Take a Course With David Blight on the Civil War and Reconstruction

December 13, 2008

in Civil War Historians

David Blight’s lectures for his survey course on the Civil War and Reconstruction are now available for your viewing pleasure as part of Yale University’s “Open Courses” program. The course is divided into 27 lectures and are divided equally between the antebellum, wartime, and postwar years.

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  • As an undergrad and grad student, The only US History Course I took covering the period 1850 -- 1877 was a survey course in my freshman year (a long, no very long time ago -- before Vietnam was history). I have found this course to be very enjoyable and insightful, particularly after reading D. K. Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals.

    I would like to caution the good Professor about showing too many of Brady's photographs as many on them are not candid, but rather staged (as were some of Jacob Riis' on the NYC slums).

    Thank you for putting this up on the web.

    R. E. Callard
  • Robert,

    Glad to hear that you found the lectures useful.
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  • Greg Rowe
    While I can't get graduate credit for it, next to my week with Professor Gallagher this past summer, this will be a great way to spent winter break! Especially for this reformed Confederate apologist with a voracious appetite for learning more as I prepare to teach my own course on the war. I'm not sure when I'll have time to get to Holzer's book on Lincoln or the books I know are under the tree! So much good material, so little time...the story of my life! Thanks for the tip on this material.
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