Comments on: What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War http://www.blog4history.com/2008/02/what-this-cruel-war-was-over-soldiers-slavery-and-the-civil-war/ The American Experience in the Classroom Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » What This Cruel War Was Over http://www.blog4history.com/2008/02/what-this-cruel-war-was-over-soldiers-slavery-and-the-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-10253 Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » What This Cruel War Was Over Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:21:13 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=247#comment-10253 [...] to the matter at hand. I have already talked about Chandra Manning’s What This Cruel Was Was Over, and, however, as is my way, I have to revisit books that perked my interest. I do this for [...] [...] to the matter at hand. I have already talked about Chandra Manning’s What This Cruel Was Was Over, and, however, as is my way, I have to revisit books that perked my interest. I do this for [...]

]]> By: Ando http://www.blog4history.com/2008/02/what-this-cruel-war-was-over-soldiers-slavery-and-the-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-6751 Ando Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:24:49 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=247#comment-6751 “I’ve grown tired of shrieking teachers and historians who can’t get past the very idea that people in the mid-nineteenth century were blatant racists. Instead of denouncing them, let’s try to understand what was going on and why?” Amen! I love how these shriekers seem to assume that had they lived in those times they would have obviously transcended the thinking of the times and been a beacon of progress and tolerance. “I’ve grown tired of shrieking teachers and historians who can’t get past the very idea that people in the mid-nineteenth century were blatant racists. Instead of denouncing them, let’s try to understand what was going on and why?”

Amen!

I love how these shriekers seem to assume that had they lived in those times they would have obviously transcended the thinking of the times and been a beacon of progress and tolerance.

]]> By: Thomas Carlyle http://www.blog4history.com/2008/02/what-this-cruel-war-was-over-soldiers-slavery-and-the-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-6743 Thomas Carlyle Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:03:20 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=247#comment-6743 Excellent review. I too have been considering this book, and I think I will indeed give it a go. I love this quote from you, by the way: "I’ve grown tired of shrieking teachers and historians who can’t get past the very idea that people in the mid-nineteenth century were blatant racists. Instead of denouncing them, let’s try to understand what was going on and why?" Anachronism is the great sin of modern historiography. Excellent review. I too have been considering this book, and I think I will indeed give it a go.

I love this quote from you, by the way:

“I’ve grown tired of shrieking teachers and historians who can’t get past the very idea that people in the mid-nineteenth century were blatant racists. Instead of denouncing them, let’s try to understand what was going on and why?”

Anachronism is the great sin of modern historiography.

]]> By: elementaryhistoryteacher http://www.blog4history.com/2008/02/what-this-cruel-war-was-over-soldiers-slavery-and-the-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-6728 elementaryhistoryteacher Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:18:56 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=247#comment-6728 I've walked by the book at Borders several times and now you have convinced me to pick it up. you make very valid points regarding viewing the past through modern eyes and the effects of shrieking historians and teachers. I often think that one day historians will be looking to blogs to get an idea of what people were thinking during our times and though bloggers are pretty clear with their ideas I believe our postings will be argued over as much as letters and journals written during the Civil War. I’ve walked by the book at Borders several times and now you have convinced me to pick it up. you make very valid points regarding viewing the past through modern eyes and the effects of shrieking historians and teachers.

I often think that one day historians will be looking to blogs to get an idea of what people were thinking during our times and though bloggers are pretty clear with their ideas I believe our postings will be argued over as much as letters and journals written during the Civil War.

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