This week, ending in July 09 2015:
Today's thread is for open discussion of:
History in the academy
Historiographical disputes, debates and rivalries
Implications of historical theory both abstractly and in application
Philosophy of history
And so on
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion only of matters like those above, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Question about US Civil War historiography. When the new wave of scholarship re-linking the war to slavery emerged in the 1950s-1960s, did Dunning School historians push back? Are there any accounts of those historians trying to defend their long-held Lost Cause-based interpretation of the war?