Mark R. Cheathem Caroline Janney, Civil War, Civil War memory, Lost Cause, Organization of American Historians, Tennessee Conference of Historians, Tennessee history

2010 Tennessee Conference of Historians

The 2010 Tennessee Conference of Historians will meet on the campus of Cumberland University on 10-11 September 2010. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Caroline Janney, Associate Professor of History at Purdue University. An OAH Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Janney is the author of Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the … Continue reading 2010 Tennessee Conference of Historians

Mark R. Cheathem Civil War, Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay, Robert V. Remini

Review of Robert Remini’s At the Edge of the Precipice

Robert V. Remini is widely regarded as the authoritative historian of the Jacksonian period. His biographies of Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster are monumental works that remain definitive studies of the lives of these three politicians of the Middle Period. Remini brings his wealth of knowledge about the Early Republic period to his … Continue reading Review of Robert Remini’s At the Edge of the Precipice