

*''The Burden of Southern History''  

*''The Burden of Southern History''  

*[http://serv.ul.cs.cmu.edu/zoom/record.html?id=15558 ''The Comparative Approach to American History'' (1968)] editor

*''The Comparative Approach to American History'' (1968)] editor

*''American Counterpoint'' (1971), essays

*''American Counterpoint'' (1971), essays

*''Mary Chesnut’s Civil War'' (1981) editor; [[Pulitzer prize]]

*''Mary Chesnut’s Civil War'' (1981) editor; Pulitzer prize

*[[Oxford History of the United States|''The Oxford History of the United States'' (1982–99)]], series editor

*''The Oxford History of the United States'' (1982–99)]], series editor

*''The Private Mary Chestnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries'' (1984) edited, with Elizabeth Muhlenfeld

*''The Private Mary Chestnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries'' (1984) edited, with Elizabeth Muhlenfeld

* ''Thinking Back: The Perils of Writing History'' (1986), memoirs

* ''Thinking Back: The Perils of Writing History'' (1986), memoirs

* ''The Old World's New World'' (1991), lectures

* ''The Old World's New World'' (1991), lectures

===Articles by Woodward===

===Articles by Woodward===

* "Tom Watson and the Negro in Agrarian Politics," ''Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb., 1938), pp. 14-33 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191851 in JSTOR]

* "Tom Watson and the Negro in Agrarian Politics," ''Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb., 1938), pp. 14-33 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191851 in JSTOR]

* "The Fall of the American Adam," ''Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,'' Vol. 35, No. 2 (Nov., 1981), pp. 26-34 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3822789 in JSTOR]

* "The Fall of the American Adam," ''Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,'' Vol. 35, No. 2 (Nov., 1981), pp. 26-34 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3822789 in JSTOR]

* "Strange Career Critics: Long May they Persevere," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 75, No. 3 (Dec., 1988), pp. 857-868 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1901534 in JSTOR]

* "Strange Career Critics: Long May they Persevere," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 75, No. 3 (Dec., 1988), pp. 857-868 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1901534 in JSTOR]

===About Woodward ===

===About Woodward ===

* Roper, John Herbert, ed. ''C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics'' (1997) essays about Woodward

* Roper, John Herbert, ed. ''C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics'' (1997) essays about Woodward

==External link==

==External links==

* Woodward Papers at Yale with short biography  

*[http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.1436.xml Woodward Papers at Yale] with short biography

* Oral history interview by John Egerton, January 1991 (Southern Oral History Program, UNC-Chapel Hill)  

*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-341/menu.html Oral history interview] by [[John Egerton]], January 1991 (Southern Oral History Program, [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC-Chapel Hill]])

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