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What Caused the Civil War? « Student of the American Civil War — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:32:36 +0000

[...] After doing a lot of reading and listening to historians, I’ve accepted the fact that “What Caused the Civil War?” is the wrong question to ask. Edward Ayers has been influential in this. I enjoy his work. Here is a video of Prof. Ayers talking about his work in digital history and also talking about his essay, “What Caused the Civil War?” The essay can be read, along with other essays from Prof. Ayers, in this book. Here is an essay he wrote for the New York Times’ Sesquicentennial blog, “Disunion.” A thoughtful critique of this column can be found here. [...]

By: Donald R. Shaffer

Donald R. Shaffer — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:10:55 +0000

Hi Chris. Glad to hear I’m not the only one to have that reaction to Ayers contribution to Disunion.

By: Chris Wise

Chris Wise — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:38:22 +0000

Better late than never. Good piece. Had the same problem when I first read the Ayers column.

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By: What Caused the Civil War? « Student of the American Civil War

By: Donald R. Shaffer

By: Chris Wise