University Press of Florida
Southern Character: Essays in Honor of Bertram Wyatt-Brown
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- Lisa Tendrich Frank
- University Press of Florida
- Hardcover
- 9780813036908
- 9.2 X 6.3 X 1 inches
- 1.3 pounds
- History > United States - State & Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,NC,SC,TN,VA,WV)
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A rich and diverse look at the many identities of a rich and diverse region. More than an homage to a gifted historian, it is a stand-alone, interdisciplinary inquiry into just how complicated this thing called 'the South' can be. It's all here, from literature to politics, race to religion, gender to genealogy, Old South to New--with voodoo and a doomed barge canal as added twists. Fascinating and absolutely up-to-date.--John Mayfield, author of Counterfeit Gentlemen
Honors a truly preeminent scholar with essays of very high quality and clear significance. No historian has assayed the 'southern character' more cogently than has Bertram Wyatt-Brown. From start to finish throughout this volume his former students affirm his great achievements and convincingly elaborate on them.--James Stewart, Macalester College emeritus Bertram Wyatt-Brown (b. 1932) is one of America's most recognized and quoted historians. His work on honor, war, manhood, and religion, as well as his deeply interdisciplinary approach, has profoundly influenced the way historians understand the South.The essays in this volume honor Wyatt-Brown and his work by using the concept of southern identities as a jumping-off point, examining a wide range of topics. Southern Character explores Quaker antislavery in Virginia, Lincoln's sense of southern honor, white and black uses of voodoo, contemporary southern conservatives' struggle for place, and the behavior of Confederate women during Sherman's invasion.
More than a festschrift, this volume demonstrates that southern identity is plural, not monolithic, and reveals how the region's uniqueness marginalizes many populations that contribute to southernness. Lisa Tendrich Frank is the editor of Women in the American Civil War: An Encyclopedia. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida. Daniel Kilbride, associateprofessor of history at John Carroll University, is the author of An American Aristocracy: Southern Planters in Antebellum Philadelphia. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
Author Bio
Lisa Tendrich Frank is an award-winning historian, editor, and writer on issues related to American women, the nineteenth century, and the American Civil War. A Ph.D. from the University of Florida, she has taught at universities across the country.
She has published books and articles on women's and American military history, has lectured widely, served as an on camera and off camera expert for historical documentaries, and has worked as a consultant for various non-profits and public history projects. She is available for guest lectures, teacher training, editorial assistance, and consulting work.
She is currently writing a book on the waging of gendered warfare by US commanders, including Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan.
Education
- University of Florida, Ph.D. History December 2001
Dissertation: “To ‘Cure Her of Her Pride and Boasting’: The Gendered Implications of Sherman’s
March” Advisor: Bertram Wyatt-Brown
- University of Florida, M.A. History May 1996
Thesis: “The Unforgiving: Confederate Women’s Thirst for Vengeance”
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A. January 1994
Cum laude and Commonwealth Scholar, History and English Major
Source: lisatendrichfrank.com
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