Category: Dunning School
Reading William Dunning, Founder of the Dunning School: A Deep Dive Into Scholarly Supremacism
While William Dunning is often discussed in Reconstruction Era Studies, he is little read today except by academic historians and Neo-Confederates. I think that it…
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Who the Hell Is William Dunning? The Man Behind the Distortion of Reconstruction
During the first half of the 20th Century William Dunning of Columbia University was the seminal figure in the study of the Reconstruction Era. Dunning,…
Why Your Teacher Told You Lies About Reconstruction: William Dunning & the Miseducation of America
William Dunning was the Columbia University professor credited with creating the academic school that established the scholarly attack on Radical Republican Reconstruction policies. Dunning is…
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