About this title: C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience. First published in 1960, the book quickly became a touchstone for generations of students.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780807101339ISBN:0807101338
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 205 pgs cover shows signs of wear has fading marks on it also some writing in the front and back of the book read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780807101339ISBN:0807101338
Description: Good. This Copy States "Copyright 1970" 240-W Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780807101339ISBN:0807101338
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xvi, 250 pp.; 23 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Age toning. read more
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, NY
Date Published: c. 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Unknown printing. 205 p. ; index; Paperback 8 essays, several of which deal with the slavery controversy, civil and political rights of Negroes, and Populism of the 1890's. read more
Edition: 3rd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780807118917ISBN:0807118915
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Contains publisher's remainder mark and some shelf wear. Otherwise, like new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good. V-208. Very good paperback copy-unmarked, bright and clean with uncreased spine. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Foxing to fore-edges. No Writing. No Highlighting. 205 p. "First Vintage Printing, February 1961" read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780807101339ISBN:0807101338
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Original owner's name inked with highlights to text. Firmly bound with light shelf wear to soft cover. No creases to cover or spine. A good solid copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Ven. No Jacket. 4"X7" This paperback book has a white and black cover with black lettering on the front and red and white lettering on the spine of the cover. A book about the history of the south in America. 205 indexed pages. read more
"Decidely mixed bag. More like 2.5 stars. Sometimes quite good (e.g., essay # 4 re the evolution of the Northern war effort from Union to emancipation though not to equality) others turgid or misguided. Deserves some slack, I suppose, given age of the 1st edition entries."
"I read this book during a period when I was living in Texas and trying to articulate why I hated it so intensely. Woodward is pretty fascinating - I really felt like he gave me some insight into the history of the Lost Cause. He carries the implications of the past forward in a really brilliant way - it was quite disturbing to read his analysis of how the Southern mentality differs from the mentality in the rest of America, and realize that he had basically predicted the hubris of George Bush and the likelihood of a war (like Iraq) when he wrote this book 40-some-odd years ago."
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