Background
Grantham, Dewey Wesley was born on March 16, 1921 in Manassas, Georgia, United States. Son of Dewey W. and Ellen (Holland) Grantham.
( The South in Modern America is a lively and illuminatin...)
The South in Modern America is a lively and illuminating account of the Southern experience since the end of Reconstruction. In the twentieth century, as in the nineteenth, the South has been the region most sharply at odds with the rest of the nation. No other part of the country has as clear-cut a sectional image. The interplay between the South, the North, and the rest of the nation represents a rich and instructive part of the United States history, illustrating much of the nation's conflict and tension, the way it has tried to reconcile divergent issues, and its struggles to realize its historical ideals. In this new treatment of modern Southern history, Dewey W. Grantham illuminates the features that make the South a distinctive region while clarifying how it has converged socially and politically with the rest of the country during this century.
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(This third edition of Recent America is an extensive revi...)
This third edition of Recent America is an extensive revision that includes entirely new material to carry the coverage forward into the second decade of the twenty-first century—right up through the recent midterm elections of 2010. With an emphasis on national politics, the ever-evolving multicultural American society, the role of the United States in international affairs, and economic trends, this third considers changes in American literature, fine arts, music, film, pop culture, and sports and their relationships to social, cultural, and economic trends. The incorporation of these often overlooked historical themes presents a more relevant and inclusive recent history of the United States. Building upon the tradition set forth by Dewey Grantham in the first and second editions of his highly readable and informative survey history of the United States since World War II, Thomas Maxwell-Long brings new perspectives and explores new realities that Americans did not face even as recently as the turn of the century. The result provides students with an engaging, well-rounded, and thoughtfully illustrated narrative that reconstructs history and also makes strong connections between the present and the past.
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(In this biography a leading historian captures at once th...)
In this biography a leading historian captures at once the essence of a man and of an important period in American history. Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South won the 1960 Charles S. Sydnor Award presented by the Southern Historical Association to the best book in Southern history published during the two preceding years.
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( The economic and social revolution in the South interpr...)
The economic and social revolution in the South interpreted in the light of history. The seeds of the new political developments in the South, where for so many years the Democratic party found solid support, were sewn way back. Although most of the former Confederate states have consistently declared their devotion to “states rights” and home rule, traditionally represented there by the Democratic party, Southern society and point-of-view has been rapidly changing during the last century. Professor Grantham interprets the economic and social revolution now under way in the South as the phenomenal climax of deep-rooted and historic developments in the region and the nation as a whole. Not denying the fundamental conservatism of the South, he has discovered that Southern politics is far more than one of sectionalism and segregation, that the politics of individual states vary enormously, and that the progressive movement in the South may reflect far more than we generally realize the attitudes and aspirations of Americans as a whole. He skillfully delineates the forces that have encouraged the South’s attachment to the Democratic party and indicates how increasingly differentiated economic and social pattern will shape the future.
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(Southern Progressivism: The Reconciliation of Progress an...)
Southern Progressivism: The Reconciliation of Progress and Tradition (Twentieth-Century America Series
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Grantham, Dewey Wesley was born on March 16, 1921 in Manassas, Georgia, United States. Son of Dewey W. and Ellen (Holland) Grantham.
Bachelor of Arts, University Georgia, 1942; Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1949.
Assistant professor of history, North Texas State College, 1949-1950; assistant professor of history, Womans College, U. North Carolina, 1950-1952; assistant professor of history, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1952-1955; associate professor, Vanderbilt University, 1955-1961; professor, Vanderbilt University, since 1961; Harvie Branscomb Distinguished professor, Vanderbilt University, 1971-1972; Holland N. McTyeire professor of history, Vanderbilt University, 1977-1991; professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University, since 1991; director, National Endowment for Humanities Seminar Teachers, summer 1975, 1976-1977; Douglas Southall Freeman Professor History, U. Richmond, Virginia, 1993; Lewis P. Jones professor of history, Wofford College, 1997. Visiting professor Coe Institute State University of New York, Stony Brook, summer 1970.
(Praise for the First Edition "For an understanding of wha...)
(This third edition of Recent America is an extensive revi...)
(This second edition of Recent America is an extensive rev...)
( The South in Modern America is a lively and illuminatin...)
(In this biography a leading historian captures at once th...)
(In this biography a leading historian captures at once th...)
(Southern Progressivism: The Reconciliation of Progress an...)
( The economic and social revolution in the South interpr...)
(Book by Grantham, Dewey W.)
(Book by Grantham, Dewey W.)
Chairman regional selection committee Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program,1957-1959. Member advanced placement exam committee in American history College Entrance Examination Board, 1966-1967. Served with United States Coast Guard, 1942-1946.
Member American History Association (council 1969-1971, board editors 1975-1977, Chairman of Commission on program 1977), Organisation American Historians (Executive Board 1965-1968, Chairman of Commission on program 1973), American Studies Association, American Association of University Professors, Southern History Association (executive council 1960-1962, Chairman of Commission on program 1959, president 1966), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Virginia Burleson, December 26, 1942. Children: Wesley, Clinton, Lauren.