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  1. Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations. 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 1930s.

  2. Dec 19, 1999 · C. Vann Woodward, whose gifts of scholarship, storytelling and social conscience combined to produce some of the most readable and respected histories of the South, died on Friday at his home...

  3. Born and raised in Arkansas, the son of a teacher and school principal, Woodward came of age in the 1930s, which were beset with the Great Depression and the politics of scarcity. Woodward was recognized in almost every way a scholar can be recognized.

  4. Dec 19, 1999 · A native of Arkansas, Woodward not only wrote about history; he helped shape it. From living through and witnessing the era of Jim Crow to marching on Selma for racial justice, he brought a unique perspective to the teaching and analysis of Southern history.

  5. The Historian as Dissident Youth. By John Herbert Roper. old song celebrated "Dixieland where I was born in/. Early on a frosty mornin'." Historian C. Vann Woodward. (retired, 1977) is thus fittingly southern, for he was born Novem-. ber 13, 1908, in Vanndale, Arkansas.

  6. Woodward died in 1999, hailed inside and outside the academy for his pioneering scholarship and ‘moral leadership’ in a profession that for most of the 20th century sorely needed it. Historical interests, of course, change over time.

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  8. With an epic career that spanned two-thirds of the twentieth century, C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) was a historian of singular importance. A brilliant writer, his work captivated both academic and public audiences.