C. Vann Woodward as a Southern Renaissance Man
James Cobb, Chairman of the History Department at the University of Georgia and author, gives an address entitled “On the Pinnacle in Yankee… read more
James Cobb, Chairman of the History Department at the University of Georgia and author, gives an address entitled “On the Pinnacle in Yankee Land: C. Vann Woodward as a Southern Renaissance Man.” While exploring the topic of cultural history of southern politics after Reconstruction, he discusses C. Vann Woodward as an author and the passion with which he wrote this seminal work. This discussion took place at Rice University in Houston, Texas as part of a symposium commemorating C. Vann Woodward’s “Origins of the New South, 1877-1913” on the fiftieth anniversary of its publication, hosted by the Southern Historical Association. close
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