It sure sounds like the Dunning School to me. Here is Eric Levitz at New York Magazine: In a recent column for The American Conservative, Helen Andrews argues that Reconstruction — that brief slice of the 19th century during which Black Southerners enjoyed extensive political...
From Why Study History: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past: On complexity: Historians realize that the past is complex. Human behavior does not easily conform to our present-day social, cultural, political, religious, or economic categories. Take Thomas Jefferson for example....
Do you need a quick primer on the historiography of Reconstruction? If so, check out Allen Guelzo‘s short piece at History News Network: “The History of Reconstruction’s Third Phase.” Here is a taste: Understanding Reconstruction as a bourgeois revolution –...
