C vann woodward biography definition

American historian (–)

Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, – December 17, ) was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations.

C vann woodward biography definition us history

He was long a supporter of the approach of Charles A. Beard, stressing the influence of unseen economic motivations in politics.

Woodward was on the left end of the history profession in the s. By the s he was a leading liberal and supporter of civil rights.

His book The Strange Career of Jim Crow demonstrated that racial segregation was an invention of the late 19th century rather than an inevitable post-Civil-War development.

C vann woodward biography definition

After attacks on him by the New Left in the late s, he moved to the right politically.^[1] He won a Pulitzer Prize for History for his annotated edition of Mary Chestnut's Civil War diaries.

Early life and education

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Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, a town named after his mother's family and the county seat from to It was in Cross County in ea