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The '''Dunning School''' was an informal group of American historians at Columbia University who studied the South during [[Reconstruction]]. Historian [[William Dunning]] directed many of the PhD dissertations and wrote monographs and a survey.
The '''Dunning School''' was an informal group of American [[historian]]s at [[Columbia University]] who studied [[the South]] during [[Reconstruction]]. Historian [[William Dunning]] directed many of the Ph.D. dissertations and wrote monographs and a survey.
They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who mislead the Freedmen.
The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|Neo-Abolistionism]]". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the [[African American|blacks}} and downplayed corruption. Some of the new [[liberal]] historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing their own biases were even stronger.
The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist]]". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the blacks and downplayed corruption. Some of the new liberal historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing their biases were even stronger.
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Reconstruction]]
*[[Reconstruction]]
[[Category:Reconstruction]]
[[Category:Reconstruction]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Historians]]