James M. McPherson content overview
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What's the Matter With History?
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A Noted Civil War Historian Takes a Critical Look at His Profession.
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Why Did the South Lose the Civil War?
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Comparing the Two Reconstructions
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Has the 20th century really done better in civil rights than the 19th century did?
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![Nast celebrated President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation with drawings showing the happy, productive life ahead for freedmen in the South: a premature celebration, as it turned out. [1863]](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_half/public/2024-11/2.jpg?h=83e33575&itok=LuuJ7nx5 "2.jpg")