Initially published between 1970 and 2012, the essays in Approaching Civil War and Southern History span almost the entirety of William J.
He is Boyd Professor of History Emeritus at Louisiana State University..
Cooper is the author of Jefferson Davis, American, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, as well as numerous other books, including The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics.
About the Author: William J.
Combined and reprinted here for the first time, the ten essays in Approaching Civil War and Southern History reveal why Cooper is recognized today as one of the most influential historians of our time.
In the new introduction to each chapter, Cooper notes the essay\'s origins and purpose, explaining how it fits into his overarching interest in the nineteenth-century political History of the South.
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While many essays deal with his well-known interests, such as Jefferson Davis or the secession crisis, others are on lesser-known subjects, such as Civil War artist Edwin Forbes and the writer Daniel R.
Together, they illustrate the broad scope of Cooper\'s work.
Cooper\'s illustrious scholarly career and range widely across a broad spectrum of subjects in Civil War and Southern history.
Initially published between 1970 and 2012, the essays in Approaching Civil War and Southern History span almost the entirety of William J
